AEMS News and Reviews: Winter 2008 (Issue: #28)

Lee, Tanya S.

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Title

AEMS News and Reviews: Winter 2008 (Issue: #28)

Author(s)

Lee, Tanya S.

Contributor(s)

• Kontogeorgopoulos, Nick
• Kim, Taeyon
• Xiao, Hui
• Edmonds , Eric
• Schoppa, Leonard
• Lee , Tanya

Issue Date

2008-12-01

Keyword(s)

AEMS News and Reviews

Date of Ingest

2025-07-30T12:28:49-05:00

Geographic Coverage

• China
• South Korea
• Nepal
• Japan

Abstract

We open 2008 with an issue of the newsletter focused on women. Two films concern children in the workforce: Nick Kontogeorgopoulis explores the ambiguities in the lives of teenage girls working in a sweatshop, as depicted in China Blue, while Eric Edmonds provides us with detailed background information to place Punam—a film about a Nepalese girl—in the context of child labor in Nepal generally. In a very different environment, Good For Her also takes a look at challenges women face in the workplace—here, the perceived necessity for cosmetic surgery in South Korea. We had a special opportunity in May here at the University of Illinois to view Vagina Monologues: Stories from China, presented by one of the film’s directors, Sufeng Song. We were collectively struck by the film’s intelligence and conviction, and so offer you a review, together with an interview with Professor Song, hoping to bring this film to a wider audience. Finally, Leonard Schoppa reviews one film about a man: Campaign, a new Japanese documentary revealing the intricacies and the ironies of the local political process in suburban Japan.

Publisher

Asian Educational Media Service

Series/Report Name or Number

Issue: #28

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

newsletter

Language

eng

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies

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