"Lau has managed to bring together an impressive collection of essays by both established and emerging scholars. She does an excellent job of combining new research on national cinemas that have received a decent amount of scholarly attention in the West with lesser-known Asian media cultures. The cogency of the volume is astounding. Multiple Modernities provides valuable new insights into the relationship between Asian cinema, popular culture, and issues of modernity. It adds significantly to our understanding of political cinematic culture."-Gina Marchetti, Ithaca College, and author of Romance and the "Yellow Peril": Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction "Two of the book's many merits stand out especially prominently. First it is a useful introduction to various popular media...[second,] many of the researchers are engaged in interdisciplinary analyses...and it is the scholar's responsibility to identify and discuss these various manifestations."-Senses of Cinema "Multiple Modernities is a welcome addition to the growing scholarship in the area of contemporary Asian cultural studies."-Modern Chinese Literature and Culture "[A]n anthology comprising of cutting-edge research by interdisciplinary scholars... provides an enlightening insight into the relationship between Asian cinema, popular culture, and issues of modernity.-Language and Intercultural Communication
