War and Media: A View from Asia

Dr. Seuss Goes to War by Richard H. Minear; Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss worked as a political cartoonist during World War II for the New York daily newspaper.

Picturing China in the American Press by David D. Perlmutter The first post Cold War study comparing and contrasting press coverage of an important period in East-West relations.

Reading Colonial Japan by Michele Mason and Helen Lee (Editors) The only major non-western colonial power in the 20th century, Japan controlled a vast area of Asia and numerous archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean.

Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945 by Kendall H. Brown (Editor); Takanami Machiko (Contribution by); Japan Society (New York, N.Y.). Deco Japan introduces Japanese art in the art deco style through nearly two hundred works of metal, ceramics, lacquer, glass, furniture, textiles, painting, prints, and graphic design. While exhibiting spectacular craftsmanship and sophisticated design, these works convey the complex social and cultural tensions in Japan during the Taisho and early Showa epochs (1912-1945).

Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era, 1900-1941 by Alfred McCoy and Alfredo Roces Although the period between 1900 and 1941 in the Philippines is not official war period, several pieces reflects the world geopolitics and the sentiments that continued in the aftermaths of the war.

Rewriting History in Manga by Nissim Otmazgin (Editor); Rebecca Suter (Editor) This book analyzes the role of manga in contemporary Japanese political expression and debate, and explores its role in propagating new perceptions regarding Japanese history.

Southeast Asian Cartoon Art by John A. Lent (Editor) This is the first overview of cartoon art in this important cultural nexus of Asia. The eight essays provide historical and contemporary examinations of cartoons and comics in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and sociocultural and political analyses of cartooning in Singapore, Myanmar, and Malaysia.

Nagasaki by Susan Southard