This latest series from University of Hawai‘i Press aims at building a list of innovative, cutting-edge works with a focus on Asia or the presence of Asia in other continents and regions. Manuscripts and proposals exploring a wide range of issues and topics in the modern and contemporary periods are welcome—especially those dealing with literature, cinema, art, theater, media, cultural theory, and intellectual history, as well as subjects that cross disciplinary boundaries. The scholarship should combine solid research with an imaginative approach, theoretical sophistication, and stylistic lucidity.

Children of Marx and Coca-Cola: Chinese Avant-garde Art and Independent Cinema, by Xiaoping Lin (January 2010)

Cinema, Space, and Polylocality in a Globalizing China, by Yingjin Zhang (October 2009)

Queries and proposals may be sent to series editor Sheldon Lu, Comparative Literature Program, University of California, Sproul Hall, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616; shlu@ucdavis.edu. For additional information, contact Patricia Crosby, Executive Editor, University of Hawai‘i Press, 2840 Kolowalu Street Honolulu, HI 96822; pcrosby@hawaii.edu.