Study Abroad: ASIA
Undergraduate Library Resources
Asia - Cambodia - India - Indonesia - Japan - Korea - Malaysia - Singapore - Myanmar (Burma) - The Philippines - Thailand - Vietnam - Music Recordings
ASIA
Films
- Edward Said on Orientalism - VIDREC 303.38 Ed94
- Footprint of the Buddha - VIDREC 294.391 F739am
- The Pacific Century - VIDRED 950 P119
- Potomok Chingis-Khana (Storm Over Asia) - Silent film with English title cards - VIDREC 791.43658 St7401
- Slow Boat from Surabaya (Through South East Asia with Jack Pizzey) - VIDREC 959 SL59
- The Theatres of Asia: an introduction - DVD 792.0991 T34and VIDRED 792.0991 T34
CAMBODIA
Books
- Lightning on the Sun: a novel - Robert Bingham - 813 B51321
- Pol Pot: anatomy of a nightmare - Philip Short - 959.604092 P756s
INDIA
Books
- Beyond Bollywood: the cultural politics of South Asian diasporic film - Jigna Desai - 791.430954 D451b
- Culture and Customs of India - Carol E. Henderson - 954 G165c
- First Darling of the Morning: selected memories of an Indian childhood - Thrity N. Umrigar - 813 Um7f
- Nandan kathai (The Legend of Nandan) - Indira Parthasarathy translated by C.T. Indra - 894.811 P297n:E
- Old Deccan days, or Hindoo Fairy Legends - Mary Frere - 398.20954 F89o
Films
- Dadi’s Family - Hindi with English subtitles - VIDREC 306.870954 D125
- India Invented (An exploration of culture and civilization in historical outline) - VIDREC 954 In2
- Lagaan (Lagana: once upon a time in India) - Hindi and English with subtitles in multiple languages – DVD 791.43653 L135
- Mahulabanira serena (Mahulbanir sereng) -Bengali with English subtitles, includes dialogs in Santali - DVD 791.436552 M279
- Saaya (Saya) - Hindi with English subtitles - DVD 791.43675 Sa12
- Taking a Ride on the Clay Cart (Dynamics of Sanskrit theatre: a production casebook of the classic Natyashastra style) - VIDREC 792.02209 T139
INDONESIA
Books
- Child of All Nations - Pramoedya Ananta Toer translated by Max Lane - 899.221 T571A:E
- Indonesian Cooking - Lucia Sandjaja - 641.59 SA56I
- Indonesian Destinies - Theodore Friend - 959.803 F915i
- Wild Indonesia: the wildlife and scenery of the Indonesian archipelago - Tony and Jane Whitten - Q. 508.598 C891W
Films
- Topeng: the masked dance theater of Bali - VIDREC 793.3195986 T621
JAPAN
Books
- Elementary Japanese - Yoko Hasegawa - 495.682421 H271e
- The Gourment Club: a sextet - Junichiro Tanizaki translated by Anthony H. Chambers and Paul McCarthy - 898.608 T15g
- A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: a concise history, with a selective guide to videos and DVD’s - Donald Richie - 791.430951 R399h
- Japan - John Ashburne and Yoshi Abe - 641.300952 As32j
- Out - Natsuo Kirino translated by Stephen Snyder - 895.63 K634o:E
- Seeing Japan - Charles Whipple - Q. 952.05 W577s
Films
- Berserk (anime) - Japanese with English subtitles - DVD 791.453 V819
- Essence of Being Japanese - DVD 952.033 Es74f
- In the Name of the Emperor - English, Chinese, Italian and Japanese with English subtitles - VIDREC 951.042 I9
- Japanese History and Literature - VIDREC 895.6 J271
- New Cutey Honey (Shin kyutei hani- anime) - Japanese with English subtitles - DVD 791.453 C971
- The Samurai - VIDREC 952 Sa4902
- Wolf’s Rain (anime) - Japanese with English subtitles - DVD 791.453 W833
KOREA
Books
- Introductory Course in Korean - Fred Lukoff - 495.782421 L969I
- Korea - Robert Story and Eunkyong Park - 915.1904 St74k2001
- Korean Traditional Culture - Lee Kwang–kyu - 951.9 Y504k
- Notes from the Divided Country: poems - Suji Kwock Kim - 811 K564n
- Sonnim (The Guest) - Hwang Sok–yong - 895.7 H99s:E
Films
- Oldboy - DVD 791.43655 Ol16
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - Korean with English or Spanish subtitles - DVD 791.43655 Sy681
- Seonsaeng Kim Bong-du - Korean with English or Korean subtitles - DVD 791.43617 Se61
- Dharmaga Tongjoguro Kan Kkadalgun (Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?) - Korean with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.4372 D535
- Wishing Stairs - Korean with English or Spanish subtitles - DVD 791.436164 W757
MALAYSIA & SINGAPORE
Books
- Cradle of Flavor: home cooking from the spice islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore - James Oseland - 641.5959 Os2c
- Encyclopedia of Singapore - Justin Corfield and Robin S. Corfield - Q. 959.57003 C812e
- Harmony Silk Factory - Tash Aw - 823 Aw1h
- History of Malaysia - Barbara Watson Andaya and Leonard Y. Andaya - 959.5 An22h2001
MYANMAR (BURMA)
Books
- Burmese Phrasebook - David Bradley - 495.88342 B728b
- Myanmar (Burma) - Joe Cummings and Michael Clark - 915.91045
THE PHILIPPINES
Books
- And Now You Can Go: a novel - Vendela Vida - 813 V6673a
- Philippines: a global studies handbook - Damon L. Woods - 959.9 W862p
THAILAND
Books
- Fodor’s Thailand - Carissa Bluestone and Mayanthi Fernando, editors - 915.930444 F683
- Origins of Thai Art - Betty Gosling - 709.593 G693o
- Sightseeing: stories - Rattawut Lapcharoensap - 813 L312s
- Thailand - Joe Cummings - 641.59593 C912t
VIETNAM
Books
- The Book of Salt - Monique Truong - 813 T773b
- Culture and Customs of Vietnam - Mark W. McLeod and Nguyen Thi Dieu - 959.7 M459c
- Fodor’s Vietnam - Deborah Kaufman, editor - 915.970444 F6832001
- Nam-a-rama - Phillip Jennings - 813.J446n
- Vietnam - Richard Sterling - 641.59597 St455v
MUSIC RECORDINGS
The items listed below are located in the Music Library.
2136 Music Building
1114 West Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mux/
- Anokha: soundz of the Asian underground - CDISC M1798.18 A56
- Asian Groove - CDISC M1627 P88A84
- Changakhoe chakpumjip (Works of the Members of the Contemporary Music Society in Seoul) - CDISC M5 C66v.17S4
- Classical Songs of Ryukyu Court - CDISC M1812 C42
- Dhyanam (Meditation): South Indian vocal music - CDISC 1808 D493
- Frozen Bass: Asia - CDISC M1200 F7723
- Genten ni yoru shoka shusei (Japan) - CDISC MT3.J2 G468
- Inde du Nord (North India) - CDISC M1808 M24I5
- India: traveling artists of the desert: the vernacular musical culture of Rajasthan - CDISC M1808 I53
- Japan, Ainu Songs - CDISC M1812 J25
- Japan: kabuki & other traditional music - CDISC M1812 J255
- Korean Court Music - CDISC M1816 K684
- Kugak: Korean traditional music - CDISC M1816K86 K87
- Mongolian Instrumental Music - CDISC M1824.M65 6655
- Music of Myanmar - CDISC M1824.B8 M87
- Ramnad Krishnan, kaccheri: a concert of South Indian classical music - CDISC M1808 K75R3
- Vietnamese Folk Theatre - CDISC M1824.V5 V534
