Category: Mario Rustan—Reviews
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Singing in Hiragana: On The Chronicles of Japan” by Mario Rustan All entries in Chaon The Chronicles of Japan Matthieu Felt (translator). The Chronicles of Japan—Volume I: Age of the…
![[ESSAY] “Singing in Hiragana: On 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/71mw8p3wrll._sl1500_.jpg?w=993)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Chungking Dreamin’: A Review of Giorgio Biancorosso’s Remixing Wong Kar-wai” by Mario Rustan Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon Remixing Wong Kar-wai. Giorgio Biancorosso. Remixing Wong Kar-wai: Music, Bricolage, and the Aesthetics…
![[REVIEW] “Chungking Dreamin’: A Review of Giorgio Biancorosso’s 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑎𝑟-𝑤𝑎𝑖” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/remixing-wong-kar-wai-music-bricolage-and-the-aesthetics-of-oblivion.jpg?w=1000)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “The Three Teachings in Action: Wayne Wong’s Martial Arts Ecology” by Mario Rustan Wayne Wong. Martial Arts Ecology: Aesthetics, Philosophy and Cinematic Mediation, Edinburgh University Press, 2026. 304 pgs. After…
![[ESSAY] “The Three Teachings in Action: Wayne Wong’s 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/wayne-wong.-martial-arts-ecology-aesthetics-philosophy-and-cinematic-mediation-edinburgh-university-press.jpg?w=750)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Jesus’ Pub Tales: Derek Currie’s When ‘Jesus’ Came to Hong Kong” by Mario Rustan Derek Currie, When ‘Jesus’ Came to Hong Kong: The Remarkable Story of the First European Football…
![[REVIEW] “Jesus’ Pub Tales: Derek Currie’s 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 ‘𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠’ 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/when-jesus-came-to-hong-kong.jpg?w=962)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Almost Everything Card—Rob Noble’s Octopus: The Pioneering Story of the World’s First Contactless Payment Card” by Mario Rustan Rob Noble, Octopus: The Pioneering Story of the World’s First Contactless…
![[REVIEW] “The Almost Everything Card—Rob Noble’s 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑠: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑’𝑠 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑃𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑑” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/octopus-the-pioneering-story-of-the-worlds-first-contactless-payment-card-1.jpg?w=896)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Two Japanese Men and a Record Player—Haruki Murakami’s Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa” by Mario Rustan All entries in Cha on Absolutely on Music. Haruki Murakami (author), Jay Rubin (translator), Absolutely…
![[REVIEW] “Two Japanese Men and a Record Player—Haruki Murakami’s 𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑒𝑖𝑗𝑖 𝑂𝑧𝑎𝑤𝑎” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/absolutely-on-music-conversations-with-seiji-ozawa-alfred-a.-knopf-2016.jpg?w=751)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Dress Up for Indonesia: Benjamin Hegarty’s The Made-Up State” by Mario Rustan Benjamin Hegarty, The Made-Up State: Technology, Trans Femininity, and Citizenship in Indonesia, Cornell University Press, 2022. 198 pgs.…
![[REVIEW] “Dress Up for Indonesia: Benjamin Hegarty’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑑𝑒-𝑈𝑝 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/finalreadingsbooklaunch20april2023_poster.jpg?w=816)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “It’s Only Love: Kelly H. Chong’s Love Across Borders” by Mario Rustan Kelly H. Chong, Love Across Borders: Asian Americans, Race, and the Politics of Intermarriage and Family-Making, Routledge, 2021,…
![[REVIEW] “It’s Only Love: Kelly H. Chong’s 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐴𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/love-across-borders-asian-americans-race-and-the-politics-of-intermarriage-and-family-making.jpg?w=1000)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Makan Republic—Nicole Tarulevicz’s Eating Her Curries and Kway: A Cultural History of Food in Singapore” by Mario Rustan Nicole Tarulevicz, Eating Her Curries and Kway: A Cultural History of…
![[REVIEW] “The 𝑀𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑛 Republic—Nicole Tarulevicz’s 𝐸𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐾𝑤𝑎𝑦: 𝐴 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑒” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/eating-her-curries-and-kway-a-cultural-history-of-food-in-singapore-university-of-illinois-press-1.jpg?w=500)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Master in Its Own House: On Thomas Barker’s Indonesian Cinema After the New Order” by Mario Rustan Thomas Barker, Indonesian Cinema After the New Order: Going Mainstream, Hong Kong University…
![[REVIEW] “Master in Its Own House: On Thomas Barker’s 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thomas-barker-indonesian-cinema-after-the-new-order-going-mainstream-1.jpg?w=1001)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Esprit of the City: Yiu-Wai Chu’s Hong Kong Pop Culture in the 1980s” by Mario Rustan Yiu-Wai Chu, Hong Kong Pop Culture in the 1980s: A Decade of Splendour, Asian…
![[REVIEW] “Esprit of the City: Yiu-Wai Chu’s 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑜𝑝 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 1980𝑠” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hong-kong-pop-culture-in-the-1980s.jpg?w=930)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Stardom Before Netflix: On East Asian Film Stars” by Mario Rustan Leung Wing-Fai and Andy Willis (editors), East Asian Film Stars, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 236 pages. You’re a Cantonese researcher…
![[REVIEW] “Stardom Before Netflix: On 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/east-asian-film-stars.jpg?w=946)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS[ [REVIEW] “Extreme Asia: On Exploiting East Asian Cinemas” by Mario Rustan Ken Provencher and Mike Dillon (editors), Exploiting East Asian Cinemas: Genre, Circulation, Reception, Bloomsbury, 2018. 234 pgs. In the early…
![[REVIEW] “Extreme Asia—A Review of 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑠” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/exploiting-east-asian-cinemas-genre-circulation.jpg?w=568)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Paradigm to Emulate is the Salarymen” by Mario Rustan Tomoko Hidaka, Salaryman Masculinity: Continuity and Change in Hegemonic Masculinity in Japan, Brill, 2010. 224 pgs. “Salaryman” is a word…
![[REVIEW] “The Paradigm to Emulate is the Salarymen” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/group-of-salarymen.webp?w=1000)
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{Written by Mario Rustan, this review is part of Issue 43 (April 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} 茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Hong Kong Noir 1688—Patrick H. Hase’s Forgotten Heroes:…
![[REVIEW] “Hong Kong Noir 1688—Patrick H. Hase’s 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑠: 𝑆𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/forgotten-heroes_cha.jpg?w=1024)
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