Hollywood's Representations of the Sino-Tibetan Conflict Politics, Culture, and Globalization

Jenny George Daccache is a scholar in the field of media, film, culture, and politics. Her primary research interest focuses on the relation of Hollywood to politics, propaganda, and culture. She is at work on three books: Hollywood Projecting the Middle East Conflict, Hollywood Voicing Ethnic Minorities: Black Power Propaganda, and Hollywood Science Fictions: A Reflection on President George W. Bush's Domestic and International Policy. Brandon Valeriano is a lecturer at the University of Glasgow in the School of Social and Political Sciences. His main research interests include investigations of the causes of conflict and peace as well as the study of race and ethnicity from the international perspective. His ongoing research explores interstate rivalry, classification systems of war, arms buildups, cyberwar, popular culture and foreign policy, and Latino foreign policy issues. Valeriano has published close to two dozen articles and book chapters in such outlets as the Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, International Interactions, African Security, and the Policy Studies Journal. He has also completed a book on the origins of rivalry (Becoming Rivals, forthcoming 2013) and is completing a book on Russia's foreign policy adventures after 9/11. He received his PhD from Vanderbilt University.