These study notes helps students study for ARTS1210, and "to the different countries that make up the Asian region and the interdisciplinary methods used to research and study Asia known as Asian Studies. Using an all-Asia approach with a focus on the twentieth century, it will give students a broad knowledge of the diversity of the societies that constitute Asia. Students will learn about the different cultures that make up East, South and Southeast Asia, including religion and culture (and the major literary texts that have influenced cultural identity), general colonial histories, constructions of gender, population and demography, Asian cities, the politics of democracy and authoritarianism, and Asian diasporas." (UNSW ARTS1210 Course Outline 2015).