This book is a stimulating, fast-paced look at the way others in this case the two looming Asian superpowers, China and India look at us , via the lens of television. Through a discussion of Chinese and Indian interpretations of popular shows such as Friends, Lost, and The Simpsons, Dr. Sherman sheds new light on a heady mix of glamor, glory, dislocation and malaise that characterizes US and global media culture in the early twenty-first century. Part travelogue, part academic analysis, topped off with unrelenting black humor, America through the Eyes of India and China is sure to engage anyone interested in intercultural relations and (mis-)communication. --James Mark Shields, Assistant Professor of Comparative Humanities and Asian Thought, Bucknell University
Simultaneously serious and humorous, Sherman's book offers valuable lessons on culture, identity, and what it means to be American in a world in which pluralism continues to be important despite globalization. --Robert Paul Churchill, Professor of Philosophy, George Washington University
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