Ethnic Studies category: 6968 books
by Subarna Sivapalan
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
This book is a contribution to the growing body of work on identity studies. It encompasses the analysis of common themes found in many Malaysian novels, i.e. identity and the self. These themes are examined through postcolonial and psychoanalytical lenses. The book provides an illustration of the...
by International Institute Of Asian Studies Iias
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
This Guide is produced on behalf of the European Science Foundation Asia Committee. The Guide provides a comprehensive survey of researchers, institutes, university departments, museums, organisations, and newsletters in the field of Asian Studies in Europe. The 352 page Guide is published by the...
African American Community Practice Models
Historical and Contemporary Responses
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
African American Community Practice Models shows you what you can “see” and “learn” when people of African American descent are put in the center of community analysis and change. This text celebrates African American experiences and challenges you to understand the black experience from the...
Opera in a Multicultural World
Coloniality, Culture, Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Through historical and contemporary examples, this book critically explores the relevance and expressions of multicultural representation in western European operatic genres in the modern world. It reveals their approaches to reflecting identity, transmitting meaning, and inspiring creation, as...
Gender, Modernity and Male Migrant Workers in China
Becoming a 'Modern' Man
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Rural-urban migration within China has transformed and reshaped rural people’s lives during the past few decades, and has been one of the most visible phenomena of the economic reforms enacted since the late 1970s. Whilst Feminist scholars have addressed rural women’s experience of struggle and...
South Asian Racialization and Belonging after 9/11
Masks of Threat
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
This collection of essays interrogates literary and cultural narratives in the contexts of the incidents following 9/11. The collected essays underscore the new and (re)emerging racial, political, and socio-cultural discourse on identity related to terrorism and identity politics. Specifically, the...
Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Participation in African-Inspired Traditions in the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
What roles do queer and transgender people play in the African diasporic religions? Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Participation in African-Inspired Traditions in the Americas is a groundbreaking scholarly exploration of this long-neglected subject. It...
Buddhist Thought and Applied Psychological Research
Transcending the Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2006
Written by leading scholars and including a foreword by the Dalai Lama, this book explores the interface between Buddhist studies and the uses of Buddhist principles and practices in psychotherapy and consciousness studies. The contributors present a compelling collection of articles that illustrate...
The White Racial Frame
Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
In this book Joe Feagin extends the systemic racism framework in previous Routledge books by developing an innovative concept, the white racial frame. Now four centuries-old, this white racial frame encompasses not only the stereotyping, bigotry, and racist ideology emphasized in other theories of...
by Alexander Wynne
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2007
Having identified early material that goes back to the Buddha himself, the author argues that the two teachers of the Buddha were historical figures. Based on the early Brahminic literature, namely the early Upanishads and Moksadharma, the author asserts the origin of the method of meditation learned...
Sufi Castigator
Ahmad Kasravi and the Iranian Mystical Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Sufi Castigator investigates the writings of Ahmad Kasravi, one of the foremost intellectuals in Iran. It studies his work within the context of Sufism in modern Iran and mystical Persian literature and includes translations of Kasravi’s writings.
Kasravi provides a fascinating topic for...
Reading Asia
New Research in Asian Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
This volume presents a wide variety of articles in the broad field of Asian Studies, covering the latest results of research within the social sciences and the humanities, reflecting the rich diversity within these areas of research.
The contributions stem from research carried out by scholars who...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Over the course of the nineteenth century, most of the Theravada world of Southeast Asia came under the colonial domination of European powers. While this has long been seen as a central event in the development of modern forms of Theravada Buddhism, most discussions have focused on specific Buddhist...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The Routledge Handbook of Korean Culture and Society is an accessible and interdisciplinary resource that explores the formation and transformation of Korean culture and society.
Each chapter provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking overview on key topics, including: compressed modernity,...