Asian category: 13860 books
An Asian Frontier
American Anthropology and Korea, 1882–1945
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
In the nineteenth century the predominant focus of American anthropology centered on the native peoples of North America, and most anthropologists would argue that Korea during this period was hardly a cultural area of great anthropological interest. However, this perspective underestimates Korea...
Diaspora Christianities
Global Scattering and Gathering of South Asian Christians
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
South Asians make up one of the largest diasporas in the world and Christians form a relatively large share of it. Christians from the Indian subcontinent have successfully transplanted themselves all over the globe, and many from different faith backgrounds have embraced Christianity at overseas...
by Tammy Lambert
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Do you love Chinese food but haven’t indulged since started eating clean on the Paleo diet? This cookbook is a fun, innovative twist on old recipes that are updated to fit the Paleo diet. Most of these recipes are ideal for a busy lifestyle as they are made quickly, perfect for a busy weeknight. Many...
1000+ Indigenous Tasty Cusine of 23 Asian Countries-Comes with Food for Thought
(Purchase This Book and Help Feed Hungry Children!)
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
A very important aspect of this book are selected core of ideas relating to achieving happiness in life-ideas which have made people famous, rich, and successful leaders of human compassion. We call these ideas Food for Thought which, undoubtedly, is soul and/or spiritual food for the body. This food...
by Alan T. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Taking a comparative approach, Alan T. Wood traces the evolution of democracy from its origins in prehistoric times and describes democratic growth in thirteen Asian countries from Japan in East Asia to Pakistan in South Asia and examines key issues such as:
* How does the democratic experience...
British Romanticism in Asia
The Reception, Translation, and Transformation of Romantic Literature in India and East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
This book examines the reception of British Romanticism in India and East Asia (including China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan). Building on recent scholarship on “Global Romanticism”, it develops a reciprocal, cross-cultural model of scholarship, in which “Asian Romanticism” is recognized as itself...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
During the past forty years, South Asia has been the location and the focus of dynamic, important feminist scholarship and activism. In this collection of essays, prominent feminist scholars and activists build on that work to confront pressing new challenges for feminist theorizing and practice....
Against a Hindu God
Buddhist Philosophy of Religion in India
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2009
Philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God have been crucial to Euro-American and South Asian philosophers for over a millennium. Critical to the history of philosophy in India, were the centuries-long arguments between Buddhist and Hindu philosophers about the existence of a God-like...
Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West
Regional Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
This proceedings book presents the first-ever cross-disciplinary analysis of 16th–20th century South, East, and Southeast Asian cartography. The central theme of the conference was the mutual influence of Western and Asian cartographic traditions, and the focus was on points of contact between Western...
Productive failure
Writing queer transnational South Asian art histories
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
This title sets out to write new transnational South Asian art histories - to make visible histories of artworks that remain marginalised within the discipline of art history. However, this is done through a deliberate 'productive failure' - specifically, by not upholding the strictly genealogical...
Refugees, Citizenship and Belonging in South Asia
Contested Terrains
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
This book examines forced migration of two refugees groups in South Asia. The author discusses the claims of “belonging” of refugees, and asserts that in practice “belonging” can extend beyond the state-centric understanding of membership in South Asian states. She addresses two sets of interrelated...
Singapore Dream and Other Adventures
Travel Writings from an Asian Journey
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Hermann Hesse's voyage to the East Indies, recorded in journal entries and other writings translated into English for the first time, describes the experiences that influenced his greatest works.
“I knew but few of the trees and animals that I saw around me by name, I was unable to read the...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
This edited collection explores how graphic art and in particular Japanese manga represent Japanese history.
The articles explore the representation of history in manga from disciplines that include such diverse fields as literary studies, politics, history, cultural studies, linguistics, narratology,...
Hot Sour Salty Sweet
A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2000
Luminous at dawn and dusk, the Mekong is a river road, a vibrant artery that defines a vast and fascinating region. Here, along the world's tenth largest river, which rises in Tibet and joins the sea in Vietnam, traditions mingle and exquisite food prevails.
Award-winning authors Jeffrey Alford...