Columbia University Press: 2355 books
by Kim Chew Ng
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
"Dream and Swine and Aurora," "Deep in the Rubber Forest," "Fish Bones," "Allah's Will," "Monkey Butts, Fire, and Dangerous Things"—Ng Kim Chew's stories are raw, rural, and rich with the traditions of his native Malaysia. They are also full of humor...
The Kojiki
An Account of Ancient Matters
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its ancient past. Gustav Heldt's engaging new translation...
Sunset
A Ch'ae Manshik Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Ch’ae Manshik is one of the most accomplished modern Korean writers yet is underrepresented in English translation because of the challenges posed by his distinctive voice and colloquial style. Sunset: A Ch’ae Manshik Reader is the first English-language anthology of his works and features a variety...
Spells, Images, and Mandalas
Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Koichi Shinohara traces the evolution of Esoteric Buddhist rituals from the simple recitation of spells in the fifth century to complex systems involving image worship, mandala initiation, and visualization practices in the ninth century. He presents an important new reading of a seventh-century Chinese...
by George Hawley
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon: “alt-right,” short for “alternative right.” Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups: it is youthful and tech savvy, obsessed...
Genes and DNA
A Beginner's Guide to Genetics and Its Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2004
Covering newsworthy aspects of contemporary biology—gene therapy, the Human Genome Project, DNA testing, and genetic engineering—as well as fundamental concepts, this book, written specifically for nonbiologists, discusses classical and molecular genetics, quantitative and population genetics—including...
Chaos, Territory, Art
Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2008
Instead of treating art as a unique creation that requires reason and refined taste to appreciate, Elizabeth Grosz argues that art-especially architecture, music, and painting-is born from the disruptive forces of sexual selection. She approaches art as a form of erotic expression connecting sensory...
by Jeffrey Kinkley
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
The depiction of personal and collective suffering in modern Chinese novels differs significantly from standard Communist accounts and many Eastern and Western historical narratives. Writers such as Yu Hua, Su Tong, Wang Anyi, Mo Yan, Han Shaogong, Ge Fei, Li Rui, and Zhang Wei skew and scramble common...
Manly States
Masculinities, International Relations, and Gender Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2001
Much has been written on how masculinity shapes international relations, but little feminist scholarship has focused on how international relations shape masculinity. Charlotte Hooper draws from feminist theory to provide an account of the relationship between masculinity and power. She explores how...
Species Matters
Humane Advocacy and Cultural Theory
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Why has the academy struggled to link advocacy for animals to advocacy for various human groups? Within cultural studies, in which advocacy can take the form of a theoretical intervention, scholars have resisted arguments that add "species" to race, class, gender, sexuality, disability,...
by James Powell
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Modern science is under the greatest and most successful attack in recent history. An industry of denial, abetted by news media and "info-tainment" broadcasters more interested in selling controversy than presenting facts, has duped half the American public into rejecting the facts of climate...
by Jean Baudrillard
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2000
Aren't we actually sick of sex, of difference, of emancipation, of culture? With this provocative taunt, the indomitable sociologist Jean Baudrillard challenges us to face up to our deadly, technologically empowered renunciation of mortality and subjectivity as he grapples with the complex issues...
The War of the Soups and the Sparks
The Discovery of Neurotransmitters and the Dispute Over How Nerves Communicate
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2005
Like the cracking of the genetic code and the creation of the atomic bomb, the discovery of how the brain's neurons work is one of the fundamental scientific developments of the twentieth century. The discovery of neurotransmitters revolutionized the way we think about the brain and what it means...
Adolescents in Public Housing
Addressing Psychological and Behavioral Health
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Adolescents in Public Housing incorporates data from multiple public-housing sites in large U.S. cities to shine much-needed light on African American youth living in non–HOPE VI public-housing neighborhoods. With findings grounded in research, the book gives practitioners and policy makers a solid...