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27 produkter
Fate Calculation Experts
Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China
Av Geng Li
Inbunden, 2019
1701 kr
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Having long been stigmatized as an immoral and even illegal "superstition", the popular practice of divination is experiencing a revival in contemporary China. Fate Calculation Experts explores how diviners attempt to achieve legitimation in a society which identifies strongly with modernity, …
Engaging the Spirit World
Popular Beliefs and Practices in Modern Southeast Asia
Av Kirsten W. Endres, Andrea Lauser
Inbunden, 2012
1921 kr
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"The world today is as furiously religious as it ever was."This quote from Peter Berger now appears to be undisputed in the contemporary social and cultural sciences. A look around the globe reveals that modernization does not necessarily lead to a decline of religion, neither in society nor in the …
Ogata-Mura
Sowing Dissent and Reclaiming Identity in a Japanese Farming Village
Inbunden, 2012
1921 kr
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Following the Second World War, a massive land reclamation project to boost Japan’s rice production capacity led to the transformation of the shallow lagoon of Hachirogata in Akita Prefecture into a seventeen-thousand-hectare expanse of farmland. In 1964, the village of Ogata-mura was founded on …
Globalization in Southeast Asia
Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives
Av Shinji Yamashita, J. S. Eades
Inbunden, 2003
1921 kr
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This book examines society in contemporary Southeast Asia with detailed case studies drawn from countries across the region, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. At the macro-level these include studies of nation-building and the incorporation of minorities. At …
Globalization in Southeast Asia
Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives
Av Shinji Yamashita, J. S. Eades
Häftad, 2002
511 kr
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The rapid postwar economic growth in the Southeast Asia region has led to a transformation of many of the societies there, together with the development of new types of anthropological research in the region. Local societies with originally quite different cultures have been incorporated into …
Bali and Beyond
Case Studies in the Anthropology of Tourism
Av Shinji Yamashita, J.S. Eades
Inbunden, 2002
1861 kr
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Based on field research carried out over two decades, the author surveys the development of the anthropology of tourism and its significance, using case studies drawn from Indonesia, New Guinea and Japan. He argues that tourism, once seen as rather peripheral by anthropologists, has to be treated …
Making of Anthropology in East and Southeast Asia
Av Shinji Yamashita, J.S. Eades m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
2056 kr
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CHOICE OUTSTANDING BOOK OF THE YEAR 2005Despite the growth of interest in the history of anthropology as a over the last two decades, surprisingly little has been published in English on the development of anthropology in East and Southeast Asia and its relationship to the rest of the academic …
Making of Anthropology in East and Southeast Asia
Av Shinji Yamashita, J.S. Eades m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
588 kr
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CHOICE OUTSTANDING BOOK OF THE YEAR 2005Despite the growth of interest in the history of anthropology as a over the last two decades, surprisingly little has been published in English on the development of anthropology in East and Southeast Asia and its relationship to the rest of the academic …
Bali and Beyond
Case Studies in the Anthropology of Tourism
Av Shinji Yamashita, J.S. Eades
Häftad, 2003
527 kr
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Based on field research carried out over two decades, the author surveys the development of the anthropology of tourism and its significance, using case studies drawn from Indonesia, New Guinea and Japan. He argues that tourism, once seen as rather peripheral by anthropologists, has to be treated …
Ogata-Mura
Sowing Dissent and Reclaiming Identity in a Japanese Farming Village
Häftad, 2015
527 kr
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Following the Second World War, a massive land reclamation project to boost Japan’s rice production capacity led to the transformation of the shallow lagoon of Hachirogata in Akita Prefecture into a seventeen-thousand-hectare expanse of farmland. In 1964, the village of Ogata-mura was founded on …
Soup, Love, and a Helping Hand
Social Relations and Support in Guangzhou, China
Inbunden, 2018
1921 kr
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Despite growing affluence, a large number of urban Chinese have problems making ends meet. Based on ethnographic research among several different types of communities in Guangzhou, China, Soup, Love and a Helping Hand examines different modes and ideologies of help/support, as well as the related …
Tides of Empire
Religion, Development, and Environment in Cambodia
Inbunden, 2020
1648 kr
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At the forested edge of Cambodia’s development frontier, the infrastructures of global development engulf the land and existing social practices like an incoming tide. Cambodia’s distinctive history of imperial surge and rupture makes it easier to see the remains of earlier tides, which are …
Stories from an Ancient Land
Perspectives on Wa History and Culture
Inbunden, 2021
2123 kr
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The Wa people have a rich civilization of their own, and a deep history in the mountains of Southeast Asia. Their mythology suggests their land is the first place inhabited by humans, which they care for on behalf of the world. This book introduces aspects of Wa culture, including their approach to …
Aspirations of Young Adults in Urban Asia
Values, Family, and Identity
Av Mariske Westendorp, Désirée Remmert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1880 kr
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Comparing first-person ethnographic accounts of young people living, working, and creating relationships in cities across Asia, this volume explores their contemporary lives, pressures, ideals, and aspirations. Delving into topical issues such as education, social inequality, family pressures, …
Cosmic Coherence
A Cognitive Anthropology Through Chinese Divination
Inbunden, 2021
1701 kr
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Humans are unique in their ability to create systematic accounts of the world – theories based on guiding cosmological principles. This book is about the role of cognition in creating cosmologies, and explores this through the ethnography and history of Yijing divination in China. Diviners explain …
Art of Fate Calculation
Practicing Divination in Taipei, Beijing, and Kaifeng
Inbunden, 2023
2077 kr
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From housewives to students and high-ranking officials, people from all social backgrounds in China and Taiwan visit fate calculation masters to learn about their destiny. How do clients assess the diviner’s skills? How does one become a fortune-teller? How is a person’s fate calculated? The Art of …
Visions of Marriage
Politics and Family on Kinmen, 1920-2020
Inbunden, 2023
1921 kr
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Grounded in multi-generational stories from Kinmen in Taiwan, Visions of Marriage explores the historical entanglements between the pursuit of new personal and national futures. Focusing on the relational and future-making aspects of marriage, the ethnography highlights the intersection of …
Temple Tracks
Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia
Inbunden, 2023
1921 kr
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The notions of labour, mobility and piety have a complex and intertwined relationship. Using ethnographic methods and a historical perspective, Temple Tracks critically outlines the interlink of railway construction in colonial and post-colonial Asia, as well as the anthropology of infrastructure …
Aspirations of Young Adults in Urban Asia
Values, Family, and Identity
Av Mariske Westendorp, Désirée Remmert m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
527 kr
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Comparing first-person ethnographic accounts of young people living, working, and creating relationships in cities across Asia, this volume explores their contemporary lives, pressures, ideals, and aspirations. Delving into topical issues such as education, social inequality, family pressures, …
Calibrated Engagement
Chronicles of Local Politics in the Heartland of Myanmar
Inbunden, 2024
1861 kr
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For decades, the heartland of Myanmar has been configured as a pacified space under military surveillance. A closer look reveals how politics is enacted at distance with the state. Calibrated Engagement weaves together ethnography and history to chronicle the transformation of rural politics in …
Stories from an Ancient Land
Perspectives on Wa History and Culture
Häftad, 2024
450 kr
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The Wa people have a rich civilization of their own, and a deep history in the mountains of Southeast Asia. Their mythology suggests their land is the first place inhabited by humans, which they care for on behalf of the world. This book introduces aspects of Wa culture, including their approach to …
Temple Tracks
Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia
Häftad, 2026
223 kr
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The notions of labour, mobility and piety have a complex and intertwined relationship. Using ethnographic methods and a historical perspective, Temple Tracks critically outlines the interlink of railway construction in colonial and post-colonial Asia, as well as the anthropology of infrastructure …
Visions of Marriage
Politics and Family on Kinmen, 1920-2020
Häftad, 2026
307 kr
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Grounded in multi-generational stories from Kinmen in Taiwan, Visions of Marriage explores the historical entanglements between the pursuit of new personal and national futures. Focusing on the relational and future-making aspects of marriage, the ethnography highlights the intersection of …
Centering the Margin
Agency and Narrative in Southeast Asian Borderlands
Av Alexander Horstmann, Reed L. Wadley
Inbunden, 2006
1861 kr
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In a completely new approach to borders and border crossing, this volume suggests a re-conceptualization of the nation in Southeast Asia. Choosing an actor approach, the individual chapters in this volume capture the narratives of minorities, migrants and refugees who inhabit and cross borders as …
Multiculturalism in the New Japan
Crossing the Boundaries Within
Av Nelson H. Graburn, John Ertl m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1921 kr
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Like other industrial nations, Japan is experiencing its own forms of, and problems with, internationalization and multiculturalism. This volume focuses on several aspects of this process and examines the immigrant minorities as well as their Japanese recipient communities. Multiculturalism is …
Centering the Margin
Agency and Narrative in Southeast Asian Borderlands
Av Alexander Horstmann, Reed L. Wadley
Häftad, 2008
527 kr
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In a completely new approach to borders and border crossing, this volume suggests a re-conceptualization of the nation in Southeast Asia. Choosing an actor approach, the individual chapters in this volume capture the narratives of minorities, migrants and refugees who inhabit and cross borders as …
Multiculturalism in the New Japan
Crossing the Boundaries Within
Av Nelson H. Graburn, John Ertl m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
527 kr
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Like other industrial nations, Japan is experiencing its own forms of, and problems with, internationalization and multiculturalism. This volume focuses on several aspects of this process and examines the immigrant minorities as well as their Japanese recipient communities. Multiculturalism is …
