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23 produkter
Changes in Korean Society between 1884-1910 as a Result of the Introduction of Christianity
Av Myung-Keun Choi, Sandra a. Wawrytko
Inbunden, 1997
662 kr
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The purpose of this book is to examine what kind of changes Korean society experienced as a result of the introduction of Christianity through Protestant missionaries. Since this was a formative period in the Korean Church, it will be possible to evaluate those ministry strategies and, through …
Transforming Traditions in Modern Chinese Painting
Huang Pin-hung’s Late Work
Av Jason C. Kuo
Inbunden, 2004
1114 kr
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Modern Chinese painting embodies the constant renewal and reinvigorations of Chinese civilization amidst rebellions, reforms, and revolutions, even if the process may appear confusing and bewildering. It also demonstrates the persistence of tradition and limits of continuities and changes in modern …
Tang Miscellany
An Introduction to "Youyang zazu"
Inbunden, 2003
945 kr
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Youyang zazu is an important Tang dynasty miscellany by the erudite and well-traveled chronicler, Duan Chengshi (c. 800-863). Duan collected over thirteen hundred anecdotes, notes, and tales, which he recorded based on firsthand information, hearsay, and books. Duan’s entries treat a fantastically …
Marriage as Political Strategy and Cultural Expression
Mongolian Royal Marriages from World Empire to Yuan Dynasty
Inbunden, 2008
1312 kr
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Marriage as Political Strategy and Cultural Expression is the first comprehensive study of Mongolian royal marriages from World Empire (1206-1279) to the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) in Asia. This study examines the Mongolian royal family’s marriage strategies and the political implications of these …
«Between Noble and Humble»
Cao Xueqin and the «Dream of the Red Chamber»- Edited by Ronald R. Gray and Mark S. Ferrara- Translated by Liangmei Bao and Kyongsook Park
Av Mark S. Ferrara, Ronald Gray m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1248 kr
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Between Noble and Humble: Cao Xueqin and the Dream of the Red Chamber (曹雪芹新传, literally New Biography of Cao Xueqin) is a translation of a scholarly work by the famous mainland Chinese critic Zhou Ruchang. Written for the Western reader, it historicizes the life and times of the Chinese novelist …
Expressionism and Its Deformation in Contemporary Chinese Theatre
Av Yuwen Hsiung
Inbunden, 2013
1040 kr
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Expressionism and Its Deformation in Contemporary Chinese Theatre provides both rigorous readings of dramatic works as well as a historical overview of Chinese theatre from the 1980s to the present. Expressionism becomes a discursive locus to be incorporated and even transformed during a critical …
Russian «Protocols of Zion» in Japan
«Yudayaka/Jewish Peril» Propaganda and Debates in the 1920s
Inbunden, 2009
1052 kr
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This work is about the swift process of acculturation of antisemitism in Japan – a Shintoist/Buddhist society with no Jews – in the decade following the First World War due to the impact of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Major Japanese primary sources related to the subject are introduced in …
Story of Ambivalent Modernization in Bangladesh and West Bengal
The Rise and Fall of Bengali Elitism in South Asia
Inbunden, 2009
1178 kr
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This book details the evolution of Bengali culture (in both Bangladesh and West Bengal) since antiquity and argues for its modernization. Originally peripheral to Hindu civilization based in North India, Bengali culture was subjected to various forms of Sanskritization. Centuries of invasions …
Of Woman by Woman
Two Erotic Novellas from Ming China- Translated with an Introduction by R.W.L. Guisso and Lenny Hu
Inbunden, 2011
944 kr
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The last century of Ming rule (1368-1644) in China saw an unparalleled and short-lived loosening of the restraints of conventional Confucian morality in both art and literature, and the two novellas translated in Of Woman by Woman are representative of that trend. Both were written under …
From Beauty Fear to Beauty Fever
A Critical Study of Contemporary Chinese Female Writers
Av Xin Yang
Inbunden, 2011
917 kr
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From Beauty Fear to Beauty Fever: A Critical Study of Contemporary Chinese Female Writers looks at a «glamorous» literary and cultural moment in China at the turn of the twenty-first century, namely that of the high-profile female writers born in the 1970s. Dubbed as «beauty writers», they brought …
Wandering Between Two Worlds
The Formative Years of Cao Xueqin 1715–1745
Inbunden, 2014
2167 kr
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Wandering Between Two Worlds: The Formative Years of Cao Xueqin 1715–1745 is a biographical account of the first 30 years of the life of the eighteenth-century Chinese novelist who wrote Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber). It covers Cao Xueqin’s life from his birth in Nanjing in 1715 to the …
Partners in Paradise
Tourism Practices, Heritage Policies, and Anthropological Sites
Inbunden, 2011
904 kr
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How and why do some places in the world become symbols of illusive paradise, and what does this mean for their residents? Moving between anthropology, tourism, and the increasingly influential cultural heritage movement, Partners in Paradise examines the origins of a Euro-American fascination with …
Women and Malay Voices
Undercurrent Murmurings in Indonesia’s Colonial Past
Inbunden, 2012
1117 kr
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Women and Malay Voices examines Malay literature by Chinese peranakan authors in the Dutch East Indies between 1915 and 1940. The narratives, some of them based on sensational murder trials reported in the news, offer insights into women’s lives and experiences and glimpses of female agency. With …
Language of Images
Visualization and Meaning in Tantras
Inbunden, 2015
972 kr
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While Indian visual culture and Tantric images have drawn wide attention, the culture of images, particularly that of the divine images, is broadly misunderstood. This book is the first to systematically address the hermeneutic and philosophical aspects of visualizing images in Tantric practices. …
Ecozoic Spirituality
The Symphony of God, Humanity, and the Universe
Inbunden, 2015
1161 kr
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This book guides the reader to the emerging Ecozoic Era when humans will be present upon the Earth in a mutually enhancing manner. Indeed, this book calls for an Ecozoic spirituality that is timely and much needed. It also illustrates an important direction for theology and spirituality and for …
Harmonious Disagreement
Matteo Ricci and His Closest Chinese Friends
Av Yu Liu
Inbunden, 2015
1203 kr
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The fascinating story of Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) changing himself while trying to change the religious faith of the Chinese has been told many times. As a Jesuit, Ricci pushed Christian evangelism by claiming a theistic affinity with Confucianism and by presenting himself as a defender of …
Trajectories
Excursions with the Anthropology of E. Douglas Lewis
Av Julian C.H. Lee, John M. Prior m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1389 kr
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This volume engages with the work of E. Douglas Lewis, who has made major contributions to the understanding of Eastern Indonesia, ethnography, culture, and religion, as well as a neurobiologically informed anthropology. Lewis’ work on the Ata Tana ‘Ai (People of the Forest) of Flores has long been …
Dream Within a Dream
Studies in Japanese Thought
Av Prof. Steven Heine, Sandra a. Wawrytko
Inbunden, 1991
614 kr
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This book is a collection of articles by one of the leading scholars in Japanese thought dealing with three areas of Japanese philosophy and religion: Dôgen's Zen view of liberation, including the key doctrines of casting off body-mind, being-time, and spontaneous manifestation of the kôan; the …
Reformed Social Ethics and the Korean Church
Inbunden, 1997
614 kr
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Conservative Korean presbyterian churches, comprising the absolute majority of the Korean Church, have always claimed to be heirs of the Reformed tradition. Such words as «Reformed», «Calvinistic», and «Orthodox» are the most popular terms for the names of their denominations. Nevertheless, for the …
Chinese Women in Christian Ministry
An Intercultural Study
Av Mary K.M. Chung, Sandra a. Wawrytko
Inbunden, 2005
928 kr
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Chinese Women in Christian Ministry uses an interdisciplinary (theological, historical, and anthropological) approach to analyze how theological and cultural factors have influenced attitudes about the place and role of women in the Chinese church and Christian ministry in Asia and in the West. The …
Future of Tibet
The Government-in-Exile Meets the Challenge of Democratization
Av Helen R. Boyd, Sandra a. Wawrytko
Inbunden, 2005
603 kr
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This book discusses the emergence of democracy’s modernizing force in an exiled community with a political history based on a feudal theocracy. Since his exile almost forty years ago, the Dalai Lama and his government-in-exile have steered this fledgling democratic community toward the fulfillment …
Japanese Garden
Gateway to the Human Spirit
Av Seiko Goto, Sandra a. Wawrytko
Häftad, 2003
470 kr
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Even in crowded metropolitan areas, Japan’s temple precincts preserve not only architecture, but the garden traditions of earlier centuries as well. To step into a temple garden is, in effect, to tread the paths of Japanese aesthetic history. This time travel experience is not unlike venturing into …
Medicine and Society in Late Imperial China
A Study of Physicians in Suzhou, 1600-1850
Av Yüan-ling Chao, Sandra a. Wawrytko
Inbunden, 2009
871 kr
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Medicine and Society in Late Imperial China explores the vibrant medical landscape in late imperial China (1600-1850), focusing on one of the most cultured and elegant cities in the lower Yangzi region, Suzhou. The central theme of the book is that the economic prosperity and intellectual vibrancy …
