New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society – serie
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Birth of an Empire
Av Yuri Pines, Gideon Shelach m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
357 kr
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In 221 BCE the state of Qin vanquished its rivals and established the first empire on Chinese soil, starting a millennium-long imperial age in Chinese history. Hailed by some and maligned by many, Qin has long been an enigma. In this pathbreaking study, the authors integrate textual sources with …
Beyond Exemplar Tales
Av Joan Judge, Ying Hu
Häftad, 2011
486 kr
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This volume develops new strategies for reading, contextualizing, and interpreting the long Chinese tradition of women's biography. Drawing upon a vast array of sources - from formal biography to poetry, letters, and oral interviews - the authors examine how women's biography served particular …
Critical Han Studies
Av Thomas Mullaney, James Patrick Leibold m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
489 kr
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Constituting over ninety percent of China's population, Han is not only the largest ethnonational group in that country but also one of the largest categories of human identity in world history. In this pathbreaking volume, a multidisciplinary group of scholars examine this ambiguous identity, one …
Idle Talk
Av Jack W. Chen, David Schaberg
Häftad, 2013
575 kr
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Gossip and anecdote may be "idle talk," but they also serve to knit together individuals in society and to provide the materials through which literary culture and historical memory are constructed. This groundbreaking book provides a cultural history of gossip and anecdote in traditional China, …
Role of Japan in Modern Chinese Art
Häftad, 2013
823 kr
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The modern histories of China and Japan are inexorably intertwined. Their relationship is perhaps most obvious in the fields of political, economic, and military history, but it is no less true in cultural and art history. Yet the traffic in artistic practices and practitioners between China and …
Daoism in the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2012
671 kr
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In this volume, an interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the social history and anthropology of Daoism from the late nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the evolution of traditional forms of practice and community, as well as modern reforms and reinventions both within China and …
