Central Asian Militancy - A Primary Source Examination
von Duncan Fitz
2014 Kartoniert, 36 Seiten, 280mm x 216mm x 2mm, Sprache(n): eng As Western forces withdraw from Afghanistan, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) could become more dangerous to Western and Afghan interests. Both groups are active in the Afghanistan-Pakistan…
Moral Psychology of Confucian Shame - Shame of Shamelessness
von Bongrae Seok
2016 Kartoniert, 216 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 13mm, Sprache(n): eng Early Confucian philosophers (notably Confucius and Mencius) emphasized moral significance of shame in self-cultivation and learning. In their discussion, shame is not just a painful sense of moral failure or transgression but al…
Disturbing Conventions - Decentering Thai Literary Cultures
2014 Kartoniert, 298 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 18mm, Sprache(n): eng Disturbing Conventions draws the study of Thai literature out of the relative isolation that has to date impeded its participation in the wider field of comparative and world literature. Predominantly penned by Thai academics, th…
China on Film - A Century of Exploration, Confrontation, and Controversy
von Paul G. Pickowicz
2013 Kartoniert, 376 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 20mm, Sprache(n): eng Leading scholar Paul G. Pickowicz traces the dynamic history of Chinese filmmaking and discusses its course of development from the early days to the present. Moving decade by decade, he explores such key themes as the ever-shift…
Lies That Bind - Chinese Truth, Other Truths
von Susan D. Blum
2007 Kartoniert, 242 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 14mm, Sprache(n): eng This provocative book explores the ideology of truth and deception in China, offering a nuanced perspective on social interaction in different cultural settings. Drawing on decades of fieldwork in China, Susan D. Blum offers an a…
The Subject of Gender - Daughters and Mothers in Urban China
von Harriet Evans
2007 Kartoniert, 248 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 15mm, Sprache(n): eng Women in urban China have lived through decades of political turbulence, extensive socio-economic change, and the transformation of gender practices, expectations, and relationships. Among these is the mother-daughter relationshi…
I'm Married to Your Company! - Everyday Voices of Japanese Women
von Masako Itoh
2007 Kartoniert, 234 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 14mm, Sprache(n): eng This approachable and absorbing book offers a unique window into Japanese culture and language. Highlighting the overlooked world of the "silent majority, " the housewives and mothers who are the mainstay of Japanese society, thi…
Exodus to North Korea - Shadows from Japan's Cold War
von Tessa Morris-Suzuki
2007 Kartoniert, 302 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 16mm, Sprache(n): eng Ranging from Geneva to Pyongyang, this remarkable book takes readers on an odyssey through one of the most extraordinary forgotten tragedies of the Cold War: the "return" of over 90, 000 people, most of them ethnic Koreans, from…
China's Rise in Historical Perspective
2010 Kartoniert, 298 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 18mm, Sprache(n): eng China, with its geographical, historical, cultural, and political distance from the West, long has been a black box upon which we readily paste labels-communist, non-Western, developing country-but whose internal logic remains a…
China Today, China Tomorrow - Domestic Politics, Economy, and Society
2010 Kartoniert, 346 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 19mm, Sprache(n): eng In this timely book, a group of leading scholars provides a comprehensive assessment of China's polity, economy, and society. Taking the thirtieth anniversary of Beijing's adoption of reform and opening as an occasion to reflect…
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