Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Asian Culture and Society Far East Asia China Hong Kong Japan written by Feroz Kapadia and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Asian Culture and Society written by Feroz Kapadia and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Asian Culture and Society written by Feroz Kapadia and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided Conveniently Into Three Major Regions South Asia, South-East Asia And Far East Asia The Eight Volumes Present A Panoramic View Of The Glory And Splendour Of The Millennia-Old Civilizations Of Asia In A Lucid Country-Wide Series Of Profiles That Extend Over Origins, Settlements, Daily Life, Religious Influences, Customs And Practices, Myth And Magic, Ritual And Worship, Folk Expressions And Creative Manifestations, And Social Mores. The Series Represents A Major Effort To Bring Together In Compact Yet Essential Detail The Historical Forces, The Religious Factors, And The Cultural Influences That Have Sought To Shape And Mould The Timeless Cultures Of This Great Continent Which Now Seeks To Come To Terms With The Modern World. Much More Than Document Much More Than A Cultural Profile. In Eight Exquisitely Designed Volumes, Each Volume A Tribute To Asia. Volume 1. Asia: Cradle Of Culture And Civilisation; Volume 2. South Asia: India And Sri Lanka; Volume 3. South Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal And Bhutan; Volume 4. South East Asia: Burma And Cambodia; Volume 5. South East Asia: Indonesia, Java, Bali, Borneo; Volume 6, South East Asia: Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam; Volume 7. Korea, Philippines, Thailand; Volume 8. China, Hong Kong, Japan.With Over Many Years Of Painstaking Research, Compilation And Selection, The Publication Assumes The Greatest Significance As A Timely Reminder Of The Greatness And Spiritual Excellence That Mark The Family Of Man In This Vast Continent.
Download or read book Culture and Society in the Asia Pacific written by Colin Mackerras and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new text examines the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia- Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century. It takes a close look at those areas which have affected the everyday life of the people most directly. These include: * the family * gender relations and the position of women * religion * the arts, with specific reference to film * ethnic relations and population migration * education, and the images of the Asia-Pacific. The authors discuss real tensions between tradition and modernity in different nations of the Asia-Pacific, exploring the effects that economic growth has on powerful traditional cultures.
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of East Asian Popular Culture written by Koichi Iwabuchi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1990s there has been a dramatic increase in cultural flows and connections between the countries in the East Asian region. Nowhere is this more apparent than when looking at popular culture where uneven but multilateral exchanges of Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Hong Kong and Chinese products have led to the construction of an ‘East Asian Popular Culture’. This is both influenced by, and in turn influences, the national cultures, and generates transnational co-production and reinvention. As East Asian popular culture becomes a global force, it is increasingly important for us to understand the characteristics of contemporary East Asian popular culture, and in particular its transnational nature. In this handbook, the contributors theorize East Asian experiences and reconsider Western theories on cultural globalization to provide a cutting-edge overview of this global phenomenon. The Routledge Handbook of East Asian Popular Culture will be of great interest to students and scholars of a wide range of disciplines, including: Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Communication Studies, Anthropology, Sociology and Asian Studies in general.
Download or read book East Asian Cultural and Historical Perspectives written by University of Alberta. Research Institute for Comparative Literature and Cross-Cultural Studies and published by Research Institute for Comparative Literature. This book was released on 1997 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Constructing Nationhood in Modern East Asia written by Kai-wing Chow and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cutting-edge collection exploring identity-making in East Asia This is an interdisciplinary study of the cultural politics of nationalism and national identities in modern East Asia. Combining theoretical insights with empirical research, it explores the cultural dimensions of nationhood and identity-making in China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The essays address issues ranging from the complex relations between popular culture and national consciousness to the representation of ethnic/racial identity and gendered discourse on nationalism. The cutting-edge research on the diverse forms of cultural preacceptance and the various ways in which this participates in the construction and projection of national and ethnic identities in East Asia illuminates several understudied issues in Asian studies, including the ambiguity of Hong Kong identity during World War II and the intricate politics of the post-war Taiwanese trial of collaboration. Addressing a wide range of theoretical and historical issues regarding cultural dimensions of nationalism and national identities all over East Asia, these essays draw insights from such recent theories as cultural studies, postcolonial theories, and archival-researched cultural anthropology. The book will be important reading for students of Asian studies as well as for serious readers interested in issues of nationalism and culture. Kai-wing Chow is Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures. Kevin Doak is Associate Professor of History. Poshek Fu is Associate Professor of History and Cinema Studies. All three teach at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Download or read book Sources of East Asian Tradition The modern period written by Wm. Theodore De Bary and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 1196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wm. Theodore de Bary offers a selection of essential readings from his immensely popular anthologies Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Korean Tradition, and Sources of Japanese Tradition so readers can experience a concise but no less comprehensive portrait of the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of East Asia."--
Download or read book Asian Cultural Traditions written by Carolyn Brown Heinz and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of Asian Cultural Traditions expands our understanding of the bewildering diversity that has existed and continues to exist in the cultures of South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. In a single volume, the authors pull together some of the major cultural strands by which people in Asian societies have organized their collective life and made their lives meaningful. With new sections on Central Asia, Islam, Korea, and Insular Southeast Asia, this first survey of its kind draws on multiple disciplines to contextualize the interplay of culture, historical events, language, and geography to promote better understanding of a realm often misunderstood by Westerners. The skillful synthesis of a vast amount of information, boxed items featuring popular culture or current events, abundant in-text illustrations, and vivid color plates make Asian Cultural Traditions, 2/E an outstanding introduction to Asian cultures. The Second Edition welcomes the editorial collaboration of Jeremy Murray and is sure to have continued broad classroom appeal.
Download or read book Rogue Flows written by Koichi Iwabuchi and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rogue Flows brings together some of the best and most knowledgeable writers on consumption and cultural theory to chart the under-explored field of cultural flows and consumption across different regions in Asia, and the importance of these flows in constituting contemporary Asian national identities. It offers innovative possibilities for envisioning how the transfer of popular and consumer culture (such as TV, music, film, advertising and commodities) across Asian countries has produced a new form of cross-cultural fertilisation within Asian societies, which does not merely copy Western counterparts. Rogue Flows is unique in its investigation of how “Asianness” is being exploited by Asian transnational cultural industries and how it is involved in the new power relations of the region. It is an important contribution to the literature of Asian cultural studies.
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of South East and Far East Asia written by P. C. Sinha and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Pursuit Of Contemporary East Asian Culture written by Xiaobing Tang and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1996-05-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These critical essays examine various aspects of East Asian culture through an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural lens. They examine both historical conditions and contemporary impulses, and anticipate a geocultural shift to the Asian Pacific Rim
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Asian Culture and Society South East Asia Malaysia Laos Vietnam written by Feroz Kapadia and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Asian Culture and Society written by Feroz Kapadia and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Asian Culture and Society South East Asia Indonesia Java Bali Borneo written by Feroz Kapadia and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Voices of East Asia written by Margaret Helen Childs and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voices of East Asia provides significant yet accessible readings in translation chosen to stimulate interest in the long and rich cultural history of East Asia, the countries of China, Japan, and Korea. The readings range from ancient to modern, elite to popular, and include poetry, stories, essays, and drama. Each section begins with a broad but brief overview of that country's political and cultural history. Each reading is preceded by a concise explanation of its literary and cultural context. As expertise in East Asian studies has exploded in the West in recent decades, a novice could be overwhelmed by all the materials available now. In this volume, however, the reader will find a manageable set of texts that may be read on their own, as part of a world literature course, or as supplementary readings for an East Asian history class. As economic and political news from East Asia sweeps across the world, this anthology aims to provide a taste of the enduring traditions upon which contemporary East Asia is built, a glimpse into the hopes and fears, love and sorrow in the hearts of the people behind the headlines. This anthology will be welcomed by students and scholars of Asian history, culture, society and literature.
Download or read book Religion Culture and the Public Sphere in China and Japan written by Albert Welter and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines the impact of East Asian religion and culture on the public sphere, defined as an idealized discursive arena that mediates the official and private spheres. Contending that the actors and agents on the fringes of society were instrumental in shaping the public sphere in traditional and modern East Asia, it considers how these outliers contribute to religious, intellectual, and cultural dialog in the public sphere. Jürgen Habermas conceptualized the public sphere as the discursive arena which grew within Western European bourgeoisie society, arguably overlooking topics such as gender, minorities, and non-European civilizations, as well as the extent to which agency in the public sphere is effective in non-Western societies and how practitioners on the outskirts of mainstream society can participate. This volume responds to and builds upon this dialogue by addressing how religious, intellectual, and cultural agency in the public sphere shapes East Asian cultures, particularly the activities of those found on the peripheries of historic and modern societies.
