Beginning his career in the early 1970s, a period of great cultural ferment in Korean theater in which playwrights were reasserting the cultural identity of Korea and fashioning plays of social and po
Phillips (voice, Towson U.) argues that there is too much focus on the music of dead composers in the Western classical tradition, and that teaching and listening to the music of living composers must
Multiethnic societies are challenging for both emigres and the host country; as the saying goes, it takes two to tango. Chansiri, who works for the Ministry of Commerce in Thailand and lectures on law
Mason argues for a curriculum aimed at teenage boys as they transition into manhood that is a re-conceptualization of the masculine gender and a new approach to teaching them and supporting their masc
Weavings and miracle writings contradict the conventional view of medieval women as silent, passive participants in events that shaped history, argues. Norrman (U. of Minnesota). She examines women's
Hatcher (political science, Sewanee: The U. of the South) provides a comprehensive study of the position of Senate majority leader in terms of electoral and functional constituencies, including the st
Crouch (visual arts, Southwest University Chongqing, China) has assembled a series of articles on the historical context and modern evolution of Chinese visual culture in the face of that country's ra
"Dr. Lara Brown's Jockeying for the American Presidency is one of the best books this discipline has contributed to the study of presidential nominations and elections. Her book has three especially
This work is primarily the work of F.H. Conroy (emeritus, history, U. of Pennsylvania). He recounts American political and military involvement in East Asia from the Spanish American War, which result
Hicks (economics, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology) supplements a critical review of over 200 studies on the local economic impact of the chain big-box
This text features a literary analysis of the works of one of China's most famous novelists, Mo Yan. Over the course of four chapters, Chan (Chinese language and cultural studies, Wittenberg Universit
With a "realistic vision of a society in which differences are accepted within the realm of universal human rights" rather than the ideal of a prejudice-free society, Pelinka (nationalism studies and
China's recent economic growth has fed a rapid increase in the study of modern Chinese language and literature globally. In this shifting global context, authors who work on the edges of the literary
There exists a plethora of literature on the relationship between early Christianity and Judaism, but these studies focus on one or two issues. In the tradition of James Parkes, whose1930 study of the
Yecao (Wild Grass, or Weeds) was first published in 1927, says Kaldis, and is the only collection of modern style poetry by Lu Xun (1881-1936), widely acknowledged as 20th-century China's foremost lit
What impact does having a home computer and the ability to access information on the Internet have on success in school? Macho (technology education, State U. of New York, Buffalo College) takes on th
Vlaardingerbroek (education, American U. of Beirut, Lebanon) and Taylor (science and technology, U. of New England, Australia) present country case studies of the systems that govern how students gain
Rubin (humanities, Arapaho Community College, Littleton, Colorado) argues that the achievements of American literary figure Howells (1837-1920) cannot be fully appreciated without considering his part
Connolly (English, Suffolk U., UK) discusses how the theatrical persona can be part of a nation's culture and how what a performer does can be taken as representations of that culture. He investigates
Can online support networks provide the same benefits of face-to-face social support while avoiding conventional limitations of material resources, proximity, and temporality? Bambina (Center on Organ
While there are historical accounts of the German Americans, Jewish Americans, and Irish Americans who fought in the Civil War, much less is know about the contributions of Italian Americans--the focu
Trotman, retired as a professor of sociology, policy studies, and gender studies at Edith Cowan U., Perth, Australia, discusses the subjective experiences of becoming and being a female teacher throug
