Through her detailed description of a particular place (Kuzaki-cho) at a particular moment in time (the 1980s), D. P. Martinez addresses a variety of issues currently at the fore in the anthropology o
The archaeological site of Bagan and the kingdom which bore its name contains one of the greatest concentrations of ancient architecture and art in Asia. Much of what is visible today consists of ruin
What kind of scholarly work would help move the country forward and give our people hope? The Ateneo de Manila University Loyola Schools present, as their Agenda for Hope, five key areas of engagement
This collection of essays, based on international collaboration by scholars in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States, is the first systematic, interdisciplinary attempt to address the soci
Originally published in 1996 (Allen & Unwin), this work demonstrates the range of Chinese interactions with Southeast Asian societies. It examines ethnic, national, and cultural identities, migrat
The expansion of international tourism is changing the relationship between ethnic groups and states around the globe. Yet tourism?s importance for the understanding of ethnicity in the modern world h
How is scientific knowledge produced in a colonial context? Furthermore, how is it possible that two colonies such as Cuba and the Philippines could have among the most notable scientific achievements
Tonghak, or Eastern Learning, was the first major new religion in modern Korean history. Founded in 1860, it combined aspects of a variety of Korean religious traditions. Because of its appeal to the
The overwhelming majority of tea practitioners in contemporary Japan are women, but there has been little discussion on their historical role in tea culture (chanoyu). In Cultivating Femininity, Rebec
How does an extended family, bound by shared history, affection, and duty but divided by generation, gender, status, and personality, memorialize its dead? This fascinating study shows how members of
The overwhelming majority of tea practitioners in contemporary Japan are women, but there has been little discussion on their historical role in tea culture (chanoyu). In Cultivating Femininity, Rebec
Allegories of Time and Space explores efforts by leading photographers, artists, architects, and commercial designers to re-envision Japanese cultural identity during the turbulent years between the A
This collection identifies the challenges facing area studies as an organized intellectual project in this era of globalization, focusing in particular on conceptual issues and implications for pedago
Reviewing case studies of Tai-speaking peoples, including the Thai of Thailand, the Lao of Laos, the Shan of Burma, and the Dai of southern China, Walker (Australian National U., Australia) seeks to u
These 16 essays, presented by Ferguson (political science and women's studies, U. of Hawai'i) and Mironesco (political science, U. of Hawai'i), apply a critical feminist lens to a variety of topics lo
What is globalization? How is it gendered? How does it work in Asia and the Pacific? The authors of the sixteen original and innovative essays presented here take fresh stock of globalization’s comple
As susceptible to post-colonialism as any other region, East and Southeast Asia have the added burden of being controlled for a time by substantially different cultures. Those overrun by Japan (Taiwan
Lu (comparative literature, U. of California, Davis) takes an interesting interdisciplinary approach to the study of Chinese modernity, starting from the traditions of the late nineteenth century up t
In this, the most comprehensive treatment in English to date, a senior scholar of early Japan turns to three sources - historical, archaeological and mythological - to provide a multifaceted study of
Employing a neo-Weberian approach to the analysis of the shifting power bases of the Philippino sugar industry, Billig (anthropology, Franklin and Marshall College) examines how political and economic
This remarkable collection of stories offers a portrait of the fascinating and complex world of Samoa. There is Salepa, down on his luck but determined to use his one talent on the reluctant inhabitan
In this detailed analysis of the life and teachings of Deguchi Nao (1837–1918) and the religion she founded, Omotokyo, Emily Ooms expands and refines our understanding of women’s roles in the creation
Zhuangzi: Text and Context is a comprehensive discussion of the ancient Daoist work Zhuangzi in 24 chapters, providing a chronologically-based outline of the context of the work, from the compilation
Melanesia is one of the most culturally diverse and artistically fertile regions of the world. This book is an exporation of one of the richest collections of Melanesian art, that of the British Museu
The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic w
Compassion is a word we use frequently but rarely precisely. One reason we lack a philosophically precise understanding of compassion is that moral philosophers today give it virtually no attention. I
Offers a collection of stories featuring Japanese-Americans women dealing with love, marriage, motherhood, and friendship and the impact on their lives of the internment of Japanese Americans during W
Suitable for college and high school students and those learning on their own, this fully illustrated coursebook provides comprehensive instruction in the history and practical techniques of Chinese
Since 9/11 much has been written about U.S. and European responses to terrorism, to Iraq and Afghanistan, and to tensions between Islam and the West. But countries in Asia Pacific have attracted much
Banivanua-Mar (colonial and human rights history, U. of Melbourne) tells how, from 1865, around 60,000 men, women, and children from diverse islands in the southwestern Pacific were brought to the Bri
Qui (Japanese, Vassar College) explains how Japanese poets adapted the Chinese Daoist classics, particularly the Zhuangzi during the 17th century, a movement that contributed to the transformation o
This first novel by Korean writer of modern realist literature Hahn Moo-Sook (1918-1993) was first published in 1948, and is presented here in an English translation done by her son. The novel traces
A deeply compelling saga of love, jealously, honor, and greed, And So Flows History (Yôksanûn hûrûnda, 1947) depicts the relentless power of exterior forces on the individual lives of three generation
Mostly Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, but also one Indian, scholars of mental and social health explore why and how the common, universal matrices of the human mind become shaped in such a way that th
