Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2008

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• Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre

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  • Author: I. Labedzka
  • Editor Barend J. Haar
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  • This book argues that Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre can only be explained by his broad knowledge and use of various Chinese and Western theatrical, literary, artistic and philosophical traditions.

• Globalization and Changes in China's Governance

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  • Author: K. Yu
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  • China’s structure of governance has also been substantially altered in response to globalization. A unique model of political development is underway in China, which differs considerably from those conceived under both traditional socialist and liberal Western models. This volume tackles these issues of global importance through the analytical prowess of one of China’s leading intellectuals.

• The Great Recreation

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  • Author: D. Bryant
  • Editor Barend J. Haar
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  • Based on extensive use of contemporary historical and literary sources, this book offers a detailed account of the Ming poet Ho Ching-ming and his place in the Chinese poetic tradition, arguing for a reevaluation of the 'Archaist' school and Ming poetry in general within Chinese literary history.

• Himalayan Tribal Tales

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  • Author: S.H. Blackburn
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  • Apatani oral tradition, in the eastern Himalayas, illustrates key cultural ideas, social practices and identity construction. A comparative analysis of Apatani stories reveals parallels across the extended eastern Himalayas, from Arunachal Pradesh to upland Southeast Asia and southwest China.

• Imagining the Good Life

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  • Author: F.K.G. Lim
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  • Effectively combining ethnographic research and theoretical reflections on the pursuit of the good life in a Tibetan community in the Nepal Himalaya, this fascinating book offers a fresh perspective in seeking to understand contemporary experience of development and globalization.

• Indian Islamic Architecture

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  • Editor George Michell
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  • The articles by John Burton-Page on Indian Islamic architecture assembled in this volume give an historical overview of the subject, ranging from the mosques and tombs erected by the Delhi sultans in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, to the great monuments of the Mughals in the 16th and 17th centuries.

• The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road

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  • Editors Philippe Forêt; Andreas Kaplony
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  • Drawing on evidence from the many civilizations that shared the Silk Road, this book examines specific cases of the mobility of maps and images through the centuries.

• Kingship in Early Medieval China

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  • Author: A. Eisenberg
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  • The institution of the Retired Emperor forms the innovative angle from which this study analyzes Classical Chinese political history (4th to 7th centuries A.D.) and lays bare broader patterns of political and social action of Classical Chinese monarchy. The author lays a basis for a new framework to think about kingship and succession in East Asia.

• Korea Yearbook (2008)

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  • Editors Rüdiger Frank; Jim Hoare; Patrick Köllner; Susan Pares
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  • South Korea-related refereed articles in Korea Yearbook 2008 focus on the domestic political scene, relations with Japan, policy towards the North, higher education reform, and new Korean cinema. Additional articles deal with the recovery of the remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean War, economic reform in North Korea, and inter-Korean economic cooperation.

• Lamas, Shamans and Ancestors

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  • Author: A. Balikci
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  • Presented as a village ethnography, this book contributes to the ongoing debate regarding the relationship between Buddhist lamas and shamans by considering their co-existence and everyday interactions, as seen among the Lhopo (Bhutia) people of Sikkim.

• Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 7 A Grammar of Sunwar

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  • Author: D. Borchers
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  • This description of Sunwar, spoken in eastern Nepal, offers an overview of the language, the culture of its speakers, a collection of glossed texts and a glossary; and it shows how suffix conjugations developed as the result of language contact.

• Modern Ladakh

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  • Editors Martijn Beek; Fernanda Pirie
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  • Arguing for the need to situate Ladakh in a South Asian context, albeit not neglecting its ties with Tibet, this volume brings together empirical studies from the region to analyse the change and continuity resulting from colonialism, independence and modernisation.

• Modernist Aesthetics in Taiwanese Poetry since the 1950s

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  • Author: C. Au
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  • Drawing on the phenomenon of placelessness, this book offers an alternative approach to reexamine Chinese modernist literature on the whole and Taiwanese modernist poetry in particular.

• Nagaoka

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  • Author: E.M.A. Van Goethem
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  • This comprehensive account of the Nagaoka capital discusses the capital's construction and layout, and investigates the motivations behind the establishment and abrupt abandonment of Nagaoka within the context of Kanmu's reign and personal convictions.

• New "Temples" of India

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  • Author: F. Bin Yahya

• Overcoming Passion for Race in Malaysia Cultural Studies

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  • Editor David Lim
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  • This book examines the passion for race in Malaysia through a burgeoning archive of Malaysia-related social texts, ranging from media and technological discourse, popular culture and literary production to historical writings, produced originally in English, Malay and Mandarin Chinese.

• Performing "Nation"

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  • Editors Doris Croissant; Catherine Yeh; Doris Croissant; Catherine Yeh; Joshua S. Mostow
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  • Uniquely covering literary, visual and performative expressions of culture, this volume aims to correlate the conjunctions of nation building, gender and representation in late 19th and early 20th century China and Japan.

• Policing Marital Violence in Singapore

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  • Author: G. Narayanan
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  • Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s relational concepts of the ‘field’ and ‘habitus’, the book offers an alternative conceptual framework to appreciate the police response to marital violence in the Singapore context.

• The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919

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  • Author: E. Kaske
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  • Viewing education as the central battleground over the status of language, this book investigates the language policies of various social agents in early 20th century China and offers a comprehensive and fascinating analysis of the emergence of China’s national language.

• Practical Materia Medica of the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean According to the Cairo Genizah

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  • Authors: E. Lev; Z. Amar
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  • The authors provide a new insight to the practice of medical care in the medieval world. They examine the medicinal prescriptions and references to materia medica of the Cairo Genizah by combining the approaches of ethnobotany and history of medicine.