Shepherd (anthropology and international affairs, George Washington U.) explores interrelationships between the field practices of anthropology, the preservation goals of cultural heritage, and the co
This volume uses feminist and post colonial theory to examine Malay literature by Chinese peranaken authors in the Dutch East Indies between 1915 and 1940. Hellwig (Asian studies, U. of British Columb
R.W.L. Guisso and Lenny Hu have both published extensively in their respective fields of Chinese history and Chinese literature, and they have collaborated previously in translation of erotica. Here t
Zhao (pre-modern Chinese history, U. of Toronto) does not chronicle the royal marriages between 1206 and 1368, but describes features that characterize the phenomenon as a whole. In particular, he exa
This book guides the reader to the emerging Ecozoic Era when humans will be present upon the Earth in a mutually enhancing manner. Indeed, this book calls for an Ecozoic spirituality that is timely an
Prakrti is the word chosen by the modern North Indian languages to translate the English word nature. Jacobsen (history of religions, U. of Bergen, Norway) traces the word's history through the texts
Zhang (b. 1906) is well known as a writer of children's books during the 1930s, but is otherwise mentioned usually as an aside in accounts of 20th-century Chinese fiction. Calling him an important tho
Liu (intellectual history and political philosophy, Dalien U. of Technology, China) has revised his Phd dissertation for Temple University to expose western readers to one of the leaders of New Confuc