Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies

Stories Old and New is the first complete translation of Feng Menglong's Gujin xiaoshuo (also known as Yushi mingyan, Illustrious Words to Instruct the World), a collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620 in China. This is considered the best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639060744Author Swee Hong LimFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 458g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783638793889Author Hannes MungenastFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Grin VerlagPublisher Grin VerlagWeight(grams) 45g

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The "Hip-hop Nation" has been scouted, staked out, and settled by journalists and scholars alike. Antonio T. Tiongson Jr. steps into this well-mapped territory with questions aimed at interrogating how nation is conceptualized within the context of...

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This ready reference is a comprehensive guide to pop culture in Asia and Oceania, including topics such as top Korean singers, Thailand's sports heroes, and Japanese fashion. This entertaining introduction to Asian pop culture covers the global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978823358Author Lori Kido LopezFormat HardbackPage Count 194Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934043622Author Cheri PhilipFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Cambria PressPublisher Cambria PressWeight(grams) 517g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784902837322Author Julian AguonFormat PaperbackImprint Blue Ocean PressPublisher Blue Ocean PressWeight(grams) 148g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783907070987Format HardbackPage Count 43Imprint Museum Rietberg, SwitzerlandPublisher Museum Rietberg, Switzerland

This book provides a comprehensive story of the complicated and rich story of the Japanese American experience-from immigration, to discrimination, to adaptation, achievement and contributions to the American mosaic. Japanese Americans: The History and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621966258Author Ying-Shih YüFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Cambria PressPublisher Cambria PressWeight(grams) 485g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438486574Author Hee An ChoiFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593322045Author Jacob I. StowellFormat HardbackPage Count 186Imprint LFB Scholarly PublishingPublisher LFB Scholarly PublishingWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977411907Author Gian GentileFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint RAND CorporationPublisher RAND CorporationWeight(grams) 200g

Unlike most Chinese-American studies which focus on large urban concentrations sustained by continuous immigration, this study centers on a small Chinese enclave located in a rural Southern biracial society. It focuses upon three generations of Chinese...

Providing an indispensable resource for students, educators, businessmen, and officials investigating the transformative experience of modern China, this book provides a comprehensive summary of the culture, institutions, traditions, and international...

The practice of dowry in modern India epitomizes the gulf between the ideal and the real. Stridhan or dakshina were gifts traditionally given at marriage to ensure the well-being of the bride in her new home. In its modern form, however, the demand for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596890756Author Esther HahFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint The Hermit Kingdom PressPublisher The Hermit Kingdom PressWeight(grams) 167g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765120262Author Jonathan H. X. LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Through a new collection of primary documents about Japanese internment during World War II, this book enables a broader understanding of the injustice experienced by displaced people within the United States in the 20th century. In the 1940s, Japanese...

Sociological research on Indian families has largely focused on questions of household form and structure, to the exclusion of not only the more nebulous dimensions of family life and relationships but also the discursive and imagined aspects of our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604975840Author S Sonya GwakFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint Cambria PressPublisher Cambria PressWeight(grams) 152g

Since independence in 1965, Singapore has developed its own unique approach to managing the diversity of Race, Religion, Culture, Language, Nationality, and Age among its citizens. This approach is a consequence of many factors, including its very...

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This book explores the economic development of the northern Chinese city of Qingdao, which was held by Germany as a colony from 1898 to 1914. It focuses especially on the economic polices of the German colonial government and of the provincial government...

Despite Soviet Russia having been one of the first major powers to decriminalise homosexual acts between men, attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in contemporary Russia and the other post-Soviet states have become...

Over recent decades South Korea's vibrant and distinctive populist culture has spread extensively throughout the world. This book explores how this "Korean wave" has also made an impact in North Korea. The book reveals that although South Korean media...

This book aims at uncovering the politics behind the provision of US foreign aid to Pakistan during three distinctive periods: the Cold War, the post-Cold War and the "war on terror". Focusing on a comprehensive analysis of aid allocation and delivery...

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From open source cultures, piracy, to amateur media and on-demand labour, informal media activities are vibrant in circuits of cultural production, distribution, consumption and labour utilisation in China. They come in different sizes and shapes,...

Modern Hindu Traditionalism addresses Hindu traditions that resisted contact with both Neo-Hindu thought and views of "classical" Hinduism perceived to be outmoded.This book provides an in-depth understanding of Modern Hindu Traditionalism through the...

This book explores how intellectuals of the later Soviet decades - the 1970s and 1980s - sought to bring about the socialist utopian world. It argues that the last two decades of the Soviet Union were not characterised by state withdrawal and malaise, as...

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In The Hypersexuality of Race, Celine Parrenas Shimizu urges a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions. Shimizu advocates moving beyond denunciations of sexualized representations...

A comprehensive, compelling, and clearly written title that provides a rich examination of the history of Asians in the United States, covering well-established Asian American groups as well as emerging ones such as the Burmese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan...

Histories of civil rights movements in America generally place little or no emphasis on the activism of Asian Americans. Yet, as this fascinating new study reveals, there is a long and distinctive legacy of civil rights activism among foreign and...