Varieties of Secularism in Asia

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Varieties of Secularism is an ethnographically rich, theoretically well-informed, and intellectually coherent volume which builds off the work of Tala... Lees meer

Love in Modern Japan

Sonia Ryang

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• This compelling and controversial book places the concept of love in both a social and historical context. Taking an approach in which state formation... Lees meer

Hong Kong

Grant Evans, Maria Tam

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Hong Kong has become a by-word for all that is modern and sparkling in Asia today. Yet tourist brochures still play with the old cliche of Hong Kong a... Lees meer

Food and Foodways in Asia

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Food is an important cultural marker of identity in contemporary Asian societies, and can provide a medium for the understanding of social relations, ... Lees meer

Building Temples in China

Selina Ching Chan, Graeme Lang

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Much has been written on how temples are constructed or reconstructed for reviving local religious and communal life or for recycling tradition after ... Lees meer

Calligraphy and Power in Contemporary Chinese Society

Yuehping Yen

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• This unusual and interesting book is an account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing... Lees meer

Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore

Tong Chee Kiong

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death - flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money - Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore th... Lees meer

Love in Modern Japan

Sonia Ryang

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• This compelling and controversial book places the concept of love in both a social and historical context. Taking an approach in which state formation... Lees meer

Cultural Crisis and Social Memory

Charles F. Keyes, Shigeharu Tanabe

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• This book explores social memory in the context of cultural crises of modernity in Thailand and Laos. Lees meer

The Ethnography of Vietnam's Central Highlanders

Oscar Salemink

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• This book looks at ethnographic discourses concerning the indigenous population of Vietnam's Central Highlands during periods of christianization, col... Lees meer

Building Temples in China

Selina Ching Chan, Graeme Lang

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Much has been written on how temples are constructed or reconstructed for reviving local religious and communal life or for recycling tradition after ... Lees meer

The Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japan

Etsuko Kato

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• The subject of the tea ceremony is well researched both in and outside of Japan, but the women who practice it are hardly ever discussed. The Tea Cere... Lees meer

Buddhism Observed

Peter Moran

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• How do contemporary Westerners and Tibetans understand not only what it means to be 'Buddhist', but what it means to be hailed as one from 'the West' ... Lees meer

Night-time and Sleep in Asia and the West

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Ideas and practices concerning sleep and night-time are constantly changing and widely varied in different cultures and societies. What we do during t... Lees meer

Globalization of Chinese Food

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Does Chinese food taste the same in different parts of the world? What has happened to the Chinese diet in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau... Lees meer

Asian Anthropology

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological ... Lees meer

Japanese Bosses, Chinese Workers

Wong Heung Wah Wong

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Examines the ways in of organising work, rank, compensation, and promotion inside a large Japanese company in Hong Kong, and its spiritual training, t... Lees meer

Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore

Tong Chee Kiong

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death - flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money - Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore th... Lees meer

Japanese Bosses, Chinese Workers

Wong Heung Wah Wong

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Examines the ways in of organising work, rank, compensation, and promotion inside a large Japanese company in Hong Kong, and its spiritual training, t... Lees meer

Asian Anthropology

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological ... Lees meer

The Globalisation of Chinese Food

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• By considering the practice of globalisation, these essays describe changes, variations and innovations to Chinese food in many parts of the world. Th... Lees meer

The Globalisation of Chinese Food

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• By considering the practice of globalisation, these essays describe changes, variations and innovations to Chinese food in many parts of the world. Th... Lees meer

Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia

Jan Van Bremen, Akitoshi Shimizu

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• For a time it was almost a cliche to say that anthropology was a handmaiden of colonialism - by which was usually meant 'Western' colonialism. And thi... Lees meer

Night-time and Sleep in Asia and the West

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology of Asia
• Ideas and practices concerning sleep and night-time are constantly changing and widely varied in different cultures and societies. What we do during t... Lees meer