Ethnicity and Religion in Southwest China, Paperback - ***

Unlike many books on China's indigenous peoples which are written by foreigners who have lived for a while in China, this book is comprised of the ...

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This book analyses the behaviour of ethnic minority groups in China, using the first comprehensive national dataset dedicated to capturing the soci...

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This collection of essays focuses attention on how medieval gender intersects with other categories of difference, particularly religion and ethnic...

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An edited volume divided into five sections: historical linguistics, loss and maintenance, descriptive linguistics, work on language attitudes and ...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Jack Meng-Tat (Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies, Assistant Professor of Histor...

This Element conceptually disaggregates ethnicity into multiple constituent markers: language, religion, and phenotype. It focuses on the interacti...

DescriptionIn recent years, there has been an astonishing revival of religious practices in China. Looking beyond numerical counts of religious pra...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Ranjit AroraNumber of pages: 198Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 231 x 15Cover type: Paperback / s...

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This study examines the changing role of Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese in contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It analyzes how Tibetan B...

John Kieschnick provides an innovative, expansive account of how Chinese Buddhists have sought to understand their history through a Buddhist lens....

DescriptionA leading historian argues that in the empire we know as Byzantium, the Greek-speaking population was actually Roman, and scholars have ...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncTranslator: Max L. GoldmanNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 23Cover type: Pape...

Now more than ever the role of icons and monuments in shaping a national identity is a subject of vital importance to scholars of both nationalism ...

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Publisher: Crossway BooksAuthor(s): Steven M. BryanNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 214 x 139 x 23Cover type: Paperback / soft...

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Offers selections from the works of Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and Xunzi (Hsun Tzu); two works, and, the dialogue...

A collection of essays delineating the centuries-long dialogue of Jews and Jewish culture with China, all under the overarching theme of cultural t...

The study of altruism and altruistic behavior has caught the attention of social scientists especially in recent years. What motivates individuals ...

This book is part of an initiative in cooperation with renowned Chinese publishers to make fundamental, formative, and influential Chinese thinkers...

Informed by theories pertaining to transnational mobility, ethnicity and race, gender, postcolonialism, as well as Japanese studies, Transnational ...

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The dynamic relationship between the individual and society has been a central concern of Taoism from its ancient beginnings--which is perhaps why ...

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Publisher: Lexington BooksAuthor(s): Jacinta Mwende MaweuNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 236 x 18Cover type: HardbackRe...

-Lavishly illustrated with over 320 color illustrations -Photographs of weaving methods, traditional dying methods and ceremonies -One of the world...

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Reducere. In Detour and Access, François Jullien investigates the subtlety, strategy, and production of meaning in ancient and modern Chinese aesthetic texts...