Sources of East Asian Tradition: The modern period

Sources of East Asian Tradition: The modern period

Author: Wm. Theodore De Bary

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 1196

ISBN-13: 9780231143233

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"Wm. Theodore de Bary offers a selection of essential readings from his immensely popular anthologies Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Korean Tradition, and Sources of Japanese Tradition so readers can experience a concise but no less comprehensive portrait of the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of East Asia."--


East Asia: The Great Tradition

East Asia: The Great Tradition

Author: Edwin Oldfather Reischauer

Publisher:

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13:

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History of China, Japan and Korea from early times to the first half of the 19th century.


Asian Cultural Traditions

Asian Cultural Traditions

Author: Carolyn Brown Heinz

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2018-05-30

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 1478637641

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The Second Edition of Asian Cultural Traditions expands our understanding of the bewildering diversity that has existed and continues to exist in the cultures of South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. In a single volume, the authors pull together some of the major cultural strands by which people in Asian societies have organized their collective life and made their lives meaningful. With new sections on Central Asia, Islam, Korea, and Insular Southeast Asia, this first survey of its kind draws on multiple disciplines to contextualize the interplay of culture, historical events, language, and geography to promote better understanding of a realm often misunderstood by Westerners. The skillful synthesis of a vast amount of information, boxed items featuring popular culture or current events, abundant in-text illustrations, and vivid color plates make Asian Cultural Traditions, 2/E an outstanding introduction to Asian cultures. The Second Edition welcomes the editorial collaboration of Jeremy Murray and is sure to have continued broad classroom appeal.


The Great Tradition and Its Legacy

The Great Tradition and Its Legacy

Author: Michael Cherlin

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781571814036

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This volume not only offers an overview of the theatrical history of the region, it is also a cross-disciplinary attempt to analyse the inner workings and dynamics of theater through a discussion of the interplay between society, the audience, and performing artists."--Jacket.


Confucian Traditions in East Asian Modernity

Confucian Traditions in East Asian Modernity

Author: Weiming Tu

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780674160873

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Seventeen scholars from varying fields here consider the implications of Confucian concerns--self-cultivation, regulation of the family, social civility, moral education, well-being of the people, governance of the state, and universal peace--in industrial East Asia.


Textiles of Southeast Asia

Textiles of Southeast Asia

Author: Robyn Maxwell

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2014-08-05

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9780804844406

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Textiles provide a visual history of a country's culture and crafting traditions in a way few other things can accomplish. In Textiles of Southeast Asia, Dr. Robyn Maxwell provides the definitive work on Southeast Asian textiles. Traditional textiles are one of the most widely collected and important categories of Southeast Asian art. Using an extensive range of locally produced raw materials and an astonishing array of techniques—including applique, weaving, batik and embroidery—the textiles of Southeast Asia are astonishing in their versatility and originality. Textiles are used to fashion everything from everyday clothing to sacred and ceremonial costumes, shrouds and wrapping cloths, hangings, banners and ritual regalia—all of which are represented and explained in Textiles of Southeast Asia. This authoritative text focuses on the changing relationship between indigenous Southeast Asian traditions and the outside influences continuing to be brought to the area, which change the nature of the region's textile traditions. This book considers the various ways Southeast Asian textile artisans reacted over the centuries to the steady stream of new and powerful ideas and raw materials arriving from India, China, the Islamic world and Europe. A detailed and definitive resource, Textiles of Southeast Asia is a welcome addition to the field of textiles.