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  • Borders of Chinese Civilization

    Geography and History at Empire's End

    by Rey Chow, Harry Harootunian, Masao Miyoshi, Douglas Howland ...
    Series series Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
    D. R. Howland explores China’s representations of Japan in the changing world of the late nineteenth century and, in so doing, examines the cultural and social borders between the two neighbors. Looking at Chinese accounts of Japan written during the 1870s and 1880s, he undertakes an unprecedented analysis of the main genres the Chinese used to portray Japan—the travel diary, poetry, and the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Art and Sovereignty in Global Politics

    Edited by Elizabeth Lillehoj, Douglas Howland, Maximilian Mayer ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume aims to question, challenge, supplement, and revise current understandings of the relationship between aesthetic and political operations. The authors transcend disciplinary boundaries and nurture a wide-ranging sensibility about art and sovereignty, two highly complex and interwoven dimensions of human experience that have rarely been explored by scholars in one conceptual space. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • The Art Spirit

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    First published in 1923, “The Art Spirit,” by famed artist and teacher Robert Henri, has been an important and influential guide to aspiring artists for nearly one hundred years. Born Robert Henry Cozad in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1865, Henri studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Académie Julian in Paris, and the Ѐcole des Beaux Arts before returning to America and ... Read more

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  • Leaving Mother Lake

    A Girlhood at the Edge of the World

    by Yang Erche Namu, Christine Mathieu ...
    The haunting memoir of a girl growing up in the Moso country in the Himalayas -- a unique matrilineal society. But even in this land of women, familial tension is eternal. Namu is a strong-willed daughter, and conflicts between her and her rebellious mother lead her to break the taboo that holds the Moso world together -- she leaves her mother's house. ... Read more

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  • The Corpse Walker

    Real Life Stories: China From the Bottom Up

    by Liao Yiwu ...
    The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a grave robber, and a Falung Gong practitioner, among others. By asking challenging questions with respect and empathy, Liao Yiwu managed to get his ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Animals and Visual Culture

    by R. Malamud ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    A fascinating exploration of the way in which animals are 'framed' - contextualized, decontextualized - in contemporary visual culture. Written in a highly engaging style, this book challenges the field, dealing with some highly controversial aspects of animal exploitation and boldly examines material that is seldom discussed within animal studies. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • China to Me

    A Partial Autobiography

    by Emily Hahn ...
    A candid, rollicking literary travelogue from a pioneering New Yorker writer, an intrepid heroine who documented China in the years before World War II.Deemed scandalous at the time of its publication in 1944, Emily Hahn's now classic memoir of her years in China remains remarkable for her insights into a tumultuous period and her frankness about her personal exploits. A proud feminist and ... Read more

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  • Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art

    by David W. Galenson ...
    From Picasso's Cubism and Duchamp's readymades to Warhol's silkscreens and Smithson's earthworks, the art of the twentieth century broke completely with earlier artistic traditions. A basic change in the market for advanced art produced a heightened demand for innovation, and young conceptual innovators – from Picasso and Duchamp to Rauschenberg and Warhol to Cindy Sherman and Damien Hirst – ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • The China Challenge

    Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power

    by Thomas J. Christensen ...
    “A standout . . . a balanced, informative, and highly intelligent guide to dealing with China.”—Fareed ZakariaMany see China as a rival superpower to the United States and imagine the country’s rise to be a threat to U.S. leadership in Asia and beyond. Thomas J. Christensen argues against this zero-sum vision. Instead, he describes a new paradigm in which the real challenge lies in dissuading ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • Abjection and Representation

    An Exploration of Abjection in the Visual Arts, Film and Literature

    by R. Arya ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Abjection and Representation is a theoretical investigation of the concept of abjection as expounded by Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horror (1982) and its application in various fields including the visual arts, film and literature. It examines the complexity of the concept and its significance as a cultural category. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • A Hero’s Many Faces

    Raoul Wallenberg in Contemporary Monuments

    by T. Schult ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Raoul Wallenberg is remembered for his humanitarian activity on behalf of the Hungarian Jews at the end of World War II, and as the Swedish diplomat who disappeared into the Soviet Gulag in 1945. This book examines how thirty-one Wallenberg monuments, in twelve countries on five continents commemorate the man. ... Read more

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  • The (Moving) Pictures Generation

    The Cinematic Impulse in Downtown New York Art and Film

    by V. Dika ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Beginning in the late 1970s, a number of visual artists in downtown New York City returned to an exploration of the cinematic across mediums. Vera Dika considers their work within a greater cultural context and probes for a deeper understanding of the practice. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD