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  • Sirens of the Western Shore

    The Westernesque Femme Fatale, Translation, and Vernacular Style in Modern Japanese Literature

    by Indra Levy ...
    Indra Levy introduces a new archetype in the study of modern Japanese literature: the "Westernesque femme fatale," an alluring figure who is ethnically Japanese but evokes the West in her physical appearance, lifestyle, behavior, and, most important, her use of language. She played conspicuous roles in landmark works of modern Japanese fiction and theater.Levy traces the lineage of the ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Translation in Modern Japan

    Edited by Indra Levy ...
    The role of translation in the formation of modern Japanese identities has become one of the most exciting new fields of inquiry in Japanese studies. This book marks the first attempt to establish the contours of this new field, bringing together seminal works of Japanese scholarship and criticism with cutting-edge English-language scholarship. Collectively, the contributors to this book address ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Translation in Modern Japan

    Edited by Indra Levy ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    The role of translation in the formation of modern Japanese identities has become one of the most exciting new fields of inquiry in Japanese studies. This book marks the first attempt to establish the contours of this new field, bringing together seminal works of Japanese scholarship and criticism with cutting-edge English-language scholarship.Collectively, the contributors to this book address ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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    by David R. Loy ...
    In this dynamic and utterly novel presentation, David Loy explores the fascinating proposition that the stories we tell—about what is and is not possible, about ourselves, about right and wrong, life and death, about the world and everything in it—become the very building blocks of our experience and of reality itself. Loy uses an intriguing mixture of quotations from familiar and less-familiar ... Read more

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  • The Making of Buddhist Modernism

    by David L. McMahan ...
    A great deal of Buddhist literature and scholarly writing about Buddhism of the past 150 years reflects, and indeed constructs, a historically unique modern Buddhism, even while purporting to represent ancient tradition, timeless teaching, or the "essentials" of Buddhism. This literature, Asian as well as Western, weaves together the strands of different traditions to create a novel hybrid that ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Seeing through Zen

    Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism

    by John R. Mcrae ...
    The tradition of Chan Buddhism—more popularly known as Zen—has been romanticized throughout its history. In this book, John R. McRae shows how modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, make possible a more skeptical, accurate, and—ultimately—productive assessment of Chan lineages, teaching, fundraising practices, and social organization. Synthesizing twenty years of ... Read more

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  • Nothing

    Three Inquiries in Buddhism

    by Marcus Boon, Timothy Morton, Eric Cazdyn ...
    Series series TRIOS
    Though contemporary European philosophy and critical theory have long had a robust engagement with Christianity, there has been no similar engagement with Buddhism—a surprising lack, given Buddhism's global reach and obvious affinities with much of Continental philosophy. This volume fills that gap, focusing on "nothing"—essential to Buddhism, of course, but also a key concept in critical theory ... Read more

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  • A History of Japanese Literature

    From the Manyoshu to Modern Times

    by Shuichi Kato, Don Sanderson ...
    A new simplified edition translated by Don Sanderson. The original three-volume work, first published in 1979, has been revised specially as a single volume paperback which concentrates on the development of Japanese literature. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Gender, Religion, and Modern Hindi Drama

    by Diana Dimitrova ...
    Diana Dimitrova studies the representation of gender and religion in Hindi drama from its beginnings in the second half of the nineteenth century until the 1960s - the period when urban proscenium Hindi theatre, which originated under Western influence, matured and thrived. Her focus is on how different religious and mythological models pertaining to women have been reworked in Hindi drama and ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Beyond Enlightenment

    Buddhism, Religion, Modernity

    by Richard Cohen ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
    The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment.Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates ... Read more

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  • National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947-1987

    by Sumita S. Chakravarty ...
    Series series Texas Film and Media Studies Series
    Although Indian popular cinema has a long history and is familiar to audiences around the world, it has rarely been systematically studied. This book offers the first detailed account of the popular film as it has grown and changed during the tumultuous decades of Indian nationhood. The study focuses on the cinema’s characteristic forms, its range of meanings and pleasures, and, above all, its ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Body and Emotion

    The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas

    by Robert R. Desjarlais ...
    Series series Contemporary Ethnography
    Body and Emotion is a study of the relationship between culture and emotional distress, an examination of the cultural forces that influence, make sense of, and heal severe pain and malaise. In order to investigate this relationship, Robert R. Desjarlais served as an apprentice healer among the Yolmo Sherpa, a Tibetan Buddhist people who reside in the Helambu region of north-central Nepal. ... Read more

    $31.49 USD