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  • Contemporary Indian Dance

    New Creative Choreography in India and the Diaspora

    by K. Katrak ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Through discussion of a dazzling array of artists in India and the diaspora, this book delineates a new language of dance on the global stage. Myriad movement vocabularies intersect the dancers' creative landscape, while cutting-edge creative choreography parodies gender and cultural stereotypes, and represents social issues. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • In the Valley of Mist

    Kashmir: One Family In A Changing World

    by Justine Hardy ...
    A personal, moving, and vibrant picture of one of the most beautiful and troubled places in the world, described through the experiences of one family, whose fortunes have changed dramatically with those of the region.If there is a paradise on earth, it is definitely here, here and only here," said the early seventeenth-century Mughal Emperor Jehangir when describing the Kashmir Valley. But for ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A History of Modern Morocco

    by Susan Gilson Miller ...
    Morocco is notable for its stable and durable monarchy, its close ties with the West, its vibrant cultural life and its centrality to regional politics. This book, by distinguished historian Susan Gilson Miller, offers a richly documented survey of modern Moroccan history. Arguing that pragmatism rather than ideology has shaped the monarchy's response to crisis, the book begins with the French ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Chopsticks

    A Cultural and Culinary History

    by Q. Edward Wang ...
    Chopsticks have become a quintessential part of the Japanese, Chinese and Korean culinary experience across the globe, with more than one fifth of the world's population using them daily to eat. In this vibrant, highly original account of the history of chopsticks, Q. Edward Wang charts their evolution from a simple eating implement in ancient times to their status as a much more complex, cultural ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Third Swan from the Left

    The Stories, Musings, and Random Thoughts of a Wandering Artist

    by Debbie Wilson ...
    When the applause dies down and the stage lights are turned off, the dancer takes a bus home to sit in a tub of hot water to soak aching muscles. In Third Swan from the Left, author Debbie Wilson makes it clear that life in the world of professional dance is not all champagne and tutus.The stories in her memoir offer a synopsis of a rich journeyfrom beginning dance at age four, to aspiring student ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Dance Composition

    A practical guide to creative success in dance making

    by Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard ...
    Series series Performance Books
    "A book which has remained seminal in its field as one of the key texts in dance education. Jacqueline Smith-Autard delves into the creative arena of dance with a logic unmatched by any other creative author in this field" Speech and Drama"Jacqueline Smith-Autard has made significant contributions to the development of dance in education in the UK and abroad" National Dance Teachers ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Desert Chronicles (Book 3): Forts of Rajasthan

    Desert Chronicles (Book 5): Mehrangarh under Seige, #3

    by Harpreet Kaur Kapoor ...
    Series Book 3 - Desert Chronicles
    This is the third in the series I am writing called the Desert Chronicles. This one is on the stone sentinels or forts located within the state of Rajasthan, India. Rajasthan was a war zone from 5th century onwards until after independence. Its constant guardians have been the forts and watch towers guarded by brave, sacrificing and sometimes reckless generation of Rajputs. ... Read more

    $3.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages

    by Sanping Chen ...
    Series series Encounters with Asia
    In contrast to the economic and cultural dominance by the south and the east coast over the past several centuries, influence in China in the early Middle Ages was centered in the north and featured a significantly multicultural society. Many events that were profoundly formative for the future of East Asian civilization occurred during this period, although much of this multiculturalism has long ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol

    An Anthology of Early European Portrayals of the Buddha

    Edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr. ...
    Series series Buddhism and Modernity
    We tend to think that the Buddha has always been seen as the compassionate sage admired around the world today, but until the nineteenth century, Europeans often regarded him as a nefarious figure, an idol worshipped by the pagans of the Orient. Donald S. Lopez Jr. offers here a rich sourcebook of European fantasies about the Buddha drawn from the works of dozens of authors over fifteen hundred ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Middle East in International Relations

    Power, Politics and Ideology

    by Fred Halliday ...
    Series Book 4 - The Contemporary Middle East
    The international relations of the Middle East have long been dominated by uncertainty and conflict. External intervention, interstate war, political upheaval and interethnic violence are compounded by the vagaries of oil prices and the claims of military, nationalist and religious movements. The purpose of this book is to set this region and its conflicts in context, providing on the one hand a ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Imperial Tombs in Tang China, 618-907

    The Politics of Paradise

    by Tonia Eckfeld ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Early History of Asia
    Intellectually and visually stimulating, this important landmark book looks at the religious, political, social and artistic significance of the Imperial tombs of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). It traces the evolutionary development of the most elaborately beautiful imperial tombs to examine fundamental issues on death and the afterlife in one of the world's most sophisticated civilizations. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • City Versus Countryside in Mao's China

    Negotiating the Divide

    by Jeremy Brown ...
    The gap between those living in the city and those in the countryside remains one of China's most intractable problems. As this powerful work of grassroots history argues, the origins of China's rural-urban divide can be traced back to the Mao Zedong era. While Mao pledged to remove the gap between the city worker and the peasant, his revolutionary policies misfired and ended up provoking still ... Read more

    $38.59 USD