Follows the documentation and analysis of the abrupt societal shifts triggered by the Covid pandemic to understand current and future pandemic times, while revealing further avenues for research on religion that have opened up in the Covidian age.
Analyses how, from her training in Japan in the mid-1930s to her death in Iowa in 1980, Hawayo Takata built a trans-Pacific... Læs mere
Uses an innovative global perspective and rich ethnographic data on six continents to fashion a comprehensive account of the creation and reception of the ‘global Japanese restaurant’ in the modern world.
Argues that republicanism shaped modern Vietnam no less profoundly than communism. Republicans championed representative government, the universal... Læs mere
Offers original translations of key texts-many available for the first time in English-by central actors in Japan's transition to the modern... Læs mere
Presents the intricate and colourful history of Ikh Khüree and of Zanabazar. Author Uranchimeg Tsultemin makes the case for a... Læs mere
Explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity. The work traces the... Læs mere
"Published in China by Hong Kong University Press."
Provides an introduction to the fiction of Japan’s Korean community (Zainichi Koreans) to the English-speaking world. It brings together... Læs mere
Based on investigation in primary and secondary sources, this dictionary places Old Chinese squarely within the Sino-Tibetan language family, while paying due... Læs mere