East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Paperback. In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, this book explores the "nonobject" - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABA; ACBP; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226415314
- ISBN
- 9780226415314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.79
€ 46.99
€ 35.79
Paperback. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b/w, 2 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HBTB; JFFN; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286238
- ISBN
- 9780520286238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.23
€ 32.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. An argument that the fantasy of an inscrutable East has functioned as a kernel of otherness that has shaped Hollywood cinema at its core. Num Pages: 216 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314. Orientalism, Cinema, and the Enigmatic Signifier. 216 pages, 30 illustrations. An examination of how the fantasy of an inscrutable East has functioned in Hollywood cinema. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FP; APFN. Dimension: 147 x 230 x 14. Weight: 310.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347590
- ISBN
- 9780822347590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.49
€ 29.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 33 projects; 56 colour photographs; 123 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1FPJ; WFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 299 x 9. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804847506
- ISBN
- 9780804847506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.06
€ 10.99
€ 9.06
Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, B&W Illus.: 8,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164528
- ISBN
- 9780231164528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.18€ 60.65
€ 78.18
€ 60.65
Paperback. Includes essays that explore the meanings of manhood in Japan from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. This title examines a range of attitudes regarding properly masculine pursuits and modes of behavior. It charts breakdowns in traditional and conventional societal roles and the resulting crises of masculinity. Editor(s): Fruhstuck, Sabine; Walthall, Anne. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267381
- ISBN
- 9780520267381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.02
€ 38.99
€ 28.02
Paperback. Translator(s): Hanan, Patrick. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; FA; FF; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148238
- ISBN
- 9780231148238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.76
€ 29.99
€ 21.76
Hardback. Beginning in her grandmother's kitchen in California, the author travels to her family's home in China, and from there fans out to embrace Hakka cooking across the globe. She likens Hakka cooking to a nomadic type of 'soul food', or a hearty cooking tradition that responds to a shared history of hardship and oppression. Illustrator(s): Lau, Alan Chong. Num Pages: 312 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 770. Chinese Soul Food from Around the World. 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. Beginning in her grandmother's kitchen in California, the author travels to her family's home in China, and from there fans out to embrace Hakka cooking across the globe. She likens Hakka cooking to a nomadic type of 'soul food', or a hearty cooking tradition that responds to a shared history of hardship and oppression. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBN. Dimension: 238 x 178 x 25. Weight: 806.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273283
- ISBN
- 9780520273283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.33
€ 44.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. This astonishing biography has sold more than 750,000 copies in English since 2002 and has been translated into over 30 languages. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854245977
- ISBN
- 9781854245977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.10
€ 14.99
€ 12.10
Hardback. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276550
- ISBN
- 9780520276550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.06
€ 53.99
€ 38.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTB; JF; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335377
- ISBN
- 9780745335377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.63€ 80.21
€ 97.63
€ 80.21
Paperback. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164214
- ISBN
- 9780231164214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.47
€ 30.99
€ 21.47
Paperback. A book for comic lovers and Japanophiles of all ages, Diary of a Tokyo Teen presents a unique look at modern-day Japan through a young woman's eyes. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 194 x 254 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Edition
- Paperback with Flaps
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805313961
- ISBN
- 9784805313961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.20
€ 15.99
€ 12.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 221 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AFT; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Weatherhill
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590306192
- ISBN
- 9781590306192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 28.43
€ 44.99
€ 28.43
Paperback. Based on extensive on-the-ground research, reveals the human stories behind China's extraordinary growth. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; HBJF; HBLX; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745332307
- ISBN
- 9780745332307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.53
€ 30.99
€ 20.53
Hardback. Examines decorative Chinese works of art and visual culture, known as chinoiserie, in the context of church and state politics, with a particular focus on the Catholic missions' impact on Western attitudes toward China and the Chinese. Series: Franklin D. Murphy Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages, 53 color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284654
- ISBN
- 9780520284654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.56
€ 53.99
€ 38.56
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KNBL; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153317
- ISBN
- 9780231153317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.75
€ 43.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; ACK; HBJF; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941792100
- ISBN
- 9781941792100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.55
€ 29.99
€ 23.55
Hardback. The importance of the corpus of "Masters Literature" that developed in early China since the fifth century bce has long been recognized. But just what are these texts? How should we translate these texts? This book explores these questions through close readings of seven examples of "Masters Literature". Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056091
- ISBN
- 9780674056091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 36.51
€ 39.00
€ 36.51
Hardback. China's sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw an unprecedented explosion in the production of woodblock-printed books. This volume considers what a wide range of late Ming books reveal about their readers' ideas of a pleasurable private life, as well as their orientations toward early modernity and toward traditional Chinese sources of authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5 halftones, 64 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 181 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 275
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066809
- ISBN
- 9780674066809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 36.51
€ 39.00
€ 36.51