Emma - Asia 1

Constructing Kanchi: City of Infinite Temples traces the emergence of the South Indian city of Kanchi as a major royal capital and multireligious pilgrimage destination during the era of the Pallava……続きを見る

In the second half of the nineteenth century, global labor migration, trade, and overseas study brought China and the United States into close contact, leading to new cross-cultural encounters that ……続きを見る

India’s State of Emergency (1975-1977) is one of the most controversial moments in the country’s history since independence. During this infamous 21-month period, Indira Gandhi’s government suspende……続きを見る

The emergence of modernity has typically focused on Western male actors and privileged politics and economy over culture. The contributors to this volume successfully unsettle such perspectives by e……続きを見る

Mourir en martyr à l'issue de supplices chinois aussi cruels que raffinés : tel est le sort qu'on pourrait croire réservé à tous les missionnaires et leurs convertis dans une Chine impériale tardive……続きを見る

This book presents interdisciplinary research on bamboo in Vietnam, drawing on the anthropology of gesture, ethnobotany and the history of technology. The authors have adopted a technological approa……続きを見る

In the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, courtliness was crucial to the political and cultural life of the Deccan. Divided between six states competing for territory, resources and skills, the……続きを見る

A pioneering study of historical developments that have shaped Asia concludes with this volume tracing the impact of ideas and cultures of people on the move across the continent, whether willingly ……続きを見る

This book provides evidence that the emergence of Asian new religious movements (NRMs) was predominantly the result of anti-colonial ideology from local religious groups or individuals. The contribu……続きを見る

Actes du colloque organisé sous la direction d'Éliane Formentelli en 1978, pour le centenaire de la naissance du poète Victor Segalen. A PROPOS DES AUTEURS Pierre Emmanuel (pseudonyme de Noël Mathie……続きを見る

Epicentre du terrorisme mondial depuis les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, théâtre d’opérations pour les armées de l’Otan qui amorcent désormais leur retrait, l'Afghanistan reste en proie à une cris……続きを見る

The twelve essays that form this book, first published in 1993, interpret Bharati Mukherjee’s oeuvre from a variety of critical perspectives. The authors’ approaches range from the biographical to t……続きを見る

On 2 May 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma. The cyclone wreaked untold havoc, but the regime, in an unfathomable decision of near-genocidal proportions, blocked international……続きを見る

Europe’s imperial projects were often predicated on a series of legal and scientific distinctions that were frequently challenged by the reality of social and sexual interactions between the coloniz……続きを見る

In the second half of the nineteenth century, global labor migration, trade, and overseas study brought China and the United States into close contact, leading to new cross-cultural encounters that ……続きを見る