PI - Asian 1

Piya Pal-Lapinski explores the transformation of the Ottoman empire (and its Byzantine ghosts) during the period 1800-1876 in terms of its crucial impact on British and European transnational identi……続きを見る

This book argues that the revolutionary, anti-revolutionary, counter-revolutionary, and post-revolutionary dialectics in modern Chinese history since the early-20th century characterizes modern and ……続きを見る

This book explores representations of female sexuality and subjectivity in contemporary Chinese fiction by three women writers, published from 1986 to 2000, from the perspective of poststructuralist……続きを見る

This open access book offers comprehensive information on Wang Yang-ming’s life, helping readers identify and grasp the foundations on which his philosophy was established. Though a great man, Wang ……続きを見る

Anyone genuinely curious about what makes South Korean pop culture tick should look no further than Gangnam. Celebrated in a song by an unlikely K-pop superstar named Psy in 2012, Gangnam is the epi……続きを見る

P'ansori, the traditional oral narrative of Korea, is sung by a highly trained soloist to the accompaniment of complex drumming. The singer both narrates the story and dramatizes all the characters,……続きを見る

This book links world-literary studies with anthropology and ethnography. It shows how ethnographic narratives can represent a compelling point of departure for world-literary explorations. The volu……続きを見る

This book examines the Chinese fictions (xiaoshuo) published between 1898 and 1927 – three pivotal decades, during which China underwent significant social changes. It applies Narratology and Sociol……続きを見る

Italo Pizzi (Parma 1849 - Torino 1920) è stato uno dei maggiori orientalisti italiani. Docente di Persiano e di Filologia indo-iranica all’Università di Torino e vice bibliotecario della Biblioteca ……続きを見る

The Chinese Wonder Book contains some of the most beloved tales of China, including 'Why the Dog Hates the Cat,' 'The Great Bell,' 'The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog' and 'The Talking Fish.' 続きを見る

Chinese Women Writers and the Feminist Imagination, 1905-1948 provides a compelling study of leading women writers in modern China, charting their literary works and life journeys to examine the pol……続きを見る

Madame Chrysanthème est un roman de l'écrivain français Pierre Loti (1850 – 1923). Publié en 1888, il connut un immense succès d'édition. Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte ……続きを見る

Li Ang (1952–) is a famous and prolific feminist writer from Taiwan who challenges and subverts sociocultural traditions through her daring explorations of sex, violence, women’s bodies and desire, ……続きを見る

In the wake of the disaster of 1945ーas Japan was forced to remake itself from “empire” to “nation” in the face of an uncertain global situationーliterature and literary criticism emerged as highly ……続きを見る

Ideology and Utopia in China’s New Wave Cinema investigates the ways in which New Wave filmmakers represent China in this age of neoliberal reform. Analyzing this paradigm shift in independent cinem……続きを見る

Retribution opens with the raucous festivities surrounding the annual procession to honor the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Changsheng, the young wife of the local coffin maker Liu Laoshi, is raped while mak……続きを見る

"Death is inevitably the end of a journey. Death also allows the journey to go back to the beginning." In this bold novel, one of Taiwan's most celebrated authors reimagines the lives of a legendary……続きを見る

This book contains a classic guide to historical study of early modern Chinese fiction from the late Qing Dynasty till early republican China. It does not merely study the new fiction writing in Chi……続きを見る

In Masculinity Besieged? Xueping Zhong looks at Chinese literature and films produced during the 1980s to examine male subjectivities in contemporary China. Reading through a feminist psychoanalytic……続きを見る