Oriental Bodies

Author : James A. Tyner
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 073911297X

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Oriental Bodies by James A. Tyner Pdf

Oriental Bodies charts the discursive transformations of U.S. immigration policy between 1875 and 1942. Author James Tyner concentrates on the confluence of eugenics, geopolitics, and Orientalism as these intersect in the debates surrounding the exclusion of immigrants from China, Japan, and the Philippines. This unique work argues that United States immigration policy was founded on a particular discourse of eugenics and geopolitics and that this concentration was informed by a greater Orientalist discourse. Drawing from American foreign policy, identity politics, post-structuralism, post-colonialism, and feminist theory, this fascinating study seeks to examine the construction of 'Oriental bodies' within the emergence of U.S. immigration policy and explores how these constructions served political, social, and economic interests.

Author : Diana Dimitrova
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000257953

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Rethinking the Body in South Asian Traditions by Diana Dimitrova Pdf

This book analyses cultural questions related to representations of the body in South Asian traditions, human perceptions and attitudes toward the body in religious and cultural contexts, as well as the processes of interpreting notions of the body in religious and literary texts. Utilising an interdisciplinary perspective by means of textual study and ideological analysis, anthropological analysis, and phenomenological analysis, the book explores both insider- and outsider perspectives and issues related to the body from the 2nd century CE up to the present-day. Chapters assess various aspects of the body including processes of embodiment and questions of mythologizing the divine body and othering the human body, as revealed in the literatures and cultures of South Asia. The book analyses notions of mythologizing and "othering" of the body as a powerful ideological discourse, which empowers or marginalizes at all levels of the human condition. Offering a deep insight into the study of religion and issues of the body in South Asian literature, religion and culture, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of South Asian studies, South Asian religions, South Asian literatures, cultural studies, philosophy and comparative literature.

Author : Karen Shimakawa
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-12-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 0822328232

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National Abjection by Karen Shimakawa Pdf

DIVExplores the ways that playwrights and performers have dealt with the presentation of the Asian American body on stage, given the historical construction of Asian Americanness as abject and unpresentable./div

Author : Sheng-mei Ma
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824862275

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East-West Montage by Sheng-mei Ma Pdf

"East-West Montage possesses a unique vision that promises to push discussions of globalization, cultural production, ethnic identity, and bodily metaphors in powerful new directions. Ma is to be praised for his sound scholarship and innovative interpretations. Indeed where others specialize in either the collection of details or the unpacking of text, Ma weaves a strong analytic exegesis rooted in thorough research." —Richard King, Washington State University Approximately twelve hours’ difference lies between New York and Beijing: The West and the East are, literally, night and day apart. Yet East-West Montage crosscuts the two in the manner of adjacent filmic shots to accentuate their montage-like complementarity. It examines the intersection between East and West—the Asian diaspora (or more specifically Asian bodies in diaspora) and the cultural expressions by and about people of Asian descent on both sides of the Pacific. Following the introduction "Establishing Shots," the book is divided into seven intercuts, which in turn subdivide into dialectically paired chapters focusing on specific body parts or attributes. The range of material examined is broad and rich: the iconography of the opium den in film noir, the writings of Asian American novelists, the swordplay and kung fu film, Japanese anime, the "Korean Wave" (including soap operas like Winter Sonata and the cult thriller Oldboy), Rogers and Hammerstein’s Orientalist musicals, the comic Blackhawk, the superstar status of the Dalai Lama, and the demise of Hmong refugees and Chinese retirees in the U.S. Highly original and immensely readable,East-West Montage will appeal to many working in a range of disciplines, including Asian studies, Asian American studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies, film studies, popular culture, and literary criticism.

Author : Michio Kushi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0757002676

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Your Body Never Lies by Michio Kushi Pdf

"'Your Body Never Lies' starts by explaining the principles of Oriental medicine. It then shows you how to detect and understand health problems simply by looking at the mouth, lips and teeth; eyes; nose, cheeks, and ears; forehead; hair; hands; feet; and skin. Clear diagrams and easy-to-use charts assist you in quickly recognizing signs of illness so that you can begin working towards a state of balanced well-being." -- p. [4] of cover.

Author : Robert Ji-Song Ku,Martin F. Manalansan,Anita Mannur
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781479869251

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Eating Asian America by Robert Ji-Song Ku,Martin F. Manalansan,Anita Mannur Pdf

Examines the ways our conceptions of Asian American food have been shaped Chop suey. Sushi. Curry. Adobo. Kimchi. The deep associations Asians in the United States have with food have become ingrained in the American popular imagination. So much so that contentious notions of ethnic authenticity and authority are marked by and argued around images and ideas of food. Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader collects burgeoning new scholarship in Asian American Studies that centers the study of foodways and culinary practices in our understanding of the racialized underpinnings of Asian Americanness. It does so by bringing together twenty scholars from across the disciplinary spectrum to inaugurate a new turn in food studies: the refusal to yield to a superficial multiculturalism that naively celebrates difference and reconciliation through the pleasures of food and eating. By focusing on multi-sited struggles across various spaces and times, the contributors to this anthology bring into focus the potent forces of class, racial, ethnic, sexual and gender inequalities that pervade and persist in the production of Asian American culinary and alimentary practices, ideas, and images. This is the first collection to consider the fraught itineraries of Asian American immigrant histories and how they are inscribed in the production and dissemination of ideas about Asian American foodways.

Author : Sor-hoon Tan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472580320

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The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy Methodologies by Sor-hoon Tan Pdf

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy Methodologies presents a new understanding of the changing methods used to study Chinese philosophy. By identifying the various different approaches and discussing the role, and significance of philosophical methods in the Chinese tradition, this collection identifies difficulties and exciting developments for scholars of Asian philosophy. Divided into four parts, the nature of Chinese philosophical thought is illuminated by discussing historical developments, current concerns and methodological challenges. Surveying recent methodological trends, this research companion explores and evaluates the methodologies that have been applied to Chinese philosophy. From these diverse angles, an international team of experts reflect on the considerations that enter their methodological choices and indicate new research directions. The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy Methodologies is an important contribution to the education of the next generation of Chinese philosophers.

Author : Paul Copp
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231537780

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The Body Incantatory by Paul Copp Pdf

Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations were pervasive features of Buddhist practice in late medieval China (600–1000 C.E.). Material incantations, in forms such as spell-inscribed amulets and stone pillars, were also central to the spiritual lives of both monks and laypeople. In centering its analysis on the Chinese material culture of these deeply embodied forms of Buddhist ritual, The Body Incantatory reveals histories of practice—and logics of practice—that have until now remained hidden. Paul Copp examines inscribed stones, urns, and other objects unearthed from anonymous tombs; spells carved into pillars near mountain temples; and manuscripts and prints from both tombs and the Dunhuang cache. Focusing on two major Buddhist spells, or dhāraṇī, and their embodiment of the incantatory logics of adornment and unction, he makes breakthrough claims about the significance of Buddhist incantation practice not only in medieval China but also in Central Asia and India. Copp's work vividly captures the diversity of Buddhist practice among medieval monks, ritual healers, and other individuals lost to history, offering a corrective to accounts that have overemphasized elite, canonical materials.

Author : Hung Wu,Katherine R. Tsiang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684174034

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Body and Face in Chinese Visual Culture by Hung Wu,Katherine R. Tsiang Pdf

Traditionally the "Chinese body" was approached as a totality and explained by sweeping comparisons of the differences that distinguished Chinese examples from their Western counterparts. Recently, scholars have argued that we must look at particular examples of Chinese images of the body and explore their intrinsic conceptual complexity and historical specificity. The twelve contributors to this volume adopt a middle position. They agree that Chinese images are conditioned by indigenous traditions and dynamics of social interaction, but they seek to explain a general Chinese body and face by charting multiple, specific bodies and faces. All of the chapters are historical case studies and investigate particular images, such as Han dynasty tomb figurines; Buddhist texts and illustrations; pictures of deprivation, illness, deformity, and ghosts; clothing; formal portraiture; and modern photographs and films. From the diversity of art forms and historical periods studied, there emerges a more complex picture of ways that the visual culture of the body and face in China has served to depict the living, memorialize the dead, and present the unrepresentable in art.

Author : Charles Frederick Chandler,William Henry Chandler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : UOM:39015073145404

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The American Chemist by Charles Frederick Chandler,William Henry Chandler Pdf

"American contributions to Chemistry. By Benjamin Silliman." v. 5, p. 70-114, 195-209.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Albany (N.Y.)
ISBN : NYPL:33433070785260

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Journal of the Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Albany by Anonim Pdf

Author : Axel Michaels,Christoph Wulf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136703928

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Images of the Body in India by Axel Michaels,Christoph Wulf Pdf

This intriguing book engages with the concept of the body in its cultural context by acknowledging and demonstrating that the human body is understood differently in Western and Indian cultures. The contributors go on to show that any attempt to put forward a single concept of the body within Indian culture would be misleading. Divided into three parts, the book examines the considerable and often conflicting variations in body images and body concepts. In Part One the contributors focus on the representation of the body in religious and philosophical texts; representations that emerged from reading, translating and interpreting classical writings from diverse historical and anthropological approaches. Through predominantly ethnographic studies, Part Two explores the role of the body in narratives and ritual performance, from dance to ritualistic ceremonies. Visualisation processes of the body are examined in Part Three, focusing on developments in modern and contemporary periods: from visual practices at the Mughal court, to the multiple bodies of the bride, and the influence of new media. This volume is a fascinating collection of articles for those in the fields of sociology and anthropology, history, religion, cultural studies and South Asian studies.

Author : Tamara Venit Shelton
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780300249408

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Herbs and Roots by Tamara Venit Shelton Pdf

An innovative, deeply researched history of Chinese medicine in America and the surprising interplay between Eastern and Western medical practice Chinese medicine has a long history in the United States, with written records dating back to the American colonial period. In this intricately crafted history, Tamara Venit Shelton chronicles the dynamic systems of knowledge, therapies, and materia medica crossing between China and the United States from the eighteenth century to the present. Chinese medicine, she argues, has played an important and often unacknowledged role in both facilitating and undermining the consolidation of medical authority among formally trained biomedical scientists in the United States. Practitioners of Chinese medicine, as racial embodiments of “irregular” medicine, became useful foils for Western physicians struggling to assert their superiority of practice. At the same time, Chinese doctors often embraced and successfully employed Orientalist stereotypes to sell their services to non-Chinese patients skeptical of modern biomedicine. What results is a story of racial constructions, immigration politics, cross-cultural medical history, and the lived experiences of Asian Americans in American history.

Author : Wendy Buonaventura
Publisher : Interlink Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1566563879

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Beauty and the East by Wendy Buonaventura Pdf

This fascinating story of body care and the creation of sensual ambiance focuses on customs practiced in the Middle East, Africa and India and takes a humorous look at the often converse attitudes toward the body prevailing in the West.

Author : William John Loftie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Ocean travel
ISBN : OXFORD:N11420101

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Orient Line Guide by William John Loftie Pdf