The first advanced Korean reading text for nonnative speakers, Selected Readings in Korean consists of eighteen lessons on diverse, stimulating topics such as Korean traditions,...
The stories in this book are reprinted from Volumes IV and V of The Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folklore, published by the Bernice...
The stories in this book are reprinted from Volumes IV and V of The Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folklore, published by the Bernice...
Wideranging and engaging, Selves in Question considers the various ways in which auto/biographical accounts situate and question the self in contemporary southern Africa.The twentyseven interviews...
This exceptionally wellwritten book is good reading, not only for specialists but also for beginning students interested in women, Korean culture, and shamanism. Journal of...
This Exceptionally Wellwritten Book Is Good Reading, Not Only For Specialists But Also For Beginning Students Interested In Women, Korean Culture, And Shamanism. Journal Of...
Thirty years ago, anthropologist Laurel Kendall did intensive fieldwork among South Koreas (mostly female) shamans and their clients as a reflection of village womens lives....
In this suspenseful tale of seduction and deception, a wealthy banker is smitten by an alluring young woman while traveling aboard the express train from...
Just a decade after the first printing press arrived in Honolulu in 1820, American Protestant missionaries produced the first newspaper in the islands. More than...
This ambitious work offers a transnational account of the deity Shinra Myojin, the god of Silla worshipped in medieval Japanese Buddhism from the eleventh to...
Of all the Pacific nations only Tonga has retained a complete and lasting political independence. Find out how the shrewd, determined King of Tonga, Tupou...
A remarkable collection of essays, Shbgenz, 'Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching,' was composed in the thirteenth century by the Zen master Dgen, founder...
A remarkable collection of essays, Shbgenz, 'Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching,' was composed in the thirteenth century by the Zen master Dgen, founder...
Easter Island (Rapanui) is the most remote inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean and the easternmost in Oceania. Much has been written on the origin...
Easter Island (Rapanui) is the most remote inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean and the easternmost in Oceania. Much has been written on the origin...
This new edition of Shore Fishes of Hawaii updates our knowledge of Hawaiian fishes and has been expanded to include 372 species. All are illustrated...
This New Edition Of Shore Fishes Of Hawaii Updates Our Knowledge Of Hawaiian Fishes And Has Been Expanded To Include 372 Species. All Are Illustrated...
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Even before Western contact, the Pacific Islanders inhabited nearly every island north and east of Australia a thousand distinctive peoples. This overview of the cultures...
This book provides a lot of information on the importance of fishing in ancient Hawaiian society. It includes drawings of fish with both Hawaiian and...
Forests, as physical entities, have received considerable scholarly attention in political studies of Asia and beyond. Much less notice has been paid to the significance...
Nature and Nation explores the relations between people and forests in Peninsular Malaysia where the planet's richest terrestrial ecosystem met headon with the fastest pace...
Negotiating Rural Land Ownership in Southwest China offers the first comprehensive analysis of how Chinas current system of land ownership has evolved over the past...
Approximately fifteen hundred years after Confucius, his ideas reasserted themselves in the formulation of a sophisticated program of personal selfcultivation. NeoConfucians argued that humans are...
Ippen (12391289) was a wandering hijiri (holy man) and religious leader whose movement developed into one of the major schools of medieval Japanese Buddhism. In...
How Do Classical, Highly Codified Theatre Arts Retain The Interest Of Today'S Audiences And How Do They Grow And Respond To Their Changing Circumstances? The...
How do classical, highly codified theatre arts retain the interest of today's audiences and how do they grow and respond to their changing circumstances? The...