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Author: Princeton University Bicentennial Con Publisher: Hassell Street Press ISBN: 9781014880192 Category : Languages : en Pages : 48
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Princeton University Bicentennial Con Publisher: Hassell Street Press ISBN: 9781014880192 Category : Languages : en Pages : 48
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Percival Lowell Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0429854021 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 226
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First published in 1908, this volume explored Japanese culture and society for British readers in the wake of the Anglo-Japanese treaty of 1902. Japan’s recent victory over the Russian Empire in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5 had represented the first victory of an Asian power over its Western counterpart. Japan’s resulting parity is reflected both in the treaty and in the author’s conviction that Britain and Japan, though in many ways diametric opposites, could inform and enlighten one another. The two powers, Lowell argues, could work together to the benefit of both peoples. As the 1854 Convention of Kanagawa, in which Japan had abandoned isolation, remained recent, British awareness of Japan and its culture was still in its early stages. Percival Lowell sought to explore and communicate the culture of Britain’s new allies through areas such as its language, social structures, art and religion along with 32 illustrations.
Author: Feroz Kapadia Publisher: ISBN: Category : Asia Languages : en Pages : 328
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Divided Conveniently Into Three Major Regions South Asia, South-East Asia And Far East Asia The Eight Volumes Present A Panoramic View Of The Glory And Splendour Of The Millennia-Old Civilizations Of Asia In A Lucid Country-Wide Series Of Profiles That Extend Over Origins, Settlements, Daily Life, Religious Influences, Customs And Practices, Myth And Magic, Ritual And Worship, Folk Expressions And Creative Manifestations, And Social Mores. The Series Represents A Major Effort To Bring Together In Compact Yet Essential Detail The Historical Forces, The Religious Factors, And The Cultural Influences That Have Sought To Shape And Mould The Timeless Cultures Of This Great Continent Which Now Seeks To Come To Terms With The Modern World. Much More Than Document Much More Than A Cultural Profile. In Eight Exquisitely Designed Volumes, Each Volume A Tribute To Asia. Volume 1. Asia: Cradle Of Culture And Civilisation; Volume 2. South Asia: India And Sri Lanka; Volume 3. South Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal And Bhutan; Volume 4. South East Asia: Burma And Cambodia; Volume 5. South East Asia: Indonesia, Java, Bali, Borneo; Volume 6, South East Asia: Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam; Volume 7. Korea, Philippines, Thailand; Volume 8. China, Hong Kong, Japan.With Over Many Years Of Painstaking Research, Compilation And Selection, The Publication Assumes The Greatest Significance As A Timely Reminder Of The Greatness And Spiritual Excellence That Mark The Family Of Man In This Vast Continent.
Author: Michele Monserrati Publisher: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 1789625173 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 264
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This book pursues the specific case of Italian travel narratives in the Far East, through a focus on the experience of Japan in works by writers who visited the Land of the Rising Sun beginning in the Meiji period (1868-1912) and during the concomitant opening of Japan’s relations with the West. Drawing from the fields of Postcolonial and Transnational Studies, analysis of these texts explores one central question: what does it mean to imagine Japanese culture as contributing to Italian culture? Each author shares in common an attempt to disrupt ideas about dichotomies and unbalanced power relationships between East and West. Proposing the notion of ‘relational Orientalism,’ this book suggests that Italian travelogues to Japan, in many cases, pursued the goal of building imaginary transnational communities, predicated on commonalities and integration, by claiming what they perceived as ‘Oriental’ as their own. In contrast with a long history of Western representations of Japan as inferior and irrational, Searching for Japan identifies a positive overarching attitude toward the Far East country in modern Italian culture. Expanding the horizon of Italian transnational networks, normally situated within the Southern European region, this book reinstates the existence of an alternative Euro-Asian axis, operating across Italian history.