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Author: Austin I Pullé Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1669844897 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 491
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When sex-traffickers kidnap a beautiful Eurasian teenager when she is on a school trip to the famous Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia, Alex reluctantly agrees to join in the search but then finds himself fighting a ruthless former Khmer Rouge warlord to rescue the beautiful Imogen and reunite her with her mother.
Author: Austin I Pullé Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1669844897 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 491
Book Description
When sex-traffickers kidnap a beautiful Eurasian teenager when she is on a school trip to the famous Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia, Alex reluctantly agrees to join in the search but then finds himself fighting a ruthless former Khmer Rouge warlord to rescue the beautiful Imogen and reunite her with her mother.
Author: Parul Pandya Dhar Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000991962 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 443
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This volume examines The Rāmāyaṇa traditions of South India and Southeast Asia. Bringing together 19 well-known scholars in Rāmāyaṇa studies from Cambodia, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, UK, and USA, this thought-provoking and elegantly illustrated volume engages with the inherent plurality, diversity, and adaptability of the Rāmāyaṇa in changing socio-political, religious, and cultural contexts. The journey and localization of the Rāmāyaṇa is explored in its manifold expressions – from classical to folk, from temples and palaces to theatres and by-lanes in cities and villages, and from ancient to modern times. Regional Rāmāyaṇas from different parts of South India and Southeast Asia are placed in deliberate juxtaposition to enable a historically informed discussion of their connected pasts across land and seas. The three parts of this volume, organized as visual, literary, and performance cultures, discuss the sculpted, painted, inscribed, written, recited, and performed Rāmāyaṇas. A related emphasis is on the way boundaries of medium and genre have been crossed in the visual, literary, and performed representations of the Rāmāyaṇa. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)
Author: Pierre-Yves Manguin Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ISBN: 9814345105 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 533
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This book takes stock of the results of some two decades of intensive archaeological research carried out on both sides of the Bay of Bengal, in combination with renewed approaches to textual sources and to art history. To improve our understanding of the trans-cultural process commonly referred to as Indianisation, it brings together specialists of both India and Southeast Asia, in a fertile inter-disciplinary confrontation. Most of the essays reappraise the millennium-long historiographic no-man's land during which exchanges between the two shores of the Bay of Bengal led, among other processes, to the Indianisation of those parts of the region that straddled the main routes of exchange. Some essays follow up these processes into better known "classical" times or even into modern times, showing that the localisation process of Indian themes has long remained at work, allowing local societies to produce their own social space and express their own ethos.
Author: Vittorio Roveda Publisher: ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 298
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Following the great success of Khmer Mythology which examined the narratives and symbolism behind the relief carvings of Angkor Wat and other temples, the author returns to Angkor Wat to focus in depth on the wealth of information contained in the almost 1,000 square metres of magnificent bas-reliefs, the corner pavilions and the pediments. ILLUSTRATIONS: 265 duotone illustrations
Author: Malcolm Scott Publisher: ISBN: 9781549929526 Category : Languages : en Pages : 321
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The true story of three western backpackers who were taken hostage in Cambodia in 1994. The Cambodian governments failed rescue attempt eventually led to tragedy and brought about the fall of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge.Three travellers were kidnapped while touring Cambodia after the train they were journeying on was ambushed by a twenty strong Khmer Rouge raiding party. The young men were Australian national David Wilson (29) British national Mark Slater (28) and French national Jean-Michel Braquet (27). The guerrilla group who hijacked the train was led by the Khmer Rouge's most celebrated war hero Colonel Chhouk Rin. The backpackers were then marched for six days through rugged Cambodian terrain until they reached a mountain hideout and Khmer Rouge stronghold. The hostages were held captive in Pol Pot's undefeatable mountain fortress Phnom Vour (Vine Mountain) while negotiations took place. The jungle refuge had survived for sixteen years and withstood offensives from the American backed South Vietnamese Army, the Unified Vietnamese Army and the Royal Cambodian Army. When news broke that an Australian National was part of the kidnapped trio the Australian government publicly cited the, 'No Negotiation No Ransom Policy'. But David Wilson's family were hopeful because Australia's Foreign Minister (Gareth Evens) had influence with the Royal Cambodian Army and the Prime Minister of Cambodia and current ruler Hun Sen.The Australian Prime Minister (Paul Keating) had hoped to build a presence in South-east Asia and he had recently exploited Cambodia's internal conflict to become involved in the region. The Australian Foreign Minister and expert on Cambodia had also made himself internationally famous by arranging for peacekeeping forces to enter the country one year earlier. The governments of Britain and France were aware of Australia's commitment to Cambodia and unwilling to interfere with the machinations of America's Central Intelligence Agency. The leaders of both countries, Prime Minister John Major and President Fran�ois Mitterrand, passed responsibility for negotiations to the Australian politicians. Despite the, 'No Negotiation No Ransom', policy most believed Australia's Foreign Minister would utilize his contacts in the Royal Cambodian Army and his relationship with Cambodia's Prime Minister to assist with the negotiations. He refused to become involved however and it created a public outcry and national media condemnation in his home country. Then after a thirteen year Colonial Inquest the Australian government was cleared of any culpability in the David Wilson kidnap case in 2013. What no one realised at the time of the hostage crisis was the full complexity of the situation or that two powerful nations were pulling strings in the background.Cambodia's Prime Minister was a former Khmer Rouge Officer who was being backed by the newly unified country of Vietnam. And the American CIA was using the United Nations to shield Pol Pot from war crime investigations so they could use him to bring down the governments Vietnamese administrators.Caught in the middle of the Australian politicians diplomatic grandstanding and Cambodia's political turmoil were three young backpackers who were foolish enough to catch a train to a war zone.
Author: Mary Ellen Snodgrass Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1442245263 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 421
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Throughout the centuries, ballet has had a rich and ever-evolving role in the humanities. Renowned choreographers, composers, and performers have contributed to this unique art form, staging enduring works of beauty. Significant productions by major companies embrace innovations and adaptations, enabling ballet to thrive and delight audiences all over the globe. In The Encyclopedia of World Ballet,Mary Ellen Snodgrass surveys the emergence of ballet from ancient Asian models to the present, providing overviews of rhythmic movement as a subject of art, photography, and cinema. Entries in this volume reveal the nature and purpose of ballet, detailing specifics about leaders in classic design and style, influential costumers and companies, and trends in technique, partnering, variation, and liturgical execution. This reference covers: Choreographers Composers Costumers Dance companies Dancers Productions Set designers Techniques Terminology Among the principal figures included here are Alvin Ailey, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, George Balanchine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Pierre Beauchamp, Sergei Diaghilev, Agnes DeMille, Nacho Duato, Isadora Duncan, Boris Eifman, Mats Ek, Erté, Martha Graham, Inigo Jones, Louis XIV, Amalia Hernández Navarro, Rudolf Nureyev, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, and Agrippina Vaganova. This work also features dance companies from the Americas, Australia, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Korea, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, and Vietnam. Productions include such universal narrative favorites as Coppélia, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Scheherazade, Firebird, and Swan Lake. Featuring a chronology that identifies key events and figures, this volume highlights significant developments in stage presentations over the centuries. The Encyclopedia of World Ballet will serve general readers, dance instructors, and enthusiasts from middle school through college as well as professional coaches and performers, troupe directors, journalists, and historians of the arts.
Author: Kathryn Robson Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 9780739108406 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 260
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At the intersection of literary, cultural, and postcolonial studies, this volume looks at French perceptions of "Indochina" as they are conveyed through a variety of media including cinema, literature, art, and historical or anthropological writings. The volume is long awaited, as France's memory of "Indochina" is understudied compared to its relationship with its former colonies in West and North Africa. The book has contemporary urgency as the makeup of France's immigrant population changes and grows to include Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotioan populations.
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