Author: Chih-yi ChanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Wah Toong's good-luck horse causes problems until he helps his master bring peace to the warring armies.
The Good-luck Horse
Author: Chih-yi ChanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Wah Toong's good-luck horse causes problems until he helps his master bring peace to the warring armies.
The Old Man Who Lost His Horse
Author: Coral ChenPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467847763
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
The Writing on the Wall
Author: Karin MeissenburgPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Booklist
Author: Children's Catalog
Author: H.W. Wilson CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
School Life
Author: Emerging Faith
Author: S. Craig BishopPublisher: Dr. S. Craig Bishop
ISBN: 097617720X
Category : Devotional calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Mythology of Horses
Author: Gerald HausmanPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307824756
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
An extraordinary collection of myths and facts about horses, their honored place in human history, and the mystique that has surrounded them in cultures around the globe. Horses have always held a mystical sway over the human imagination; no other creature has inspired the same reverence or cross-cultural fascination. The Mythology of Horses offers a comprehensive look at horse breeds around the world, exploring their heritage, physical attributes, and place in human society, as well as the folklore, popular mythology, and true stories surrounding each breed. In this evocative, one-of-a-kind reference, folklorists Gerald and Loretta Hausman present stories from breeders, Olympic equestrians, and cowboys, along with tales about famous horse owners from Buffalo Bill to Roy Rogers, Genghis Khan to Napoleon. Vividly capturing the aura that has surrounded horses throughout time, this collection will fascinate horse lovers of all kinds.
Chinese Discourses on Happiness
Author: Gerda WielanderPublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9888455729
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Happiness is on China’s agenda. From Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream” to online chat forums, the conspicuous references to happiness are hard to miss. This groundbreaking volume analyzes how different social groups make use of the concept and shows how closely official discourses on happiness are intertwined with popular sentiments. The Chinese Communist Party’s attempts to define happiness and well-being around family-focused Han Chinese cultural traditions clearly strike a chord with the wider population. The collection highlights the links connecting the ideologies promoted by the government and the way they inform, and are in turn informed by, various deliberations and feelings circulating in the society. Contributors analyze the government’s “happiness maximization strategies,” including public service advertising campaigns, Confucian and Daoist-inflected discourses adapted for the self-help market, and the promotion of positive psychology as well as “happy housewives.” They also discuss forces countering the hegemonic discourse: different forms of happiness in the LGBTQ community, teachings of Tibetan Buddhism that subvert the material culture propagated by the government, and the cynical messages in online novels that expose the fictitious nature of propaganda. Collectively, the authors bring out contemporary Chinese voices engaging with different philosophies, practices, and idealistic imaginings on what it means to be happy. “This distinctive volume creates sustained dialogues around a substantive debate. Rejecting the conventional contrasts between China and the West, and yet deeply immersed in sinophone media, the authors understand Chinese discourse on happiness as multiple but interconnected conversations within a globally shared production of knowledge. Equally concerned with text and image, they exhibit an ethnographic eye as sharp as any orthodox ethnography.” —Deborah Davis, Yale University “Wielander and Hird have put together a superbly researched and thoughtfully written set of essays on the multiple ways in which that most elusive of all states—happiness—is understood and pursued in contemporary China. A volume that should become required reading for all interested in Chinese society today.” —Julia C. Strauss, SOAS, University of London “Chinese Discourses on Happiness is a timely new collection of essays edited by two sinologists based in Britain, Gerda Wielander and Derek Hird. It explores how China’s propaganda machine devotes extraordinary efforts to promoting the idea that the Chinese people enjoy good and meaningful lives under Communism—precisely because economic growth alone does a poor job of generating happiness.” —The Economist
The Publishers Weekly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1224
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