The Asian Mystique
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The Asian Mystique
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Author : Sheridan Prasso
language : en
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Release Date : 2009-04-29
The Asian Mystique written by Sheridan Prasso and has been published by PublicAffairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-29 with Social Science categories.
Few Westerners escape the images, expectations and misperceptions that lead us to see Asia as exotic, sensual, decadent, dangerous, and mysterious. Despite — and because of — centuries of East-West interaction, the stereotypes of Western literature, stage, and screen remain pervasive icons: the tea-pouring, submissive, sexually available geisha girl; the steely cold dragon lady dominatrix; as well as the portrayal of the Asian male as effeminate and asexual. These "Oriental" illusions color our relations and relationships in ways even well-respected professional "Asia hands" and scholars don't necessarily see. The Asian Mystique lays out a provocative challenge to see Asia and Asians as they really are, with unclouded, deeroticized eyes. It traces the origins of Western stereotypes in history and in Hollywood, examines the phenomenon of ‘yellow fever,' then goes on a reality tour of Asia's go-go bars, middle-class homes, college campuses, business districts, and corridors of power, providing intimate profiles of women's lives and vivid portraits of the human side of an Asia we usually mythologize too well to really understand. It strips away our misconceptions and stereotypes, revealing instead the fully dimensional human beings beyond our usual perceptions. The Asian Mystique is required reading for anyone with interest in or interaction with Asia or Asian-origin people, as well as any serious student or practicioner of East-West relations.
The Asian Mystique
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Author : Sheridan Prasso
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Asian Mystique written by Sheridan Prasso and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Asia categories.
Clarifying The Asian Mystique
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Author : Carlos Peña Romulo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Clarifying The Asian Mystique written by Carlos Peña Romulo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with East Asia categories.
The China Mystique
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Author : Karen J. Leong
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005-07-25
The China Mystique written by Karen J. Leong and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-25 with History categories.
Focusing on three women, Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong & Mayling Soong, this book studies the shifting images of China in American culture, particularly during the 1930s & 40s.
How To Attract Asian Women
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Author : Ming Tan
language : en
Publisher: BridgegapBooks
Release Date : 2002
How To Attract Asian Women written by Ming Tan and has been published by BridgegapBooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.
Ming Tan and her hundreds of Asian female interviewees reveal how a man can attract Asian women. Ming Tan hosts dating seminars and events for AsianSocials.com. The New York Observer and New York Press ran articles regarding Ming Tan?
Rethinking The Asian American Movement
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Author : Daryl Joji Maeda
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-02-20
Rethinking The Asian American Movement written by Daryl Joji Maeda and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-20 with History categories.
Although it is one of the least-known social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, the Asian American movement drew upon some of the most powerful currents of the era, and had a wide-ranging impact on the political landscape of Asian America, and more generally, the United States. Using the racial discourse of the black power and other movements, as well as antiwar activist and the global decolonization movements, the Asian American movement succeeded in creating a multi-ethnic alliance of Asians in the United States and gave them a voice in their own destinies. Rethinking the Asian American Movement provides a short, accessible overview of this important social and political movement, highlighting key events and key figures, the movement's strengths and weaknesses, how it intersected with other social and political movements of the time, and its lasting effect on the country. It is perfect for anyone wanting to obtain an introduction to the Asian American movement of the twentieth century.
Warrior Lessons
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Author : Phoebe Eng
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2000-05
Warrior Lessons written by Phoebe Eng and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05 with Social Science categories.
The story of an Asian American woman's journey into power. In a clear and true voice, Phoebe Eng sings of the power that flows from self-knowledge. The universal lessons of "Warrior Lessons" will awaken women and men alike.
The Feminine Mystique
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Author : Betty Friedan
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2001-09-17
The Feminine Mystique written by Betty Friedan and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-09-17 with Psychology categories.
The book that changed the consciousness of a country—and the world. Landmark, groundbreaking, classic—these adjectives barely describe the earthshaking and long-lasting effects of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique. This is the book that defined "the problem that has no name," that launched the Second Wave of the feminist movement, and has been awakening women and men with its insights into social relations, which still remain fresh, ever since. A national bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold.
The Mystique Of Transmission
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Author : Wendi L. Adamek
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2007-05-15
The Mystique Of Transmission written by Wendi L. Adamek and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-15 with Religion categories.
The Mystique of Transmission is a close reading of a late-eighth-century Chan/Zen Buddhist hagiographical work, the Lidai fabao ji (Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations), and is its first English translation. The text is the only remaining relic of the little-known Bao Tang Chan school of Sichuan, and combines a sectarian history of Buddhism and Chan in China with an account of the eighth-century Chan master Wuzhu in Sichuan. Chinese religions scholar Wendi Adamek compares the Lidai fabao ji with other sources from the fourth through eighth centuries, chronicling changes in the doctrines and practices involved in transmitting medieval Chinese Buddhist teachings. While Adamek is concerned with familiar Chan themes like patriarchal genealogies and the ideology of sudden enlightenment, she also highlights topics that make Lidai fabao ji distinctive: formless practice, the inclusion of female practitioners, the influence of Daoist metaphysics, and connections with early Tibetan Buddhism. The Lidai fabao ji was unearthed in the early twentieth century in the Mogao caves at the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang in northwestern China. Discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts has been compared with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as these documents have radically changed our understanding of medieval China and Buddhism. A crucial volume for students and scholars, The Mystique of Transmission offers a rare glimpse of a lost world and fills an important gap in the timeline of Chinese and Buddhist history.
Because It Is So Beautiful
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Author : Robert Leonard Reid
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2018-07-10
Because It Is So Beautiful written by Robert Leonard Reid and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-10 with Nature categories.
A Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein–Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay Yes, every inch of the globe has been seen, mapped, photographed, and measured, but is it known? Robert Leonard Reid doesn’t think so. To draw a circle and calculate its diameter is not to know the circle. In this collection, Reid distinguishes himself from many science–based nature writers, using the natural world as a springboard for speculations and musings on the numinous and the sacred, injustice, homelessness, the treatment of Native Peoples in the United States, and what pushes mountaineers to climb. Ranging in their settings from eastern New Mexico to northern Alaska, Reid’s essays illustrate his belief that the American West is worth celebrating and caring for. Taking its title from an affecting speech given by renowned author Barry Lopez, Because It Is So Beautiful is a response to desperate questions surrounding America’s wildlands. Lopez’s words resonated with the young mountaineer–musician–mathematician Robert Leonard Reid, who was struggling to understand his relationship to the world, to find his vision as a writer. What he learned on that long–ago evening is knit throughout the nineteen pieces in the collection, which include essays from Reid’s previous books Arctic Circle, Mountains of the Great Blue Dream, and America, New Mexico; three essays that appear here in print for the first time; as well as revised and expanded versions of essays that appeared in Touchstone, The Progressive, and elsewhere.