The China Mystique
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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 Biography & Autobiography 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.
The China Mystique
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Author : Karen Janis Leong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
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The China Mystique
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Author : Karen Janis Leong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
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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.
Throughout the history of the United States, images of China have populated the American imagination. Always in flux, these images shift rapidly, as they did during the early decades of the twentieth century. In this erudite and original study, Karen J. Leong explores the gendering of American orientalism during the 1930s and 1940s. Focusing on three women who were popularly and publicly associated with China—Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, and Mayling Soong—Leong shows how each negotiated what it meant to be American, Chinese American, and Chinese against the backdrop of changes in the United States as a national community and as an international power. The China Mystique illustrates how each of these women encountered the possibilities as well as the limitations of transnational status in attempting to shape her own opportunities. During these two decades, each woman enjoyed expanding visibility due to an increasingly global mass culture, rising nationalism in Asia, the emergence of the United States from the shadows of imperialism to world power, and the more assertive participation of women in civic and consumer culture.
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 practitioner of East-West relations.
The Mystique Of Transmission
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Author : Wendi Leigh Adamek
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2007
The Mystique Of Transmission written by Wendi Leigh 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 with History categories.
Adamek provides a reading of the late 8th century Chan/Zen Buddhist Lidai fabao ji (Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations) and provides its first English translation. The work combines a history of the transmission of Buddhism and Chan in China with an account of the 8th century Chan master Wuzhu in Sichuan.
The Mystique Of Chinese Culinary Creations
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Author : Irene Kwok Tom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-01
The Mystique Of Chinese Culinary Creations written by Irene Kwok Tom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01 with China categories.
The Mystique Of Sandalwood
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Author : Savannah College of Art and Design
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Mystique Of Sandalwood written by Savannah College of Art and Design and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Art categories.
A Bit Of Old China
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Author : Charles Warren Stoddard
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2020-03-16
A Bit Of Old China written by Charles Warren Stoddard and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-16 with Fiction categories.
Charles Warren Stoddard's 'A Bit of Old China' takes readers on a vivid journey through early Chinatown in San Francisco, capturing the sights, sounds, and smells of a unique community. With lively descriptions and colorful anecdotes, Stoddard paints a picture of a world filled with bustling markets, exotic cuisine, and intricate architecture. From the opium dens to the temples, readers will feel transported to a place unlike any other. This short but evocative work is a must-read for anyone interested in the rich history and culture of one of America's most vibrant neighborhoods.
Urbanization With Chinese Characteristics The Hukou System And Migration
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Author : Kam Wing Chan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-19
Urbanization With Chinese Characteristics The Hukou System And Migration written by Kam Wing Chan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-19 with Social Science categories.
Many agree that rapid urbanization in China in the late 20th and early 21st centuries is a mega process significantly reshaping China and the global economy. China’s urbanization also carries a certain mystique, which has long fascinated generations of scholars and journalists alike. As it has turned out, many of the asserted Chinese feats are mostly fancied claims or gross misinterpretations (of statistics, for example). There does exist, however, an urbanization that displays rather uncommon "Chinese" characteristics that remain to inadequately understood. Building on his three decades of careful research, Professor Kam Wing Chan expertly dissects the complexity of China’s hukou system, migration, urbanization and their interrelationships in this set of journal articles published in the last ten years. These works range from seminal papers on Chinese urban definitions and statistics; and broad-perspective analysis of the hukou system of its first semi-centennial; to examinations of migration trends and geography; and critical evaluations of China’s 2014 urbanization blueprint and hukou reform plan. This convenient assemblage contains many of Chan’s recent important works. Together they also form a relatively coherent set on this topic. They are essential readings to anyone serious about gaining a true understanding of the prodigious urbanization in contemporary China.