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| International Environmental Law and Asian Values: Legal Norms and Cultural Values.
MUSHKAT, RODA. Stock ID: 94305 xvii + 241pp, appendices, notes, index, paperback. "This book juxtaposes international environmental norms and practices with relevant Asian policies and their applications in key areas. Roda Mushkat examines the fundamental principle of public participation in environmental law-making, as well as the "rights approach," against the emergence of democratic and human rights norms in the region. The complex relationship between trade and the environment is also discussed in light of the strong regional emphasis on economic growth, trade liberalization, and the aversion to conditionalities. Given regionalization processes in Asia-Pacific and elsewhere, this work seeks to establish to what extent such processes have led to the regionalization of international environmental law." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 94305) ... more |
AU$48.00 |
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| Comparing Asian Politics. India, China, and Japan
CHARLTON, SUE ELLEN M. Stock ID: 102254 xvi + 336pp, glossary, index, paperback. The newly revised edition compares India, China, and Japan in the broader context of the political and economic changes affecting Asia. Suited for undergraduates and all those seeking to understand the dynamics of Asian politics. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 102254) ... more |
AU$63.00 |
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| The Dragon's Almanac. Chinese, Japanese and Far Eastern Proverbs.
WINTLE, JUSTIN. Stock ID: 96961 Black and white line illustrations, xiv + 226pp, notes, indices, elegant bookplate front free endpaper, good copy in dustjacket. A collection of proverbs for each day of the year from China, Japan, Malaya, Thailand and other Far Eastern countries. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 96961) ... more |
AU$28.00 |
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Barnga. A Simulation Game on Cultural Clashes.
THIAGARAJAN, SIVASAILAM. Stock ID: 97002 x + 40pp, paperback. While playing Barnga, participants experience the shock of realizing that despite their good intentions and the many similarities amongst themselves, people interpret things differently from in profoundly important ways, especially people from differing cultures. Players learn that they must understand and reconcile these differences if they want to function effectively in a cross-cultural group. The "game" is deceptively simple: participants, broken up into several small groups, play a simple card, never knowing that each group has been given a subtly different set of rules to play by, nor that those rules will change yet again as the game develops and groups of players are reconfigured. Conflicts quickly begin to occur as players move from group to group, simulating real cross-cultural encounters, where people initially believe they share the same understanding of the basic rules and learn to their dismay and confusion that they do not. In discovering that the rules are different, players undergo a mini culture shock similar to actual experience when entering a different culture. They then must struggle to understand and reconcile these differences to play the game effectively in their "cross-cultural" groups. Difficulties are magnified by the fact that players may not speak to each other but can communicate only through gestures or pictures. In struggling to understand why other players don't seem to be playing correctly, and with the aid of the facilitator, participants gain insight into the dynamics of cross-cultural encounters. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 97002) ... more |
AU$64.95 |
| The Myth of Asia.
STEADMAN, JOHN M. Stock ID: 16220 353pp, bibliography, index, name front free endpaper, good in dustjacket. Explodes the myth of Asia as a unit and examines the enormous variety of Asian cultures, their internal tensions and external conflicts. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 16220) ... more |
AU$30.00 |
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| Self and Biography. Essays on the Individual and Society in Asia.
WANG GUNGWU. (EDITED BY). Stock ID: 17850 illustrations, ix + 217pp, index, dustjacket. Literary and historical essays by nine distinguished scholars presented as lectures at a symposium on Asian Studies at the University of Melbourne in 1974. Essays include: "Changing Perceptions of Character in the Malay World" A.H. Johns, "Changes in Islamic Perceptions of the Individual in Society` S.A.A. Rizvi and 'Traditional or Modern Leader?` an essay on Sukarno by J.D. Legge, and Individual and Society in the Works of Rabindranath Tagore. An Aspect of the Indian Renaissance by S.N. Ray. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 17850) ... more |
AU$20.00 |
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| Span. An Adventure in Asian and Australian Writing.
WIGMORE, LIONEL (ED). Stock ID: 18323 Endpaper maps, xviii + 381pp, Who's Who in Span, dustjacket. Authors from Australia, Burma, Ceylon, India, Indonesia, Malaya, North Borneo, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 18323) ... more |
AU$20.00 |
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| The Dragon's Almanac. Chinese, Japanese and Far Eastern Proverbs.
WINTLE, JUSTIN. Stock ID: 18564 Black and white line illustrations, xiv + 226pp, notes, indices, trifle shelf-rubbed dustjacket. A collection of proverbs from China, Japan, Malaya, Thailand and other Far Eastern countries. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 18564) ... more |
AU$40.00 |
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| A Guide to Oriental Classics.
DE BARY, WM THEODORE AND AINSLIE T EMBREE. (EDITORS). Stock ID: 74718 xi + 199pp, edges foxed, signature of prior owner front free endpaper, upper corner first few leaves creased with some loss, some wear to covers, paperback. "Major cultural works from the Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions, ranging from history, philosophy, and religion to poetry, drama, and fiction, are included in this bibliographic guide. Added to this edition are new translations and studies published since the appearance of the first edition." Taken from blurb. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 74718) ... more |
AU$20.00 |
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Melancholy of Race. Psychoanalysis, Assimilation and Hidden Grief.
CHENG, ANNE ANLIN. Stock ID: 128882 Black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 270pp, index, bibliography, notes, paperback, lightly read copy, very good condition. In this groundbreaking, interdisciplinary study Anne Anlin Cheng argues that we have to understand racial grief not only as the result of racism but also as a foundation for racial identity. The Melancholy of Race proposes that racial identification is itself already a melancholic act-a social category that is imaginatively supported through a dynamic of loss and compensation, by which the racial other is at once rejected and retained. Using psychoanalytic theories on mourning and melancholia as inroads into her subject, Cheng offers a closely observed and carefully reasoned account of the minority experience as expressed in works of art by, and about, Asian-Americans and African-Americans. She argues that the racial minority and dominant American culture both suffer from racial melancholia and that this insight is crucial to a productive reimagining of progressive politics. Her discussion ranges from "Flower Drum Song" to "M. Butterfly," Brown v. Board of Education to Anna Deavere Smith's "Twilight," and Invisible Man to The Woman Warrior, in the process demonstrating that racial melancholia permeates our fantasies of citizenship, assimilation, and social health. Her investigations reveal the common interests that social, legal, and literary histories of race have always shared with psychoanalysis, and situates Asian-American and African-American identities in relation to one another within the larger process of American racialization. A provocative look at a timely subject, this study is essential reading for anyone interested in race studies, critical theory, or psychoanalysis. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 128882) ... more |
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| In the Neighbourhood.
SCHULTZ, JULIANNE (EDITOR). Stock ID: 129852 Griffith Review journal. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations, 272pp, paperback, very good copy. Essays, reportage, poetry and fiction exploring Australia's increasingly close connections with Asia from business, trade and education to migration. Includes: 'Location, Location, Location' by Michael Wesley, 'Back to the Avantgarde' by Nicholas Jose; 'Japan's Paradoxical Neighbourhoods' by Tony Barrell; 'A Night at the Fights' by Wayne McLennan. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 129852) ... more |
AU$40.00 |
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| Families of the World. Family Life at the Close of the Twentieth Century. Volume II. East Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific.
TREMBLAY, HELENE. Stock ID: 73239 Maps, many colour photographic illustrations, 232pp, key to source notes, sources, covers worn and marked, large octavo, good paperback copy. A photo-travel essay of families throughout East (including Mongolia) and South-East Asia and the Pacific, depicting daily life hour by hour. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 73239) ... more |
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| Margins and Mainstreams. Asians in American History and Culture.
OKIHIRO, GARY Y. Stock ID: 131286 xvii + 203pp, index, bibliography, paperback, a very good copy. In a thoughtful and stimulating contribution to the current debate about the meaning to the larger society of multiculturalism, Gary Okihiro explores the significance of Asian Americans in American history and culture. In six provocative and engaging essays he examines the Asian American experience from the perspectives of historical consciousness, race, gender, class, and culture. Much talk these days revolves around the idea of the mainstream, about the core of American history and culture, and about the dangers of straying from the original formulations that have made this country great. Pluralism and diversity, many argue, only serve to divide and fracture the nation. The core, rooted in Western civilization and the canon of "great books" must be recovered and preserved, and those on the margins, most notably racial minorities, must be absorbed into the mainstream. Or so the argument goes. Margins and Mainstreams argues that the core values and ideals of the nation emanate today not from the so-called mainstream but from the margins, from among Asian and African Americans, Latinos and American Indians, and women. Those groups, in their struggles for equality, have helped to preserve and advance the founders' ideals and have made America a more democratic place for all. While exploring anew the meanings of Asian American social history, the book reexamines the intellectual foundations and assumptions of the field of Asian American studies. It exposes the dominance of Eurocentrism and other hierarchies in the major theories that inform the field. It contextualizes the Asian American experience with that of African Americans and Latinos, and it advocates the intellectual convergence ofAsian, Asian American, and African American studies. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 131286) ... more |
AU$25.00 WAS AU$32.95 |