Asian Cultural Studies | Asian-American Studies - Interest
Dec.22.2011
All eyes are on China. Yet despite constant media coverage, increased tourism and rampant foreign investment, the cultural distance between China and the West remains as vast as the oceans that separate them. For all intents and purposes, the Middle Kingdom is still relatively unknown by Westerners...
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Nov.27.2011
Japanese kanji characters combine meaning with beauty and thus offer a unique medium for artistic expression. But if you don’t know the language, how do you find characters that say what you want and are not just a "kanji cliché"? You can start here. This attractive book has over one hundred...
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Jul.21.2011
This monograph provides a timely analysis and thoughtful insights into the challenges faced by the United States in developing a strategy for North Korea. The author examines the complex history of U.S. policy toward North Korea over the last decade that has left the United States in a position of...
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Jan.18.2011
In winter 1902 in the ruins of post-Boxer Uprising Beijing, two women from two different worlds joined hands in friendship-the former concubine and legendary tyrant Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Midwest-born, devoutly Christian Sarah Pike Conger. Together, they made history. Middle-aged Iowan...
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Sep.20.2010
The book consists of translations from Vietnamese to English of the lyric poetry of Nguyen Trai (1380-1442), one of the two most important poets of Vietnam's history. This is the first collection of Nguyen Trai's poetry to be published in English. Nguyen Trai is also famous for his role in the ...
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May.27.2010
East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres
Andrew Lam
The unexpected consequences of the Vietnamese diaspora
From cuisine and martial arts to sex and self-esteem, East Eats West shines new light on the bridges and crossroads where two hemispheres meld into one worldwide "immigrant nation...
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Mar.08.2010
68 min | Letterbox | Black & White | Not Rated | NTSC region free DVD includes the full 68-minute feature film, plus over 20 minutes of additional footage. Special features includes chapter selection, outtakes, trailers, photo gallery and bios...
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Dec.22.2009
Self-Realization memoir, told in simple narrative poetry.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
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Nov.18.2009
True but ridiculous facts, observations and stupid scientific theories about the most hyperventilating, oddly lovable city on earth, Hong Kong.
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Aug.31.2009
An unprecedented historical novel, Purple Mountain presents a riveting, profoundly intimate portrait of Nanjing and its people during the first six days after its fall to the Japanese army in 1937. Three editions of the novel, one English and two Chinese, were published in 2005. A screenplay Qi...
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