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  • Medieval Chinese Medicine

    The Dunhuang Medical Manuscripts

    de Christopher Cullen, Vivienne Lo ...
    Series series Needham Research Institute Series
    In recent decades various versions of Chinese medicine have begun to be widely practised in Western countries, and the academic study of the subject is now well established. However, there are still few scholarly monographs that describe the history of Chinese medicine and there are none at all on the medieval period.This collection represents the kind of international collaboration of research ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine

    Edición de Vivienne Lo, Michael Stanley-Baker ...
    The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine is an extensive, interdisciplinary guide to the nature of traditional medicine and healing in the Chinese cultural region, and its plural epistemologies. Established experts and the next generation of scholars interpret the ways in which Chinese medicine has been understood and portrayed from the beginning of the empire (third century BCE) to the ... Leer más

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  • Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities

    Edición de Vivienne Lo, Chris Berry, Guo Liping ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies
    Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities is the first book to reflect on the power of film in representing medical and health discourse in China in both the past and the present, as well as in shaping its future.Drawing on both feature and documentary films from mainland China, the chapters each engage with the field of medicine through the visual arts. They cover themes such as the history of ... Leer más

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  • Yinyang

    The Way of Heaven and Earth in Chinese Thought and Culture

    de Robin R. Wang ...
    Series Libro 11 - New Approaches to Asian History
    The concept of yinyang lies at the heart of Chinese thought and culture. The relationship between these two opposing, yet mutually dependent, forces is symbolized in the familiar black and white symbol that has become an icon in popular culture across the world. The real significance of yinyang is, however, more complex and subtle. This brilliant and comprehensive analysis by one of the leading ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China

    Plurality and Synthesis

    de Volker Scheid, Barbara Herrnstein Smith, E. Roy Weintraub ...
    Series series Science and Cultural Theory
    As a traditional healing art that has established a contemporary global presence, Chinese medicine defies categories and raises many interesting questions. If Chinese medicine is "traditional," why has it not disappeared with the rest of traditional Chinese society? If, as some claim, it is a science, what does that imply about what we call science? What is the secret of Chinese medicine's ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Traditional Chinese Medicine

    Heritage and Adaptation

    Traducido por Bridie Andrews ...
    de Paul U. Unschuld ...
    A leading authority explains the ideas and practice of Chinese medicine from its beginnings in antiquity to today. Paul U. Unschuld describes medicine's close connection with culture and politics throughout Chinese history. He brings together texts, techniques, and worldviews to understand changing Chinese attitudes toward healing and the significance of traditional Chinese medicine in both China ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Breathing Spaces

    Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China

    de Nancy Chen ...
    The charismatic form of healing called qigong, based on meditative breathing exercises, has achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Qigong served a critical social organizational function, as practitioners formed new informal networks, sometimes on an international scale, at a time when China was shifting from state-subsidized medical care to for-profit market medicine. ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • Chinese Script

    History, Characters, Calligraphy

    de Thomas O. Höllmann ...
    Traducido por Maximiliane Donicht ...
    In this brisk and accessible history, sinologist Thomas O. Höllmann explains the development of the Chinese writing system and its importance in literature, religion, art, and other aspects of culture. Spanning the earliest epigraphs and oracle bones to writing and texting on computers and mobile phones today, Chinese Script is a wide-ranging and versatile introduction to the complexity and beauty ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages

    de Sanping Chen ...
    Series series Encounters with Asia
    In contrast to the economic and cultural dominance by the south and the east coast over the past several centuries, influence in China in the early Middle Ages was centered in the north and featured a significantly multicultural society. Many events that were profoundly formative for the future of East Asian civilization occurred during this period, although much of this multiculturalism has long ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

    Edición de Edward L. Davis ...
    Series series Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture
    This is the first reference book to digest this vast cultural output and make it accessible to the English-speaking world. It contains nearly 1,200 entries written by an international team of specialists, to enable readers to explore a range of diverse and fascinating cultural subjects from prisons to rock groups, underground Christian churches to TV talk shows and radio hotlines. Experimental ... Leer más

    $132.99 USD

  • Unearthing the Changes

    Recently Discovered Manuscripts of the Yi Jing (I Ching) and Related Texts

    de Edward Shaughnessy ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    In recent years, three ancient manuscripts relating to the Yi jing (I Ching), or Classic of Changes, have been discovered. The earliest—the Shanghai Museum Zhou Yi—dates to about 300 B.C.E. and shows evidence of the text's original circulation. The Guicang, or Returning to Be Stored, reflects another ancient Chinese divination tradition based on hexagrams similar to those of the Yi jing. In 1993, ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Diasporic Hallyu

    The Korean Wave in Korean Canadian Youth Culture

    de Kyong Yoon ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Korean Canadian youth and their engagement with the Korean Wave, the book proposes a critical understanding of the interactions between diasporic youth audiences and popular ... Leer más

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