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Glimpses of Freedom: Independent Cinema in Southeast Asia (Cornell University Studies on Southeast Asia Paper)

March 22, 2015

Since the late 1990s, a vivid new sphere of cinematic practice in Southeast Asia has emerged and been identified as independent. What exactly does this term mean in relation to the way films and videos are made, and the way they look? How do issues of festival circulation, piracy, technology, state and institutional power, and […]
The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia

March 22, 2015

“The best new book on al Qaeda . . . and the best book on Yemen in years.”—Bruce Riedel, Daily BeastFar from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and al-Qaeda are fighting a clandestine war of drones and suicide bombers in an unforgiving corner of Arabia.The Last Refuge charts the rise, fall, […]
The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia

March 22, 2015

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Silk and Cotton: Textiles from the Central Asia that Was

March 22, 2015

The traditional textiles of Central Asia are unknown treasures. Straddling the legendary Silk Road, this vast region stretches from Russia in the west to China in the east. Whether nomadic or sedentary, its peoples created textiles for every aspect of their way of life, from ceremonial objects marking rites of passage, to everyday garments, to […]
King Hu’s A Touch of Zen (The New Hong Kong Cinema)

March 22, 2015

King Hu’s A Touch of Zen is the first book-length study of a classic martial arts film from 1971- the first Chinese-language film to gain recognition in an international film festival (it won a major prize at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival) and which provided the generic mould for the latter “crossover” success of Ang […]
The Oxford History of Islam

March 22, 2015

Lavishly illustrated with over 300 pictures, including more than 200 in full color, The Oxford History of Islam offers the most wide-ranging and authoritative account available of the second largest–and fastest growing–religion in the world. John L. Esposito, Editor-in-Chief of the four-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, has gathered together sixteen leading scholars, […]
Death by Pad Thai: And Other Unforgettable Meals

March 22, 2015

Food isn’t just a gustatory pleasure; it is the stuff of life. At its best and most memorable, a meal becomes a story—and a story becomes a feast. In this collection of essays by some of the country’s finest writers, food is the central player in memories both exquisite and excruciating. Steve Almond recounts the […]
Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood

March 22, 2015

The Dalai Lama meets The Player-from the Himalayas to Hollywood, a fantastic journey into the West’s longstanding dream of Tibet.What has made remote, mountainous Tibet and its only real celebrity, the Dalai Lama, so abidingly fascinating to the West? From Marco Polo’s vision of Tibet as a land of enchanters to James Hilton’s dream of […]
Islamic Sufism Unbound: Politics and Piety in Twenty-First Century Pakistan

March 22, 2015

Against the backdrop of the turbulent social and political landscape of today’s Pakistan, Robert Rozehnal traces the ritual practices and identity politics of a contemporary Sufi order: the Chishti Sabiris. He does so from multiple perspectives: from the rich Urdu writings of twentieth century Sufi masters, to the complex spiritual life of contemporary disciples and the order’s […]
Memories of the Future: National Identity Issues and the Search for a New Taiwan (Taiwan in the Modern World)

March 22, 2015

The product of five years of North American Taiwan Studies Conferences, this book carefully analyzes the emergence of national feelings in Taiwan, its historical roots and its contemporary manifestations. It addresses questions central to the looming international issue of Taiwan/China. Part one considers the historical events that help to explain the emergence and development of […]

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