Consuming China

Approaches to Cultural Change in Contemporary China

Edited by Kevin Latham, Stuart Thompson, Jakob Klein

Post-Mao China has been characterized in literature and the media as a burgeoning consumer society. Consuming China investigates this characterization by examining the cultural significance...

Published September 7th 2006 by Routledge.

Breastfeeding in Hospital

Mothers, Midwives and the Production Line

By Fiona Dykes

'Breast is best' is today’s prevailing mantra. However, women – particularly first-time mothers – frequently feel unsupported when they come to feed their baby. This...

Published August 17th 2006 by Routledge.

Home

By Alison Blunt, Robyn Dowling

‘Home’ is a significant geographical and social concept. It is not only a three-dimensional structure, a shelter, but it is also a matrix of social...

Published August 3rd 2006 by Routledge.

Dismantling the East-West Dichotomy

Essays in Honour of Jan van Bremen

Edited by Joy Hendry, Heung Wah Wong

It has been customary in the appraisal of the different approaches to the study of Japan anthropology to invoke an East-West dichotomy positing hegemonic ‘Western’...

Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge.

Diasporic Chinese Communities in the United States and Germany

By Sylvia Van Ziegert

An exploration of how Chinese communites in the United States and Germany create and disseminate a sense of diasporic Chinese identity. The book not only...

Published July 25th 2006 by Routledge.

The Kalmyks

By Elza-Bair Mataskovna Gouchinova

The Kalmyks are in a unique position among the peoples of Europe in several respects, most conspicuously as being the only Buddhist people group in...

Published June 26th 2006 by Routledge.

Inclusion and Exclusion in the Global Arena

By Max Kirsch

This collection of essays addresses the inclusion and exclusion of peoples, populations and regions in an era of global economic and social integration. Although many...

Published June 23rd 2006 by Routledge.

By Arjun Appadurai

Published June 1st 2006 by Routledge.

Unsung Pasts, Conflicting Presents and Uncertain Futures

Edited by Nobuko Adachi

Japanese Diasporas examines the relationship of overseas Japanese and their descendents (Nikkei) with their home and host nations, focusing on the political, social and economic struggles...

Published April 20th 2006 by Routledge.

Politics of Religion

A Survey

Edited by Jeff Haynes

This new title explores some of the key issues which surround the politics of religion, an area which has historically been the cause of great...

Published April 13th 2006 by Routledge.