Ethnic Studies category: 6968 books
Torture and Peacebuilding in Indonesia
The Case of Papua
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
State-sponsored torture and peacebuilding encapsulate the essence of many of the current conflicts in Indonesia. Papua in particular provides a thought-provoking example of the intricacy and complexity of building peace amidst enduring conflict and violence.
This book examines the complex power...
by Van
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Cultural Studies
Volume 3, Issue 2
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2005
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Civil Racism
The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion and the Crisis of Racial Burnout
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
The 1992 Los Angeles rebellion, also known as the Rodney King riots, followed the acquittal of four police officers who had been charged with assault and the use of excessive force against a Black motorist. The violence included widespread looting and destruction of stores, many of which were owned or...
Northern Territories, Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts and the Aland Experience
Untying the Kurillian Knot
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
This volume is the fruit of an international collaborative study, which considers the Åland islands settlement in northern Europe as a resolution model for the major Asia-Pacific regional conflicts that derived from the post-World War II disposition of Japan, with particular focus on the territorial...
Fukushima and the Arts
Negotiating Nuclear Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
The natural and man-made cataclysmic events of the 11 March 2011 disaster, or 3.11, have dramatically altered the status quo of contemporary Japanese society. While much has been written about the social, political, economic, and technical aspects of the disaster, this volume represents one of the...
Facing the Other
The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Emmanuel Levinas is one of the key philosophers in the post-Heideggerian field and an increasingly central presence in contemporary debates about identity and responsibility. His work spans and encapsulates the major philosophical and ethical concerns of the twentieth century, combining the insights...
by Rebecca Brown
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
Gandhi’s use of the spinning wheel was one of the most significant unifying elements of the nationalist movement in India. Spinning was seen as an economic and political activity that could bring together the diverse population of South Asia, and allow the formerly elite nationalist movement to...
Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance
Theater and Politics in Colonial and Postcolonial India
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Despite its importance to literary and cultural texts of resistance, theater has been largely overlooked as a field of analysis in colonial and postcolonial studies. Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance seeks to address that absence, as it uniquely views drama and performance as central to the practice...
The Politics of Transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Enduring Legacies and Emerging Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
Most books on the Caucasus and Central Asia are country-by-country studies. This book, on the other hand, fills a gap in Central Eurasian studies as one of the few comparative case study books on Central Eurasia, covering both the Caucasus and Central Asia; it considers key themes right across the...
Virtual Slavica
Digital Libraries, Digital Archives
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Get an inside view of producing digital information projects
Digital technology has provided great opportunities as well as colossal challenges for information professionals at Slavic libraries, collections, and archives. Virtual Slavica: Digital Libraries, Digital Archives presents leading...
The Politics of Civic Space in Asia
Building Urban Communities
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2008
This book explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in Asia and what role urban governance and public participation play in the support or demise of communities. Using case studies of contemporary city life throughout, the contributors provide insights into the importance...
by Brian P. Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Church Slavonic, one of the world's historic sacred languages, has experienced a revival in post-Soviet Russia. Blending religious studies and sociolinguistics, this is the first book devoted to Church Slavonic in the contemporary period. It is not a narrow study in linguistics, but uses Slavonic...
The Modern Anthropology of India
Ethnography, Themes and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
The Modern Anthropology of India is an accessible textbook providing a critical overview of the ethnographic work done in India since 1947. It assesses the history of research in each region and serves as a practical and comprehensive guide to the main themes dealt with by ethnographers. It highlights...