{"product_id":"the-body-in-asia-9781845455507","title":"The Body in Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe past few decades have seen growing interest in the study of the body. However, the increasing number of exciting and influential publications has primarily, if not exclusively, focused on the body in Western cultures. The various works produced by Asian scholars remain largely unknown to Western academic debates even though Asia is home to a host of rich body cultures and religions. The peoples of Asia have experienced colonization, decolonization, and now globalization, all of which make the ‘body in Asia’ a rewarding field of research. This unique volume brings together a number of scholars who work on East, Southeast and South Asia and presents original and cutting edge research on the body in various Asian cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe volume provides a welcome summary of the fast growing literature and introduces a wealth of Asian empirical, ethnographic, and historic data throughout the chapters…the book challenges readers to rethink their own body and the bodies around them in everyday life and provides an excellent introduction into the sociology of the body and the anthropology of embodiment\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePacific Asia Inquiry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Piety, Politics and Philosophy: Asia and the Global Body\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBryan S. Turner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZheng Yangwen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e The Global Body Cannot Ignore Asia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSusan Brownell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: THE BODY AND RELIGION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Saint or Serpent? Engendering the Female Body in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Narratives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMonika Dix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Creating Religious Bodies: Fasting Rituals in West Java\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJörgen Hellman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Formations of Public Piety: New Veiling, the Body, and the Citizen-Subject in Contemporary Indonesia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSonja van Wichelen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: THE BODY AND CULTURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Westernized Body or Japanized Western Body: The Desirable Female Body in Contemporary Japanese Women’s Magazines\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJunko Ishiguro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Fatness and Well-being: Bodies and the Generation Gap in Contemporary China\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAnna Lora-Wainwright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: THE BODY AND THE STATE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Seki Jūrōji and the Japanese Body: Martial Arts, Kokutai, and Citizen–State Relations in Meiji Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDenis Gainty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e The Sacred and the Sanitary: The Colonial ‘Medicalization’ of the Filipino Body\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJulius Bautista\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eMa. Mercedes Planta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e State and Religion Contestations over the Body: Hook Swinging and the Production of New Human Subjects\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eR. Santhosh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Women’s Revolution and Liberation Embodied in Mao Zedong Era Ballet\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eZheng Yangwen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042980069719,"sku":"9781845455507","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845455507.jpg?v=1750956502","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-body-in-asia-9781845455507","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}