A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition By
2010 | 764 Pages | ISBN: 1405163577 | PDF | 8 MB
In 85 new and updated essays, this comprehensive volume provides an authoritative guide to the philosophy of religion. Includes contributions from established philosophers and rising stars 22 new entries have now been added, and all material from the previous edition has been updated and reorganized Broad coverage spans the areas of world religions, theism, atheism, , the problem of evil, science and religion, and ethics Content: Chapter 1 Hinduism (pages 3-12): Jonardon GaneriChapter 2 Buddhism (pages 13-22): Paul J. GriffithsChapter 3 Chinese Confucianism and Daoism (pages 23-33): Chad HansenChapter 4 African Religions from a Philosophical Point of View (pages 34-43): Kwasi WireduChapter 5 Judaism (pages 44-58): Lenn E. GoodmanChapter 6 Christianity (pages 59-66): William J. WainwrightChapter 7 Philosophy in the Islamic Context (pages 67-80): Aziz A. Esmail and Azim A. NanjiChapter 8 Ancient Philosophical Theology (pages 81-90): Kevin L. FlanneryChapter 9 The Christian Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology (pages 91-98): Scott MacdonaldChapter 10 The Islamic Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology (pages 99-105): David BurrellChapter 11 The Jewish Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology (pages 106-113): Tamar RudavskyChapter 12 Early Modern Philosophical Theology on the Continent (pages 114-123): Derk PereboomChapter 13 Early Modern Philosophical Theology in Great Britain (pages 124-132): Geoffrey GorhamChapter 14 The Emergence of Modern Philosophy of Religion (pages 133-140): Merold WestphalChapter 15 American Pragmatism (pages 141-150): Nancy FrankenberryChapter 16 Personalism (pages 151-158): Patricia A. SayreChapter 17 Process Theology (pages 159-166): David Ray GriffinChapter 18 Phenomenology and Existentialism (pages 167-175): Merold WestphalChapter 19 Wittgenstein (pages 176-188): John HymanChapter 20 Thomism (pages 189-195): Ralph McInernyChapter 21 Natural Theology (pages 196-203): Brian HebblethwaiteChapter 22 The Reformed Tradition (pages 204-209): Nicholas WolterstorffChapter 23 The Jewish Tradition (pages 210-216): Robert GibbsChapter 24 The Christian East (pages 217-224): Paul ValliereChapter 25 Perfect Being Theology (pages 225-234): Mark Owen WebbChapter 26 Holiness (pages 235-242): Jacqueline MarinaChapter 27 Omnipotence (pages 243-250): Joshua Hoffman and Gary RosenkrantzChapter 28 Omniscience (pages 251-257): George I. MavrodesChapter 29 Omnipresence (pages 258-262): Edward R. WierengaChapter 30 Goodness (pages 263-269): Paul HelmChapter 31 Simplicity (pages 270-277): Eleonore StumpChapter 32 Eternity (pages 278-284): Brian LeftowChapter 33 Necessity (pages 285-291): William E. MannChapter 34 Incorporeality (pages 292-299): Charles TaliaferroChapter 35 Beauty (pages 300-307): Patrick SherryChapter 36 Divine Action (pages 308-314): Thomas F. TracyChapter 37 Creation and Conservation (pages 315-321): Hugh J. McCannChapter 38 Immutability and Impassibility (pages 322-328): Richard E. CreelChapter 39 Providence (pages 329-336): Thomas P. FlintChapter 40 Pantheism (pages 337-347): Michael LevineChapter 41 Religious Language (pages 348-356): Janet SoskiceChapter 42 Ontological Arguments (pages 357-367): Peter van InwagenChapter 43 Cosmological Arguments (pages 368-374): William L. RoweChapter 44 Teleological and Design Arguments (pages 375-384): Laura L. GarciaChapter 45 Moral Arguments (pages 385-391): C. Stephen EvansChapter 46 Arguments from Consciousness and Free Will (pages 392-397): Stewart GoetzChapter 47 Miracles (pages 398-404): George N. SchlesingerChapter 48 Religious Experience (pages 405-413): Keith E. YandellChapter 49 Cumulative Cases (pages 414-424): Paul DraperChapter 50 Pragmatic Arguments (pages 425-433): Jeffrey JordanChapter 51 Tradition (pages 434-440): Basil MitchellChapter 52 Fideism (pages 441-447): Terence PenelhumChapter 53 The Presumption of Atheism (pages 449-457): Antony FlewChapter 54 The Verificationist Challenge (pages 458-466): Michael MartinChapter 55 Theism and Incoherence (pages 467-473): Michael MartinChapter 56 Foreknowledge and Human Freedom (pages 474-481): Linda ZagzebskiChapter 57 The Problem of No Best World (pages 482-490): Klaas J. KraayChapter 58 The Logical Problem of Evil (pages 491-499): Michael L. PetersonChapter 59 The Evidential Problem of Evil (pages 500-508): Graham OppyChapter 60 Divine Hiddenness (pages 509-518): J. L. SchellenbergChapter 61 Naturalistic Explanations of Theistic Belief (pages 519-525): Kai NielsenChapter 62 Historical Perspectives on Religion and Science (pages 527-538): John Hedley BrookeChapter 63 Theism and Physical Cosmology (pages 539-547): William Lane CraigChapter 64 Theism and Evolutionary Biology (pages 548-556): William HaskerChapter 65 Theism and the Scientific Understanding of the Mind (pages 557-565): Robert AudiChapter 66 Theism and Technology (pages 566-573): Frederick FerreChapter 67 The Ethics of Religious Commitment (pages 575-584): Samantha CorteChapter 68 Divine Command Ethics (pages 585-592): Janine Marie IdziakChapter 69 Natural Law Ethics (pages 593-597): Robert P. GeorgeChapter 70 Religion, Law, and Politics (pages 598-605): Paul J. WeithmanChapter 71 Theism and Toleration (pages 606-613): Edward LangerakChapter 72 Sin and Original Sin (pages 614-621): Philip L. QuinnChapter 73 Atonement, Justification, and Sanctification (pages 622-629): John E. HareChapter 74 Resurrection, Heaven, and Hell (pages 630-638): Jonathan L. KvanvigChapter 75 Reincarnation and Karma (pages 639-647): Paul ReasonerChapter 76 Theological Realism and Antirealism (pages 649-658): Roger TriggChapter 77 Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Religion (pages 659-666): John H. WhittakerChapter 78 Continental Philosophy of Religion (pages 667-673): John D. CaputoChapter 79 Reformed Epistemology (pages 674-680): Alvin PlantingaChapter 80 Evidentialism (pages 681-688): Richard SwinburneChapter 81 Feminism (pages 689-694): Sarah CoakleyChapter 82 Philosophical Reflection on Revelation and Scripture (pages 695-701): William J. AbrahamChapter 83 Philosophical Reflection on Mysticism (pages 702-709): Anthony Novak PerovichChapter 84 Religious Pluralism (pages 710-717): John HickChapter 85 Comparative Philosophy of Religion (pages 718-723): Paul J. Griffiths

A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, Second edition By
2010 | 699 Pages | ISBN: 1405170069 | PDF | 6 MB
The articles in this new edition of A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory have been updated throughout, and the addition of ten new articles ensures that the volume continues to offer the most up-to-date coverage of current thinking in legal philosophy. Represents the definitive handbook of philosophy of law and contemporary legal theory, invaluable to anyone with an interest in legal philosophy Now features ten entirely new articles, covering the areas of risk, regulatory theory, methodology, overcriminalization, intention, coercion, unjust enrichment, the rule of law, law and society, and Kantian legal philosophy Essays are written by an international team of leading scholars Content: Chapter 1 Property Law (pages 7-28): Jeremy WaldronChapter 2 Contract (pages 29-63): Peter BensonChapter 3 Tort Law (pages 64-89): Stephen R. PerryChapter 4 Criminal Law (pages 90-102): Leo KatzChapter 5 Public International Law (pages 103-118): Philip BobbittChapter 6 Constitutional Law and Religion (pages 119-131): Perry DaneChapter 7 Constitutional Law and Interpretation (pages 132-144): Philip BobbittChapter 8 Constitutional Law and Privacy (pages 145-159): Anita L. AllenChapter 9 Constitutional Law and Equality (pages 160-176): Maimon SchwarzschildChapter 10 Evidence (pages 177-187): John Jackson and Sean DoranChapter 11 Interpretation of Statutes (pages 188-196): William N. EskridgeChapter 12 Conflict of Laws (pages 197-208): Perry DaneChapter 13 Natural Law Theory (pages 209-227): Brian BixChapter 14 Legal Positivism (pages 228-248): Jules L. Coleman and Brian LeiterChapter 15 American Legal Realism (pages 249-266): Brian LeiterChapter 16 Critical Legal Studies (pages 267-278): Guyora BinderChapter 17 Postrealism and Legal Process (pages 279-289): Neil DuxburyChapter 18 Feminist Jurisprudence (pages 290-298): Patricia SmithChapter 19 Law and Economics (pages 299-326): Jon Hanson, Kathleen Hanson and Melissa HartChapter 20 Legal Formalism (pages 327-338): Ernest J. WeinribChapter 21 German Legal Philosophy and Theory in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (pages 339-349): Alexander SomekChapter 22 Marxist Theory of Law (pages 350-360): Alan HuntChapter 23 Deconstruction (pages 361-367): Jack M. BalkinChapter 24 Law and Society (pages 368-380): Brian Z. TamanahaChapter 25 Postmodernism (pages 381-391): Dennis PattersonChapter 26 Kantian Legal Philosophy (pages 392-405): Arthur RipsteinChapter 27 Legal Pragmatism (pages 406-414): Richard WarnerChapter 28 Law and Its Normativity (pages 415-445): Roger A. ShinerChapter 29 Law and Literature (pages 446-456): Thomas MorawetzChapter 30 The Duty to Obey the Law (pages 457-466): M. B. E. SmithChapter 31 Legal Enforcement of Morality (pages 467-478): Kent GreenawaltChapter 32 Indeterminacy (pages 479-492): Lawrence B. SolumChapter 33 Precedent (pages 493-503): Larry AlexanderChapter 34 Punishment and Responsibility (pages 504-512): George P. FletcherChapter 35 Loyalty (pages 513-520): George P. FletcherChapter 36 Coherence (pages 521-538): Ken KressChapter 37 The Welfare State (pages 539-547): Sanford LevinsonChapter 38 Legal Scholarship (pages 548-558): Edward L. RubinChapter 39 Authority of Law (pages 559-570): Vincent A. WellmanChapter 40 Analogical Reasoning (pages 571-577): Jefferson WhiteChapter 41 Risk (pages 578-589): John OberdiekChapter 42 Regulatory Theory (pages 590-606): Matthew D. AdlerChapter 43 Methodology (pages 607-620): Andrew HalpinChapter 44 Overcriminalization (pages 621-631): Douglas HusakChapter 45 Intention (pages 632-641): Kimberly Kessler FerzanChapter 46 Coercion (pages 642-653): Grant LamondChapter 47 Unjust Enrichment (pages 654-665): Ernest J. WeinribChapter 48 The Ideal of the Rule of Law (pages 666-674): Andrei Marmor

A Companion to Persius and Juvenal By Susanna Braund, Josiah Osgood
2012 | 628 Pages | ISBN: 1405199652 | PDF | 4 MB
A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius' and Juvenal's afterlives.Provides detailed and up-to-date guidance on the texts and contexts of Persius and Juvenal Offers substantial discussion of the reception of both authors, reflecting some of the most innovative work being done in contemporary ClassicsContains a thorough exploration of Persius' and Juvenal's afterlives

A Companion to Film Comedy By Andrew Horton, Joanna E. Rapf (eds.)
2012 | 568 Pages | ISBN: 1444338595 | PDF | 5 MB
A wide-ranging survey of the subject that celebrates the variety and complexity of film comedy from the 'silent' days to the present, this authoritative guide offers an international perspective on the popular genre that explores all facets of its formative social, cultural and political contextA wide-ranging collection of 24 essays exploring film comedy from the silent era to the presentInternational in scope, the collection embraces not just American cinema, including Native American and African American, but also comic films from Europe, the Middle East, and KoreaEssays explore sub-genres, performers, and cultural perspectives such as gender, politics, and history in addition to individual worksEngages with different strands of comedy including slapstick, romantic, satirical and ironicFeatures original entries from a diverse group of multidisciplinary international contributorsContent: Chapter 1 The Mark of the Ridiculous and Silent Celluloid (pages 13-38): Frank ScheideChapter 2 Pie Queens and Virtuous Vamps (pages 39-60): Kristen Anderson WagnerChapter 3 "Sound Came Along and Out Went the Pies" (pages 61-84): Rob KingChapter 4 Mutinies Wednesdays and Saturdays (pages 85-110): Frank KrutnikChapter 5 Jacques Tati and Comedic Performance (pages 111-129): Kevin W. SweeneyChapter 6 Woody Allen (pages 130-150): David R. ShumwayChapter 7 Mel Brooks, Vulgar Modernism, and Comic Remediation (pages 151-171): Henry JenkinsChapter 8 Humor and Erotic Utopia (pages 173-195): Celestino DeleytoChapter 9 Taking Romantic Comedy Seriously in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Before Sunset (2004) (pages 196-216): Leger GrindonChapter 10 The View from the Man Cave (pages 217-235): Tamar Jeffers McDonaldChapter 11 The Reproduction of Mothering (pages 236-247): Lucy FischerChapter 12 It's Good to be the King (pages 249-272): Charles MorrowChapter 13 No Escaping the Depression (pages 273-292): William PaulChapter 14 The Totalitarian Comedy of Lubitsch's To Be or Not To Be (pages 293-314): Maria DibattistaChapter 15 Dark Comedy from Dr. Strangelove to the Dude (pages 315-339): Mark EatonChapter 16 Black Film Comedy as Vital Edge (pages 341-364): Catherine A. JohnChapter 17 Winking Like a One?Eyed Ford (pages 365-386): Joshua B. NelsonChapter 18 Ethnic Humor in American Film: The Greek Americans (pages 387-406): Dan GeorgakasChapter 19 Alexander Mackendrick (pages 407-431): Claire MortimerChapter 20 Tragicomic Transformations (pages 432-453): Jane ParkChapter 21 Comedy "Italian Style" and I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street, 1958) (pages 454-473): Roberta Di CarmineChapter 22 "Laughter that Encounters a Void" (pages 474-493): Najat RahmanChapter 23 Laughter is Ten Times More Powerful than a Scream (pages 495-520): Paul WellsChapter 24 Theatrical Cartoon Comedy (pages 521-543): Suzanne Buchan

A Companion to European Romanticism By
2005 | 599 Pages | ISBN: 1405110392 | PDF | 5 MB
This companion is the first book of its kind to focus on the whole of European Romanticism. Describes the way in which the Romantic Movement swept across Europe in the early nineteenth century.Covers the national literatures of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain.Addresses common themes that cross national borders, such as orientalism, Napoleon, night, nature, and the prestige of the fragment.Includes cross-disciplinary essays on literature and music, literature and painting, and the general system of Romantic arts.Features 35 essays in all, from leading scholars in America, Australia, Britain, France, Italy, and Switzerland.Content: Chapter 1 On Pre?Romanticism or Sensibility: Defining Ambivalences (pages 10-28): Inger S. B. BrodeyChapter 2 Shakespeare and European Romanticism (pages 29-48): Heike GrundmannChapter 3 Scottish Romanticism and Scotland in Romanticism (pages 49-66): Fiona StaffordChapter 4 Byron's Influence on European Romanticism (pages 67-85): Peter CochranChapter 5 The Infinite Imagination: Early Romanticism in Germany (pages 86-100): Susan BernofskyChapter 6 From Autonomous Subjects to Self?Regulating Structures: Rationality and Development in German Idealism (pages 101-122): Thomas PfauChapter 7 German Romantic Fiction (pages 123-137): Roger PaulinChapter 8 The Romantic Fairy Tale (pages 138-156): Kari LokkeChapter 9 German Romantic Drama (pages 157-171): Frederick BurwickChapter 10 Early French Romanticism (pages 172-191): Fabienne MooreChapter 11 The Poetry of Loss: Lamartine, Musset, and Nerval (pages 192-207): Jonathan StraussChapter 12 Victor Hugo's Poetry (pages 208-223): E. H. Blackmore and A. M. BlackmoreChapter 13 French Romantic Drama (pages 224-237): Barbara T. CooperChapter 14 Romantic Poetics in an Italian Context (pages 238-255): Piero GarofaloChapter 15 UGO Foscolo and Giacomo Leopardi: Italy's Classical Romantics (pages 256-275): Margaret BroseChapter 16 Spanish Romanticism (pages 276-292): Derek FlitterChapter 17 Pushkin and Romanticism (pages 293-308): Michael BaskerChapter 18 Lermontov: Romanticism on the Brink of Realism (pages 309-325): Robert ReidChapter 19 Adam Mickiewicz and the Shape of Polish Romanticism (pages 326-344): Roman KoropeckyjChapter 20 The Revival of the ODE (pages 345-359): John HamiltonChapter 21 "Unfinish'd Sentences": The Romantic Fragment (pages 360-375): Elizabeth Wanning HarriesChapter 22 Romantic Irony (pages 376-392): Jocelyne KolbChapter 23 Sacrality and the Aesthetic in the Early Nineteenth Century (pages 393-412): Virgil NemoianuChapter 24 Nature (pages 413-432): James C. McKusickChapter 25 Romanticism and Capitalism (pages 433-449): Robert Sayre and Michael LowyChapter 26 Napoleon and European Romanticism (pages 450-466): Simon BainbridgeChapter 27 Orientalism (pages 467-485): Diego SagliaChapter 28 A Continent of Corinnes: The Romantic Poetess and the Diffusion of Liberal Culture in Europe, 1815?50 (pages 486-504): Patrick VincentChapter 29 Lighting up Night (pages 505-521): Lilian R. FurstChapter 30 Romantic Opera (pages 522-537): Benjamin WaltonChapter 31 At Home with German Romantic Song (pages 538-551): James ParsonsChapter 32 The Romantic System of the Arts (pages 552-570): Michael Ferber

A Companion to Cultural Resource Management By Thomas F. King (ed.)
2011 | 590 Pages | ISBN: 1405198737 | PDF | 3 MB
A Companion to Cultural Resource Management is an essential guide to those wishing to gain a deeper understanding of CRM and heritage management. Expert contributors share their knowledge and illustrate CRM's practice and scope, as well as the core issues and realities in preserving cultural heritages worldwide. Edited by one of the world's leading experts in the field of cultural resource management, with contributions by a wide range of experts, including archaeologists, architectural historians, museum curators, historians, and representatives of affected groups Offers a broad view of cultural resource management that includes archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, historic structures, shipwrecks, scientific and technological sites and objects, as well as intangible resources such as language, religion, and cultural values Highlights the realities that face CRM practitioners "on the ground" Content: Chapter 1 Studying and Evaluating the Built Environment (pages 13-28): Kathryn M. KurandaChapter 2 Principles of Architectural Preservation (pages 29-53): David L. Ames and Leila HamrounChapter 3 Archaeology of the Distant Past (pages 54-77): Michael J. MorattoChapter 4 Archaeology of the Recent Past (pages 78-94): Thomas F. KingChapter 5 Geographies of Cultural Resource Management: Space, Place and Landscape (pages 95-113): William M. HunterChapter 6 Culturally Significant Natural Resources: Where Nature and Culture Meet (pages 114-127): Anna J. WillowChapter 7 History as a Cultural Resource (pages 128-140): Deborah Morse?KahnChapter 8 Portable Cultural Property: "This belongs in a Museum?" (pages 141-155): Wendy Giddens TeeterChapter 9 "Intangible" Cultural Resources: Values are in the Mind (pages 156-171): Sheri Murray EllisChapter 10 Religious Belief and Practice (pages 172-202): Michael D. McNallyChapter 11 Language as an Integrated Cultural Resource (pages 203-220): Bernard C. PerleyChapter 12 Challenges of Maritime Archaeology: In too Deep (pages 223-244): Sean KingsleyChapter 13 Historic Watercraft: Keeping them Afloat (pages 245-262): Susan B. M. LangleyChapter 14 Historic Aircraft and Spacecraft: Enfants Terribles (pages 263-271): Ric GillespieChapter 15 Studying and Managing Aerospace Crash Sites (pages 272-280): Craig Fuller and Gary QuiggChapter 16 Evaluating and Managing Technical and Scientific Properties: Rockets, Tang™, and Telescopes (pages 281-297): Paige M. PeytonChapter 17 Historic Battlefi elds: Studying and Managing Fields of Conflict (pages 298-318): Nancy FarrellChapter 18 Managing Our Military Heritage (pages 319-336): D. Colt DenfeldChapter 19 Linear Resources and Linear Projects: All in Line (pages 337-350): Charles W. WheelerChapter 20 Rock Art as Cultural Resource (pages 351-370): Linea Sundstrom and Kelley Hays?GilpinChapter 21 Consultation in Cultural Resource Management: An Indigenous Perspective (pages 373-384): Reba FullerChapter 22 A Displaced People's Perspective on Cultural Resource Management: Where We're From (pages 385-401): David NickellChapter 23 Cultural Resource Laws: The Legal Melange (pages 405-419): Thomas F. KingChapter 24 International Variety in Cultural Resource Management (pages 420-438): Thomas J. GreenChapter 25 Consultation and Negotiation in Cultural Resource Management (pages 439-453): Claudia NissleyChapter 26 Being a US Government Cultural Resource Manager (pages 454-471): Russell L. KaldenbergChapter 27 Making a Living in Private Sector Cultural Resource Management (pages 472-487): Tom LennonChapter 28 The Historic Built Environment: Preservation and Planning (pages 488-514): Diana PainterChapter 29 CRM and the Military: Cultural Resource Management (pages 515-533): Michael K. Trimble and Susan Malin?BoyceChapter 30 A Future for Cultural Resource Management? (pages 534-549): Thomas F. King

A Companion to Chinese Cinema By Yingjin Zhang (ed.)
2012 | 696 Pages | ISBN: 1444330292 | PDF | 12 MB
A Companion to Chinese Cinema is a collection of original essays written by experts in a range of disciplines that provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution and current state of Chinese cinema. Represents the most comprehensive coverage of Chinese cinema to dateApplies a multidisciplinary approach that maps the expanding field of Chinese cinema in bold and definitive waysDraws attention to previously neglected areas such as diasporic filmmaking, independent documentary, film styles and techniques, queer aesthetics, star studies, film and other arts or mediaFeatures several chapters that explore China's new market economy, government policy, and industry practice, placing the intricate relationship between film and politics in a historical and international contextIncludes overviews of Chinese film studies in Chinese and English publications Content: Chapter 1 General Introduction (pages 1-22): Yingjin ZhangChapter 2 Transplanting Melodrama (pages 23-41): Zhang ZhenChapter 3 Artists, Cadres, and Audiences (pages 42-56): Paul ClarkChapter 4 Directors, Aesthetics, Genres (pages 57-74): Yingjin ZhangChapter 5 Hong Kong Cinema Before 1980 (pages 75-94): Robert ChiChapter 6 The Hong Kong New Wave (pages 95-117): Gina MarchettiChapter 7 Gender Negotiation in Song Cunshou's Story of Mother and Taiwan Cinema of the Early 1970s (pages 118-132): James WicksChapter 8 Second Coming (pages 133-150): Darrell William DavisChapter 9 Propaganda and Censorship in Chinese Cinema (pages 151-178): Matthew D. JohnsonChapter 10 Chinese Media Capital in Global Context (pages 179-196): Michael CurtinChapter 11 Film and Society in China (pages 197-217): Stanley RosenChapter 12 Vulnerable Chinese Stars (pages 218-238): Sabrina Qiong YuChapter 13 Ports of Entry (pages 239-261): Nikki J. Y. Lee and Julian StringerChapter 14 In Search of Chinese Film Style(s) and Technique(s) (pages 263-283): James UddenChapter 15 Film Genre and Chinese Cinema (pages 284-298): Stephen TeoChapter 16 Performing Documentation (pages 299-317): Qi WangChapter 17 Chinese Women's Cinema (pages 318-345): Lingzhen WangChapter 18 From Urban Films to Urban Cinema (pages 346-358): Yomi BraesterChapter 19 The Intertwinement of Chinese Film and Literature (pages 359-376): Liyan QinChapter 20 Diary of a Homecoming: (Dis?)Inhabiting the Theatrical in Postwar Shanghai Cinema (pages 377-399): Weihong BaoChapter 21 Cinema and the Visual Arts of China (pages 400-416): Jerome SilbergeldChapter 22 From Mountain Songs to Silvery Moonlight (pages 417-428): Jerome SilbergeldChapter 23 Cross?Fertilization in Chinese Cinema and Television (pages 429-448): Ying Zhu and Bruce RobinsonChapter 24 Chinese Cinema and Technology (pages 449-465): Gary G. XuChapter 25 Chinese Film Scholarship in Chinese (pages 467-483): Chen XiheChapter 26 Chinese Film Scholarship in English (pages 484-498): Chris BerryChapter 27 The Return of the Repressed (pages 499-517): Shuqin CuiChapter 28 Homosexuality and Queer Aesthetics (pages 518-534): Helen Hok?Sze LeungChapter 29 Alter?centering Chinese Cinema (pages 535-551): Yiman WangChapter 30 The Absent American: Figuring the United States in Chinese Cinema of the Reform Era (pages 552-574): Michael Berry

A Companion to Chinese Archaeology By Anne P. Underhill (ed.)
2013 | 652 Pages | ISBN: 1444335294 | PDF | 9 MB
A Companion to Chinese Archaeology is an unprecedented, new resource on the current state of archaeological research in one of the world's oldest civilizations. It presents a collection of readings from leading archaeologists in China and elsewhere that provide diverse interpretations about social and economic organization during the Neolithic period and early Bronze Age.An unprecedented collection of original contributions from international scholars and collaborative archaeological teams conducting research on the Chinese mainland and TaiwanMakes available for the first time in English the work of leading archaeologists in ChinaProvides a comprehensive view of research in key geographic regions of ChinaOffers diverse methodological and theoretical approaches to understanding China's past, beginning with the era of established agricultural villages from c. 7000 B.C. through to the end of the Shang dynastic period in c. 1045 B.C.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: Investigating the Development and Nature of Complex Societies in Ancient China (pages 1-12): Anne P. UnderhillChapter 2 "Despoiled of the Garments of Her Civilization:" Problems and Progress in Archaeological Heritage Management in China (pages 13-34): Robert E. MurowchickChapter 3 Earlier Neolithic Economic and Social Systems of the Liao River Region, Northeast China (pages 35-54): Gideon Shelach and Teng MingyuChapter 4 Understanding Hongshan Period Social Dynamics (pages 55-80): Christian E. Peterson and Lu XuemingChapter 5 The Lower Xiajiadian Culture of the Western Liao River Drainage System (pages 81-102): Wang LixinChapter 6 The Qijia Culture of the Upper Yellow River Valley (pages 103-124): Chen HonghaiChapter 7 The Sichuan Basin Neolithic (pages 125-146): Rowan FladChapter 8 The Sanxingdui Culture of the Sichuan Basin (pages 147-168): Sun HuaChapter 9 The Early Neolithic in the Central Yellow River Valley, c.7000-4000 BC (pages 169-193): Zhu YanpingChapter 10 The Jiahu Site in the Huai River Area (pages 194-212): Zhang Juzhong and Cui QilongChapter 11 The Later Neolithic Period in the Central Yellow River Valley Area, c.4000-3000 BC (pages 213-235): Li XinweiChapter 12 The Longshan Culture in Central Henan Province, c.2600-1900 BC (pages 236-254): Zhao ChunqingChapter 13 The Longshan Period Site of Taosi in Southern Shanxi Province (pages 255-277): He NuChapter 14 Production of Ground Stone Tools at Taosi and Huizui: A Comparison (pages 278-299): Li Liu, Zhai Shaodong and Chen XingcanChapter 15 The Erlitou Culture (pages 300-322): Xu HongChapter 16 The Discovery and Study of the Early Shang Culture (pages 323-342): Yuan GuangkuoChapter 17 Recent Discoveries and Some Thoughts on Early Urbanization at Anyang (pages 343-366): Zhichun Jing, Tang Jigen, George Rapp and James StoltmanChapter 18 Archaeology of Shanxi During the Yinxu Period (pages 367-386): Li Yung?Ti and Hwang Ming?ChorngChapter 19 The Houli and Beixin Cultures (pages 387-410): Wang FenChapter 20 The Dawenkou Culture in the Lower Yellow River and Huai River Basin Areas (pages 411-434): Luan FengshiChapter 21 The Longshan Culture of Shandong (pages 435-458): Sun BoChapter 22 A Study of Lian Sickles and Dao Knives from the Longshan Culture Site of Liangchengzhen in Southeastern Shandong (pages 459-472): Geoffrey CunnarChapter 23 The Eastern Territories of the Shang and Western Zhou: Military Expansion and Cultural Assimilation (pages 473-493): Fang HuiChapter 24 The Pengtoushan Culture in the Middle Yangzi River Valley (pages 495-509): Pei AnpingChapter 25 The Qujialing-Shijiahe Culture in the Middle Yangzi River Valley (pages 510-534): Zhang ChiChapter 26 The Kuahuqiao Site and Culture (pages 535-554): Jiang LepingChapter 27 Recent Research on the Hemudu Culture and the Tianluoshan Site (pages 555-573): Sun GuopingChapter 28 The Liangzhu Culture (pages 574-596): Qin LingChapter 29 The Neolithic Archaeology of Southeast China (pages 597-611): Tianlong JiaoChapter 30 First Farmers and their Coastal Adaptation in Prehistoric Taiwan (pages 612-633): Li Kuang?Ti

50 Things Women Wish They Could Do: A master list of the notoriously impossible, but yet, achievable desires of women by BRIAN OBODEZE
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09Z9VGC8R | 120 pages | EPUB | 0.17 Mb
Being female in the world of today is a struggle; from trying to conform to what society deems "acceptable as a woman" to the natural "hand-me-downs" inherited genetically and culturally. Women have always felt like the bottom-feeders or the "weaker sex" having so many physical, mental, and emotional challenges that they wish they could alter. The book "50 things women wish they could do" isn't designed as a reminder of your limitations but rather as a statement that these challenges either have solutions or are hidden strengths that are yet untapped because most females are unaware of the existence of these inner strengths.

Patrick Meechan, "220 Fifth Street: A Terrifying True Story"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1954528051 | 198 pages | EPUB | 1.1 MB
They say a house is a home, but it could also be a curse.