...), this chapter argues that they illustrate the scintillating points of contact between the demimonde and a world of urban alleys and non-literati networks. The anecdotes make visible the channels and flows of information, desire, and resources in an urban space. Here in its undulating lanes, the literati visitor...

... of a strong, energetic intellectual network able to weather the political storms of the nineteenth century. In addition, these developments shaped Japan as an information society, which would aid its entrance into the Western-dominated world of the late nineteenth century. As the Tokugawa regime fell...

... Marga Benson Herbert Kabat Zinn Jon relaxation relaxation response Acem Meditation attention default mode network emotional change guru insight meditation loving kindness mindfulness meditation mind wandering neuroimaging Qì gōng or Qigong thoughts hypnosis psychotherapy emotion...

...Chapter six analyzes the expansion of the Patani communities in Mecca and how the chief students of Shaykh Dā’ūd and others of the time constructed a vast knowledge network that linked the Ḥaramayn with Malay-speaking areas at Patani, Trengganu, Kelantan, Bangkok, Cambodia, and Cape Town. Dā’ūd bin...

...This chapter discusses how the emerging northeast Asian trade network inclined the Jurchen and Manchu peoples to develop a way of consciously enriching the state through trade, inspiring the banner elite to push the Kangxi emperor to lift the maritime trade ban. The northeast Asian trade network...

... the main themes of the chapters, the conclusion proposes that these printed materials reproduced that art world’s terms of appraisal, and they relied upon its extended networks of contributors—from the paper and pigment makers to the name-brand artists and publishers to the varied patrons and viewers...

... government and their local hosts. Imperial policies not only provided official travelers with transport and lodging, they also equipped them with a large troop of porter-guards. These privileges made it possible for travelers to concentrate on their scholarly preoccupations and bureaucratic network building...

...Habitus, or social background and experiences, shaped the options and choices of rangaku scholars. This chapter discusses the habitus of physician Ōtsuki Gentaku and his close colleagues who helped create and expand the rangaku network. Born in Ichinoseki, Gentaku moved to the capital of Edo...

...This chapter discusses the significance of the shift in seaborne commerce regulation from the Maritime Trade Commission (Shibosi) to Maritime Customs (Haiguan). Compared with the former system, confined to few major ports, the Maritime Customs system produced a network of management covering...

... with Southeast Asia. Yet the trade network had already penetrated deep into local communities, and the ban consequently resulted in new social and economic problems for the coastal economy. Chinese private trade r Guo Chengkang Nakamura Hiromu Zhang Boxing Batavia Jakarta Gaubil Anthony Kangxi emperor...

...Exile was a potent form of punishment and a catalyst for change in colonial Asia and Australia. Through vast networks of forced migration labour was supplied to emerging colonial settlements while individuals threatening European rule were shipped to faraway destinations. The study of the complex...

... the coast to international trade, putting an end to the tribute trade system. The book details China's unique contribution to early globalization, the pattern of which differs significantly from the European experience. It offers insights into the rise of the Asian trade network, the emergence of Shanghai...

... Christina primitivism handcrafts Pan-Pacific Women's Association PPWA women's network Pan-Pacific internationalism From the late 1920s to the present, a Pan-Pacific women’s network has operated out of Honolulu. This book focuses on its first three decades. During these years, from 1928 until 1958...

... for their trade with Japan and Southeast Asia, served as conduits for international exchange. This transnational trade network brought security problems along with economic benefits, precipitating a shift in Qing trade policy. Manchu rulers did not overlook the economic and scientific significance of foreign...

... Cui Zi’en exhibition Kluge Alexander LGBT community transnational film network transparency of the medium hybridity long take editing cinemascope distribution body as archive personal cinema sexual impasse In September 2010, in the picturesque streets and shell-shaped beaches of the city...

... to visual representation. One consequence of this development is a transition in how these works construct queer male subjectivity—from inscription to incorporation, from sexuality as performance to identity as network—a transition that also raises new questions about what is distinctly “Chinese” about...

... in a symbolic network involving other gods, institutions, people, and objects. Rilke Rainer Maria Enryakuji implicit vs explicit junmitsu vs zōmitsu Kōjin Onjōji Onmyōdō Sanmon Abé Ryūichi Amaterasu Hirosawa lineage Inari Ishana ten Īśāna Kakuban Kongōbuji Kōyasan Ningai 951–1046 Ono ryū Shingon...

... inspired by the Actor-Network Theory. combinatory logic system thought Przyluski Jean Valéry Paul Vernant Jean Pierre analogical thought Descola Philippe Foucault Michel implicit vs explicit perspectivism Structuralism Viveiros de Castro Eduardo Avalokiteśvara Lévi Strauss Claude aramitama...