Tag: Chinese studies

• Cambria Press Publication Review – Zhang Yimou: Globalization and the Subject of Culture

  Congratulations to Professor Wendy Larson on the excellent review of her book Zhang Yimou: Globalization and the Subject of Culture by the Journal of Asian Studies. The review states: “Wendy Larson’s landmark analysis is definitely not a survey of Zhang Yimou as a praised or vilified Chinese film director who often provokes heated debates and…

  Cambria Press

  May 30, 2018

  AAS, Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, Cambria Press, China, Chinese, Performing Arts, university books

  Chinese culture, Chinese history, Chinese studies, contemporary China, cultural studies, Film studies, globalization, postsocialism, Zhang Yimou

• Cambria Press Publication Review: The Sinophone Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien

  Congratulations to Professor Christopher Lupke on the excellent review of his book, The Sinophone Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien: Culture, Style, Voice, and Motion, by Film International, which praises it for being a well-informed book straddling between the disciplines of Chinese Studies and Film Studies and is highly relevant to film buffs, sinophiles, film researchers, and…

  Cambria Press

  September 27, 2017

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, Cambria Press, China, Film Studies, Performing Arts

  Cambria Global Performing Arts Series, Cambria Sinophone World Series, Chinese cinema, Chinese film, Chinese studies, Christopher Lupke, Film studies, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Sinophone

• Cambria Press Author Wilt Idema of Harvard University Wins Special Book Award of China

  Cambria Press congratulates Dr. Wilt Idema of Harvard University on winning the prestigious Special Book Award of China. Leading Sinologist, Dr. Idema’s research interests range from Chinese women’s literature to traditional Chinese vernacular literature (fiction and drama). In recent years he also has published several collections of traditional popular ballads and prosimetric narratives. His most…

  Cambria Press

  August 28, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations

  Asian Studies, Beijing Book, Book Award, Cambria author, Cambria Press, Cambria publication, Cambria Sinophone World Series, China, Chinese, Chinese literature, Chinese studies, Chinese translation, Gansu, Harvard University, Immortal Maiden, Precious Scrolls, Sinologist, Sinophone, Special Book Award of China, Victor Mair, Wilt Idema

• #MLA15 Sinophone Scholars! Must-have book praised by world’s top Sinologists!

  When a book is included in the series of the world-renowned Sinologist Victor Mair (University of Pennsylvania) and praised by top Sinophone scholars David Der-wei Wang (Harvard University), Shu-mei Shih (UCLA), and Quah Sy Ren (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), it is not surprising (but still very gratifying!) when it is praised in a journal review…

  Cambria Press

  January 6, 2015

  AAS, Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, China, Chinese, Culture, Literary Criticism, Literary Studies, Literature, MLA

  #MLA15, academic publisher, Cambria Press, Cambria Sinophone World Series, Chinese Malaysian literature, Chinese studies, Chineseness, comparative literature, diaspora, E. K. Tan, Modern Language Association, monograph, Nanyang Chinese, Quah Sy Ren, Shu-mei Shih, Singapore literature, Sinophone, Sinophone studies, Southeast Asian studies, Victor Mair, world literature

• #MLA15 Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic

  Cambria Press congratulates Paul Manfredi, professor of Chinese studies at Pacific Lutheran University, on the outstanding reviews of his book, Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic. The Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art lauds the book for being “a very well-written, researched, illustrated and convincingly argued book that will no doubt be read widely among those…

  Cambria Press

  January 5, 2015

  AAS, Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, China, Chinese, Culture, Literary Criticism, Literary Studies

  #MLA15, academic publisher, Asian Studies, Cambria Press, Cambria Sinophone World Series, Chinese art, Chinese literature, Chinese poetry, Chinese studies, Ji Xian, Li Jinfa, Luo Qing, modern China, Modern Language Association, monograph, Paul Manfredi, Sinophone, Victor Mair, Xia Yu, Yan Li

• Cambria Press Book Review! Confucian Prophet “an engaging piece of scholarship”

  Cambria Press congratulates David Schneider on the excellent review of his book, Confucian Prophet: Political Thought In Du Fu’s Poetry (752–757) , in the Journal of Asian Studies, which praises the book for being “an engaging piece of scholarship,” which “raises thought-provoking questions while demonstrating solid command of relevant texts.” Regarding the objective to “establish…

  Cambria Press

  July 15, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, Literature

  academic publisher, An Lushan Rebellion, Cambria Press, Cambria Sinophone World Series, China, Chinese poetry, Chinese studies, Chinese thinkers, Confucian, Confucian Prophet, Confucius, David Schneider, Du Fu, Journal of Asian Studies, Shi jing, Tang dynasty, Tao Qian

• AAS 2014 Program Cover Ad: 40% discount ends THIS Sunday (May 4th)!

  BUY NOW! The Cambria Press ad on the AAS 2014 outside back cover with the 40% discount offer on ALL hardcover titles ends THIS Sunday (May 4th)! Use web coupon code AAS2014 at http://www.cambriapress.com * * * * * * * * STAY POSTED! LIKE Cambria Press on Facebook, follow Cambria Press on Twitter, and share this news from Cambria Press on…

  Cambria Press

  April 30, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, Literature

  AAS, AAS2014, academic publisher, Asian Studies, Association of Asian Studies, Cambria Press, China, Chinese literature, Chinese studies, India, Indian, Japan, Japanese, Korea, Korean, Sinophone, Victor Mair

• AAS 2014 teaser: “I have been waiting for this book for a long time” – Victor Mair

  “I have been waiting for this book for a long time, but the wait was well worth it. Considering the importance of the subject, it is rather amazing that [this book] has never been published before.” – Victor H. Mair Which book is this? Cambria Press will be unveiling it, hot off the press (along with more…

  Cambria Press

  March 18, 2014

  AAS, Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, Culture, Education, History, International Studies, New Scholarly Books, Religion

  AAS 2014, academic library collection development, academic publisher, Asian Studies, Cambria Press, Chinese studies, Sinophone, Victor Mair

• Cambria Press #MLA14 Sinophone Highlights

  Cambria Press authors Karen An-Hwei Lee (Anglophone Literatures in the Asian Diaspora, just published Fall 2013) and E. K. Tan (Rethinking Chineseness, launched at 2013 MLA) will be presiding over the following sessions respectively: 101. Parodic Form in Asian Diasporic Poetry and Culture 246. Sinophone Studies in Translation: Thinking Comparatively and Relationally Both books are…

  Cambria Press

  January 8, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, Literature, MLA

  #MLA14, academic publisher, Asian diaspora, Cambria Press, China studies, Chinese poem, Chinese poetry, Chinese studies, E. K. Tan, Karen An-hwei lee, Lu Xun, Modern Language Association, Nicholas Kaldis, Paul Manfredi, polar vortex, Sinophone, Victor Mair

• AHA 2014 Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. – Great meeting authors, even better letting them know about glowing book reviews!

  Cambria Press started off 2014 on an incredibly positive note at the 2014 American Historical Association (#AHA2014) annual meeting. One of the biggest highlights at conferences is meeting our authors, and it is even better when we get to speak them in person about the glowing journal reviews their books have earned! Eli Alberts’s book,…

  Cambria Press

  January 6, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, History, Religion

  #AHA2014, academic publisher, Cambria Press, Chinese history, Chinese religion, Chinese studies, Daoism, Daoist, Eli Alberts, South China, Taoism, Taoist, Yao history, Yao people