Bücher der Reihe Anthropology of Asia

Presenting a study of a group of potters living in a small community in the south of Japan, this work includes a look at the problems they face in the production, marketing and aesthetic appraisal of a kind of stoneware pottery generally referred to as "mingei", or folk art.

Hong Kong has become a by-word for all that is modern in Asia, yet brochures still display the old images of "East meets West". This collection of essays attempts to transcend the old polarities, looking at modern Hong Kong through the mediums of film, food, architectures, rumours and slang.

Food is an important cultural marker of identity in contemporary Asian societies. This title is an anthropological inquiry providing ethnographic descriptions and analysis of food production as it interacts with social and political complexities in Asia's diverse cultures. It also examines how food is related to ethnic identity.

This anthropological study examines the encounter between Western travellers and Tibetan exiles in Bodhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu and analyses the importance of Buddhism in discussions of political, cultural and religious identity.

The subject of the tea ceremony is well researched both in and outside of Japan, but the women who practice it are hardly ever discussed. "The Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japan" rectifies this by discussing the meaning of the Japanese tea ceremony for women practitioners in Japan from World War II to the present day.

An account of the world of Chinese writing, this title examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing.

Drawing together case studies from Asia and Europe, the reader can see the differences in cultural importance given to the night, and how the challenges and opportunities of modernity have been played out in the East and the West.

By considering the practice of globalisation, these essays describe changes, variations and innovations to Chinese food in many parts of the world. Reviews and broadens theories about ethnic and social identity formation.

Power and control in a Hong Kong Megastore bring to life the socio-economic base of managerial control and demonstrate how Japanese and Chinese employees adopt different orientations towards the company's authority and towards one another.