Free Download Iftikhar Dadi, "Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks)"
English | 2010 | pages: 356 | ISBN: 1469654113, 8121512409 | PDF | 116,7 mb
This pioneering work traces the emergence of the modern and contemporary art of Muslim South Asia in relation to transnational modernism and in light of the region's intellectual, cultural, and political developments.

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English | 2014 | pages: 249 | ISBN: 1138784796, 0415561450 | PDF | 3,1 mb
Drawing on original fieldwork, this book develops a fresh methodological approach to the study of indigenous understandings of disease as possession, and looks at healing rituals in different South Asian cultural contexts. Contributors discuss the meaning of 'disease', 'possession' and 'healing' in relation to South Asian religions, including Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Sikhism, and how South Asians deal with the divine in order to negotiate health and wellbeing.

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English | ISBN: 1032423412 | 2023 | 316 pages | EPUB, PDF | 11 MB + 15 MB
This book is the first collection to showcase the flourishing field of environmental humanities in Central Asia. A region larger than Europe, Central Asia possesses an astounding range of environments, from deserts to glaciated peaks.

Free Download Kwok-kan Tam, "Englishization in Asia: Language and Cultural Issues"
English | ISBN: 9627707627 | 2009 | 223 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Englishization in Asia: Language and Cultural Issues includes a collection of papers which examine the ways in which 'Englishization, the impact of English, has shaped language, culture and identity in Asia, with a particular focus on China, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. It covers a wide range of issues, such as the politics of English as the dominant global language; lexical borrowing, code-mixing, code-switching and the nativization of languages; Englishization and higher education; the Englishization of Putonghua; the impact of English on literacy practices; English in the Hong Kong arts scene; the representation of ethnicity in Japanese popular culture; and Cantonese-English hip-hop song lyrics. This book will be of value to academics, researchers and students who are interested in the impact of exposure to the English language on Asian languages and cultures.

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English | ISBN: 1032378743 | 2023 | 342 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1311 KB + 20 MB
This book examines the 'English mania phenomenon' and the complex circumstances of adopting English Medium Instruction (EMI) by South Asian education systems and the effect of an uneven distribution of resources on the already under-resourced countries in the region.

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by Azmil Tayeb, Rosalie Metro
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032501669 | 284 Pages | True PDF | 12.6 MB

Free Download Dev Nath Pathak, Sasanka Perera, "Culture and Politics in South Asia: Performative Communication"
English | 2019 | pages: 345 | ISBN: 0367277646, 1138201138 | PDF | 2,4 mb
This volume looks at the politics of communication and culture in contemporary South Asia. It explores languages, signs and symbols reflective of current mythologies that underpin instances of performance in present-day India and its neighbouring countries. From gender performances and stage depictions to protest movements, folk songs to cinematic reconstructions and elections to war-torn regions, the chapters in the book bring the multiple voices embedded within the grand theatre of popular performance and the cultural landscape of the region to the fore.

Free Download Daniel Joo-Then Ng, "Changing Face Of Innovation, The: Is It Shifting To Asia?"
English | 2011 | pages: 217 | ISBN: 9814291587 | PDF | 6,9 mb
This book provides a brief overview of the recent trends in innovations. Early inventions/innovations that began in Asia (i.e., compass, paper, gunpowder and printing) spread to the Atlantic (Europe and Usa) by land and sea routes. However, with population growth, economic expansion, availability of skilled researchers and lower cost of research in Asia Pacific, there has been a shift in innovation activities in this region. There has been a discernable trend of innovation (R&D) in countries like Japan, Korea, China, India and Singapore. This book attempts to create awareness of this trend and hopes to motivate business leaders and policy makers to take advantage of this shifting trend, as well as to encourage more global collaboration in innovations to face societal challenges in the 21st century.

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English | ISBN: 0674423496 | 2024 | 288 pages | PDF | 13 MB
A concise new history of a century of struggles to define Asian identity and express alternatives to European forms of universalism.

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by A C S Peacock
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9004548785 | 535 Pages | True PDF | 68 MB