Dynamics of Cultural Counterpoint in Asian Studies

David Jones is Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University and Professor of Philosophy at Kennesaw State University. His books include Asian Texts — Asian Contexts: Encounters with Asian Philosophies and Religions (coedited with E. R. Klein), also published by SUNY Press. Michele Marion is Director of the Center for International Studies at Paradise Valley Community College.

• AcknowledgmentsEditor’s IntroductionDavid Jones and Michele MarionIntroductionRoger T. Ames, Peter D. Hershock, and Elizabeth Buck1. Philosophical Issues in Japanese Gardens: In Reality, Literature, and FilmMara Miller2. Feeling as Form in Indian AestheticsHarriette D. Grissom3. Images of What Never Was to Suggest What Might Be: Japanese Popular Culture and JapanesenessPaul E. Dunscomb4. Korean P’ansori and the Blues: Art for Communal HealingKatharine C. Purcell and E. Taylor Atkins5. Mosques and Muslim Identity along China’s Trade RoutesLawrence E. Butler6. Dynamics of Religion and Politics in South AsiaAslam Syed7. First Contact: The Earliest Western Views of Daoism in Matteo Ricci’s JournalsRonnie Littlejohn8. Considering Asia and Teaching the Daoist Way: Understanding Identity, Community, and Ecology in Connection, Perspective, and PracticeShudong Chen9. Cultural Counterpoint and Hidden Assumptions: Confucianism, Feminist Theory, and Revealing the Cultural Complexity of Foot BindingXiufen Lu10. The North Korean Nuclear Weapons Threat, Japanese Reactions, and the Possibility of a Northeast Asian Nuclear Arms RaceGeorge P. Brown11. Bhutan in the Middle: In Between in the Powers’ GameKelly Long12. The "Sea of Malayu": An Ocean Perspective on Early Southeast Asian HistoryBarbara Watson Andaya and Leonard Y. AndayaAbout the AuthorsIndex

"The editors and contributors are successful in having produced a work that offers a survey of themes and issues for those wishing to incorporate Asian perspectives into their own projects … Representing a variety of disciplines and approaches, this book will be helpful to Asia specialists as well as those seeking topical introductions to the region." — Philosophy East & West"This volume truly lies at the intersection of scholarship and teaching. Each essay has the potential to help rethink approaches to scholarly issues, and there is a great deal of material for classroom discussion and examples. The book's breadth—covering India, China, Korea, the Sea of Malay, Bhutan, and other locations—is impressive." — Robert André LaFleur, Beloit College