About the Editors:Shanshan Du (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University. She authored Chopsticks Only Work in Pairs: Gender Unity and Gender Equality among the Lahu of Southwest China (Columbia University Press) and co-edited “Negotiating Women”s Roles and Power: The Practice of World Religions in Contemporary Asia” (a special issue of Religion). She is a recipient of fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the Mellon Foundation/ACLS. Ya-chen Chen is Assistant Professor of Foreign Literature and Director of Chinese Language Program at Clark University, and formerly affiliated with the City University of New York (with the same titles and Asian Studies Director), in both of which this book was prepared. Her academic books include Farewell My Concubine: Same-Sex Readings and Cross-Cultural Dialogues (2004); Women in Taiwan: Sociocultural Perspectives (2009); Higher Education in East Asia: Neoliberalism and the Professoriate (2009); and The Many Dimensions of Chinese Feminism (2011).Contributors: Monica Cable, Hillary Crane, William R. Jankowiak, Shao-hua Liu, Murray A. Rubinstein, Lihong Shi, Chia-lin Pao Tao, Rubie S. Watson, James Wilkerson
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Ya-chen Chen & Shanshan Du: Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Societies
Recent attention to historical, geographic, and class differences in the studies of women and gender in China has expanded our understanding of the diversity and complexity of gendered China. Neverth …
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James Wilkerson & Robert Parkin: Modalities of Change
While in some cases modernity may dominate ‘traditional’ forms of expression, in others, the modern is embraced as a welcome source of new ideas that can modify ‘tradition’ while still keeping it wit …
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Gordon Giesbrecht: Hypothermia, Frostbite, and Other Cold Injuries
* A vital resource for search and rescue professionals and physicians as well as outdoor enthusiasts * Includes new chapters to cover cold injuries and strategies for survival that weren’t in the pre …
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James Wilkerson: Medicine for Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities
CLICK HERE to download the sample chapter ‘Basic Care’ from Medicine for Mountaineering * The best-selling backcountry medical guide of its kind * This edition includes new chapters on avalanche inju …
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