An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family

An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family
Author: Howard Giskin
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2001-07-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780791450475

An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family covers a central element of Chinese culture, the idea of family, or jia. Written for both beginners and specialists, this book considers the role of family--literally, metaphorically, and as an organizing principle--in the creation of the Chinese worldview. Individual chapters explore philosophy, art, language, music, folk literature, fiction, architecture, film, and women and gender.

Confucianism and the Family

Confucianism and the Family
Author: Walter H. Slote
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1998-07-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780791437360

An interdisciplinary exploration of the Confucian family in East Asia which includes historical, psychocultural, and gender studies perspectives.

Inside Chinese Business

Inside Chinese Business
Author: Ming-Jer Chen
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781591393276

Chen (management, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine--England) offers Western managers advice on navigating the Chinese business world. He explains the cultural and social principles underlying Chinese business organizations and their dynamics, illustrating his analyses with examples drawn from Asian and North American businesses. Communication patterns, networking, negotiation, competition, and the structure of China's transition economy are all discussed. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Kinship, Contract, Community, and State

Kinship, Contract, Community, and State
Author: Myron L. Cohen
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2005
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780804750677

This is an anthropological exploration of the roots of China's modernity in the country's own tradition, as seen especially in economic and kinship patterns.

Exploring Chinatown

Exploring Chinatown
Author: Carol Stepanchuk
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: China
ISBN: 9781881896258

Come along on a trip to discover Chinese culture! You'll learn about family, religion, celebrations, music, and more. You'll discover how Chinatowns came to be, and how today's lively neighborhoods are home to culture and traditions more than 2,000 years old. Learn more about how North American Chinatowns were established, and why these proud, lively, and vital communities still thrive.

Family Instructions for the Yan Clan and Other Works by Yan Zhitui (531–590s)

Family Instructions for the Yan Clan and Other Works by Yan Zhitui (531–590s)
Author: Xiaofei Tian
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2021-03-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1501503138

Yan Zhitui (531–590s) was a courtier and cultural luminary who lived a colourful life during one of the most chaotic periods, known as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in Chinese history. Beginning his career in the southern Liang court, he was taken captive to the north after the Liang capital fell, and served several northern dynasties. Today he remains one of the best-known medieval writers for his book-length “family instructions” (jiaxun), the earliest surviving and the most influential of its kind. Completed in his last years, the work resembles a long letter addressed to his sons, in which he discusses a wide range of topics from family relations and remarriage to religious faith, philology, cultural arts, and codes of conduct in public and private life. It is filled with vivid details of contemporary social life, and with the author’s keen observations of the mores of north and south China. This is a new, complete translation into English, with critical notes and introduction, and based on recent scholarship, of Yan Zhitui’s Family Instructions, and of all of his extant literary works, including his self-annotated poetic autobiography and a never-before-translated fragmentary rhapsody, as well as of his biographies in dynastic histories.

We are not WEIRD: Chinese Culture and Psychology

We are not WEIRD: Chinese Culture and Psychology
Author: Yung-Jong Shiah
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2024-03-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 2832546501

In recent years, interest in research on Chinese culture and psychology has increased rapidly. However, most research paradigms based on samples from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies, including theories, methods, and research procedures, may become maladaptive or “weird” once moved to other societies. Thus, we aim to focus on this emergent movement of scholars working on the dialogue and interaction between Chinese culture and psychology to explore the most contemporary modes of Chinese philosophical, religious, and spiritual thoughts and practices, emphasizing their significant application to current psychological research. Taking an eclectic approach to study on human values, health, and well-being, this Research Topic hopes to publish original research articles that deal with mental and physical health issues by integrating the contribution from Chinese traditions.

Children’s Literature from Asia in Today’s Classrooms

Children’s Literature from Asia in Today’s Classrooms
Author: Yukari Takimoto Amos
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2018-07-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475843690

This new volume, Children’s Literature from Asia in Today’s Classrooms: Towards Culturally Authentic Interpretations, aims to provide readers with interpretation guides and practical ideas when they endeavor to make use of Asian international children’s literature in the classroom. It attempts to help readers interpret stories from Asia more authentically, and focuses both on international children’s literature and also on international literature read by young adults. In an increasingly interconnected world, understanding Asian international children’s literature and effectively using it are worthy goals for PK-16 classrooms and teacher education programs. The book is divided into two parts. Part I discusses how to authentically read children’s literature from four countries: India, Thailand, China, and Japan. These chapters provide guides for meaningful interpretations of cultural aspects of children’s stories from these countries. Part II consists of annotated bibliographies of international children’s literature from selected Asian societies: China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand. The editors believe that readers will find each author’s cultural insights fascinating and useful as they attempt to read with cultural authenticity.

Female Celebrities in Contemporary Chinese Society

Female Celebrities in Contemporary Chinese Society
Author: Shenshen Cai
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2019-02-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811359806

This book focuses on a representative group of contemporary Chinese female celebrities including actors, directors, writers and reporters, notably personalities such as Liu Xiaoqing, Hong Huang, Chai Jing and the most sought after young generation actors, Yang Mi and Guan Xiaotong. It analyses the on- and off- screen roles of these famous Chinese women, and the cultural, gender and social impact and significance embedded in them, whilst highlighting controversial social and cultural concerns and debates in contemporary China. The book furthers the understanding of the role played by contemporary female celebrities who are considered as social, cultural and feminist icons in present-day China, as reflected in their work, careers and private lives, and whose experiences help to understand Chinese women’s attitudes towards key issues such as career trajectories, marriage and family, gender identity, social changes, civil debates and political transformations, all of which are at the center of societal transformation in China.

Fundamentals of Chinese Culture

Fundamentals of Chinese Culture
Author: Liang Shuming
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2021-06-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9048554128

Chinese culture, to readers of English, is somewhat veiled in mystery. Fundamentals of Chinese Culture (in pinyin, Zhongguo wenhua yaoyi), a classic of great insight and profundity by noted Chinese thinker, educator and social reformist Liang Shuming, takes readers on an intellectual journey into the five-thousand-year-old culture of China, the world's oldest continuous civilization. With a set of "Chinese-style" cultural theories, the book well serves as a platform for Westerners' better understanding of the distinctive worldview of the Chinese people, who value family life, group-centered life and social stability, and for further mutual understanding and greater mutual consolidation among humanities scholars in different contexts, dismantling common misconceptions about China and bridging the gap between Chinese culture and Western culture. As a translation of Liang Shuming's original text, this book pulls back the curtain to reveal to Westerners a highly complex and nuanced picture of a fascinating people.