|
Showing 1 - 25 of
192 matches in All Departments
|
I'm New Here
Ian Russell-Hsieh
|
R310
Discovery Miles 3 100
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
Set in the neon heat of a Taipei summer, Ian Russell-Hsieh’s
I’M NEW HERE explores themes of split racial identity,
relationships across cultural lines, self-sabotage, and
self-determination, all in prose that is whittled to the bone, that
is wry, direct and undeniably fresh. Told by a character in
existential freefall, this novel propels you through its pages with
a propulsive flair and a confidence that are truly exciting. Fired
from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, Taiwanese-British
photographer Sean flies to Taipei to find oblivion. But instead of
escape in his parents’ homeland, all he finds is alienation. He
spends his first days sleeping feverishly in an anonymous hotel
bedroom and his nights chugging cheap coffee and munching on crappy
doughnuts at a strip-lit doughnut bar. A chance encounter with a
mysterious older man draws him into a friendship whose terms of
engagement are quickly blurred, and into a world whose
underpinnings seem to be shaking loose. At the same time, Sean
embarks on an affair with a local girl, all the while dreaming
fretfully of his ex. For every step towards connection, it seems
there is a loosening elsewhere in Sean’s sense of self, as the
demands of the past and the present begin to take their toll. As
Sean’s reality comes ever more unstuck, it’s clear that
something’s got to give. Â
Antarctica - vast, cold and mysterious. This frozen continent is
full of incredible stories. Here you can discover incredible
wildlife, awe-inspiring landscapes and adventurous scientists and
explorers. Join author Karen Romano Young on a trip across
Antarctica, hanging out with people and animals and learning about
how this special place is changing, and what it means for our
planet. Hang out with some of the coolest creatures on earth above
and below the ice as you meet emperor penguins, killer whales and
elephant seals. Suit up for the cold and explore some of the
harshest landscapes on earth, following in the footsteps of brave
explorers. And learn about how scientists survive here today and
what they do all day - from studying climate change to
investigating ice cores almost a million years old to learn about
the history - and future - of our planet.
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE SELECTION * A MALALA BOOK CLUB
PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK * A FAVORITE BOOK OF 2022 BY NPR AND BOOK
RIOT * A MUST-READ MARCH 2022 BOOK BY TIME, VANITY FAIR, EW AND THE
CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS * A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY
GOODREADS, NYLON, BUZZFEED AND MORE A Taiwanese American woman's
coming-of-consciousness ignites eye-opening revelations and chaos
on a college campus in this outrageously hilarious and startlingly
tender debut novel. Twenty-nine-year-old PhD student Ingrid Yang is
desperate to finish her dissertation on the late canonical poet
Xiao-Wen Chou and never read about "Chinese-y" things again. But
after years of grueling research, all she has to show for her
efforts are junk food addiction and stomach pain. When she
accidentally stumbles upon a curious note in the Chou archives one
afternoon, she convinces herself it's her ticket out of academic
hell. But Ingrid's in much deeper than she thinks. Her clumsy
exploits to unravel the note's message lead to an explosive
discovery, upending not only her sheltered life within academia but
her entire world beyond it. With her trusty friend Eunice Kim by
her side and her rival Vivian Vo hot on her tail, together they set
off a roller coaster of mishaps and misadventures, from book
burnings and OTC drug hallucinations, to hot-button protests and
Yellow Peril 2.0 propaganda. In the aftermath, nothing looks the
same to Ingrid-including her gentle and doting fiance, Stephen
Greene. When he embarks on a book tour with the super kawaii
Japanese author he's translated, doubts and insecurities creep in
for the first time... As the events Ingrid instigated keep
spiraling, she'll have to confront her sticky relationship to white
men and white institutions-and, most of all, herself. For readers
of Paul Beatty's The Sellout and Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown,
this uproarious and bighearted satire is a blistering send-up of
privilege and power in America, and a profound reckoning of
individual complicity and unspoken rage. In this electrifying debut
novel from a provocative new voice, Elaine Hsieh Chou asks who gets
to tell our stories-and how the story changes when we finally tell
it ourselves.
In the long course of late imperial Chinese history, servants and
concubines formed a vast social stratum in the hinterland along the
Grand Canal, particularly in urban areas. Concubinage and Servitude
in Late Imperial China is a survey of the institutions and practice
of concubinage and servitude in both the general populace and the
imperial palace, with a focus on the examination of Ming-Qing
political and socioeconomic history through the lives of this
particular group of distinct yet associated individuals. The
persistent theme of the book is how concubines, appointed by
patriarchal polygamy, and servants, laboring under the
master-servants hierarchy, experienced interactions and mobility
within each institution and in associating with the other. While
reviewing how ritual and law treated concubines and servants as
patriarchal possessions, the author explores the perspectives
available for individual concubines and servants and the
limitations in their daily circumstances, searching for their
"positional powers" and "privilege of the inferiors" in the context
of Chinese culture during the Ming-Qing time period. For a list of
the book's tables and their sources, please see:
http://www.wou.edu/wp/hsiehb/
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou is an uproarious and bighearted
satire - alive with sharp edges, immense warmth, and a cast of
unforgettable characters - that asks: who gets to tell our stories?
And how does the story change when we finally tell it ourselves?
Twenty-nine-year-old PhD student Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish
her dissertation on the late canonical poet Xiao-Wen Chou and never
read about 'Chinese-y' things. When she accidentally stumbles upon
a strange and curious note in the Chou archives, she convinces
herself it's her ticket out of academic hell. But Ingrid's in much
deeper than she thinks. Her clumsy exploits to unravel the note's
message lead to an explosive discovery, one that upends her entire
life and the lives of those around her. With her trusty friend
Eunice Kim by her side and her rival Vivian Vo hot on her tail,
together they set off a roller coaster of mishaps and
misadventures, from campus protests and over-the-counter drug
hallucinations, to book burnings and a movement that stinks of
Yellow Peril propaganda. In the aftermath, nothing looks the same,
including her gentle and doting fiance . . . As the events Ingrid
instigated keep spiraling, she'll have to confront her sticky
relationship to white men and white institutions - and, most of
all, herself. 'The funniest novel I've read all year' - Aravind
Adiga, author of The White Tiger
This monograph is a translation of two seminal works on
corpus-based studies of Mandarin Chinese words and parts of speech.
The original books were published as two pioneering technical
reports by Chinese Knowledge and Information Processing group
(CKIP) at Academia Sinica in 1993 and 1996, respectively. Since
then, the standard and PoS tagset proposed in the CKIP report have
become the de facto standard in Chinese corpora and computational
linguistics, in particular in the context of traditional Chinese
texts. This new translation represents and develops the principles
and theories originating from these pioneering works. The results
can be applied to numerous fields; Chinese syntax and semantics,
lexicography, machine translation and other language engineering
bound applications. Suitable for graduate and scholars in the
fields of linguistics and Chinese, Mandarin Chinese Words and Parts
of Speech provides a comprehensive survey of the issues around
wordhood and PoS. Chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and the
appendixes V-VII of this book is freely available as a downloadable
Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non
Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com
'The funniest, most poignant novel of the year' - Vogue For fans of
Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang, Disorientation is an uproarious and
big-hearted satire – alive with sharp edges, immense warmth, and
a cast of unforgettable characters – that asks: who gets to tell
our stories? Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her PhD
dissertation on the much-lauded poet Xiao-Wen Chou and never read
about ‘Chinese-y’ things again, when she accidentally stumbles
upon a strange note in the Chou archives that she thinks may be her
ticket out of academic hell. But Ingrid has no idea that the note
will lead to an explosive secret, upending her entire life and the
lives of those around her. Her clumsy exploits to discover the
truth set off a rollercoaster of mishaps and misadventures, from
campus protests and over-the-counter drug hallucinations, to book
burnings and a movement that stinks of Yellow Peril propaganda. In
the aftermath, she’ll have to question everything, from her
relationship with her fiancé to the kind of person she dares to
be. 'The funniest novel I’ve read all year' - Aravind Adiga,
author of The White Tiger 'Fearless' - Observer 'Elaine Hsieh
Chou's pen is a scalpel' - Raven Leilani, author of Luster
In order to control ever-increasing health care expenditure,
Western and Asian countries are seeking to develop more efficient
health care models. Studies on health care that focus specifically
on Asian countries are rare, rendering this a unique and welcome
addition to the literature. This book presents quantitative
research on various aspects of health care reform and health policy
in Asia-Pacific countries such as China, Indonesia, Japan, South
Korea, Taiwan, and the US - nations diverse in their economic
development, social demographic structure and health care
expenditures. The book's main topic for discussion is the role of
both government and health insurers in funding health care. The
implementation of community-based, supplemental and national health
insurance is explored, as are grants and the financing of hospitals
and care for the elderly. The effectiveness of education as an
input to health investment and the rehabilitation of patients are
also examined. Aiming to close the gap between the existing
economics research and the rapid pace of the development of Asian
health care markets, this unique and timely book is a must read for
policymakers, researchers, academics and students with a special
interest in health economics, policies and services.
With a foreword by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and author of
"Delivering Happiness"
When Chip Conley, dynamic author of the bestselling "Peak,"
suffered a series of devastating personal and professional
setbacks, he began using what he came to call "Emotional Equations"
(such as Joy = Love - Fear) to help him focus on the variables in
life that he could handle, rather than dwelling on the parts he
couldn't, such as the bad economy, death, and taxes.
Using brilliantly simple logic that illuminates the universal
truths in common emotional challenges, "Emotional Equations "offers
a way to identify the elements in our lives that we can change,
those we can't, and how to better understand our emotions so they
can help us . . . rather than hurt us. Equations like "Despair =
Suffering - Meaning" and "Happiness = Wanting What You Have Having
What You Want" have been reviewed for mathematical and
psychological accuracy by experts. Now Conley tells his own
comeback story and those of other resilient people and inspiring
role models who have worked through emotional equations in their
own lives. "Emotional Equations "arms you with practical strategies
for turbulent times.
Currently developed countries pay much more attention to harmfully
addictive substances than developing countries. However, the
experience of developed countries is very relevant to the
developing world since substance abuse is likely to impose a
continually increasing burden of disease in this region in the near
future. This book extends the frontiers of research on the
economics of substance use and abuse in a variety of extremely
significant ways. It focuses on the determinants and consequences
of the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, betel quid, and illicit
drugs in the United States, Great Britain and Taiwan. The authors
use a variety of empirical techniques to examine the roles of
price, advertising, risk perception, time preference and
forward-looking behaviour in consumption decisions and the effects
of these decisions on labour market outcomes, unintended
pregnancies and criminal violence. Economic Analysis of Substance
Use and Abuse will be required reading for scholars of economic
development and health economics.
This work introduces the basic theories and experimental methods of
anionic polymerization as well as the synthesis, analysis and
characteristics of anionic polymerized products. It details the
creation of linear and branched polymers, random and block
copolymers, graft and macromonomers, and many other substances. The
work emphasizes the relationship between fundamental principles and
commercial applications.;College or university bookstores may
purchase five or more copies at a special student price, available
on request from Marcel Dekker, Inc.
This book draws attention to the issues of Indigenous justice and
reconciliation in Taiwan, exploring how Indigenous actors affirm
their rights through explicitly political and legal strategies, but
also through subtle forms of justice work in films, language
instruction, museums, and handicraft production. Taiwan's
Indigenous peoples have been colonized by successive external
regimes, mobilized into war for Imperial Japan, stigmatized as
primitive "mountain compatriots" in need of modernization, and
instrumentalized as proof of Taiwan's unique identity vis-a-vis
China. Taiwan's government now encapsulates them in democratic
institutions of indigeneity. This volume emphasizes that there is
new hope for real justice in an era in which states and Indigenous
peoples seek meaningful forms of reconciliation at all levels and
arenas of social life. The chapters, written by leading Indigenous,
Taiwanese, and international scholars in their respective fields,
examine concrete situations in which Indigenous peoples seek
justice and decolonization from the perspectives of territory and
sovereignty, social work and justice. Illustrating that there is
new hope for real justice in an era in which states and Indigenous
peoples seek meaningful forms of reconciliation, this book is an
invaluable resource for students and scholars of Taiwan Studies,
Indigenous Studies, and Social Justice Studies.
This book employs a policy-based approach to examine the emerging
governance structure in Taiwan, one of several countries in East
Asia where democratic consolidation is firmly established. Each
chapter provides a detailed investigation of reforms that have
helped to strengthen Taiwan's democracy in such areas as elections,
civil service recruitment, economic policy, social policy,
environmental protection, civil rights, response to the COVID-19
pandemic, civil-military relations, and foreign and mainland China
policy. As a study of Taiwan's democratic governance, this book
will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian politics,
comparative politics, democracy, and Taiwan.
International Student Mobility presents an autoethnographic study,
which follows a group of non-English speaking international
students from Taiwan during a period of study in Australia. The
study examines the ways in which the students' sense of identity
shifts over time, and why this happens. Hsieh engages Pierre
Bourdieu's notions of capital, habitus and field to develop an
understanding of complexity of identity movements and asks to what
extent the students see themselves as culturally and linguistically
'international', both during their time abroad and upon their
return home. Perfect for researchers and advanced students
interested in international higher education, International Student
Mobility is also an insightful read for those investigating the
experiences of Chinese-speaking international students.
Rethinking Culture in Health Communication An interdisciplinary
overview of health communication using a cultural lens--uniquely
focused on social interactions in health contexts Patients, health
professionals, and policymakers embody cultural constructs that
impact healthcare processes. Rethinking Culture in Health
Communication explores the ways in which culture influences
healthcare, introducing new approaches to understanding social
relationships and health policies as a dynamic process involving
cultural values, expectations, motivations, and behavioral
patterns. This innovative textbook integrates theories and
practices in health communication, public health, and medicine to
help students relate fundamental concepts to their personal
experiences and develop an awareness of how all individuals and
groups are shaped by culture. The authors present a foundational
framework explaining how cultures can be understood from four
perspectives--Magic Consciousness, Mythic Connection, Perspectival
Thinking, and Integral Fusion--to examine existing theories, social
norms, and clinical practices in health-related contexts. Detailed
yet accessible chapters discuss culture and health behaviors,
interpersonal communication, minority health and healthcare
delivery, cultural consciousness, social interactions,
sociopolitical structure, and more. The text features examples of
how culture can create challenges in access, process, and outcomes
of healthcare services and includes scenarios in which individuals
and institutions hold different or incompatible ethical views. The
text also illustrates how cultural perspectives can shape the
theoretical concepts emerged in caregiver-patient communication,
provider-patient interactions, social policies, public health
interventions, and other real-life settings. Written by two leading
health communication scholars, this textbook: Highlights the
sociocultural, interprofessional, clinical, and ethical aspects of
health communication Explores the intersections of social
relationships, cultural tendencies, and health theories and
behaviors Examines the various forms, functions, and meanings of
health, illness, and healthcare in a range of cultural contexts
Discusses how cultural elements in social interactions are
essential to successful health interventions Includes foundational
overviews of health communication and of culture in health-related
fields Discusses culture in health administration, moral values in
social policies, and ethics in medical development Incorporates
various aspects and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as a cultural
phenomenon through the lens of health communication Rethinking
Culture in Health Communication is an ideal textbook for courses in
health communication, particularly those focused on interpersonal
communication, as well as in cross-cultural communication, cultural
phenomenology, medical sociology, social work, public health, and
other health-related fields.
Multiple Imputation of Missing Data in Practice: Basic Theory and
Analysis Strategies provides a comprehensive introduction to the
multiple imputation approach to missing data problems that are
often encountered in data analysis. Over the past 40 years or so,
multiple imputation has gone through rapid development in both
theories and applications. It is nowadays the most versatile,
popular, and effective missing-data strategy that is used by
researchers and practitioners across different fields. There is a
strong need to better understand and learn about multiple
imputation in the research and practical community. Accessible to a
broad audience, this book explains statistical concepts of missing
data problems and the associated terminology. It focuses on how to
address missing data problems using multiple imputation. It
describes the basic theory behind multiple imputation and many
commonly-used models and methods. These ideas are illustrated by
examples from a wide variety of missing data problems. Real data
from studies with different designs and features (e.g.,
cross-sectional data, longitudinal data, complex surveys, survival
data, studies subject to measurement error, etc.) are used to
demonstrate the methods. In order for readers not only to know how
to use the methods, but understand why multiple imputation works
and how to choose appropriate methods, simulation studies are used
to assess the performance of the multiple imputation methods.
Example datasets and sample programming code are either included in
the book or available at a github site
(https://github.com/he-zhang-hsu/multiple_imputation_book). Key
Features Provides an overview of statistical concepts that are
useful for better understanding missing data problems and multiple
imputation analysis Provides a detailed discussion on multiple
imputation models and methods targeted to different types of
missing data problems (e.g., univariate and multivariate missing
data problems, missing data in survival analysis, longitudinal
data, complex surveys, etc.) Explores measurement error problems
with multiple imputation Discusses analysis strategies for multiple
imputation diagnostics Discusses data production issues when the
goal of multiple imputation is to release datasets for public use,
as done by organizations that process and manage large-scale
surveys with nonresponse problems For some examples, illustrative
datasets and sample programming code from popular statistical
packages (e.g., SAS, R, WinBUGS) are included in the book. For
others, they are available at a github site
(https://github.com/he-zhang-hsu/multiple_imputation_book)
Drawing on in-depth interviews, this text examines how Asian
American teachers in the US have adapted, persisted, and resisted
racial stereotyping and systematic marginalization throughout their
educational and professional pathways. Utilizing critical
perspectives combined with tenets of Asian Critical Race Theory,
Kim and Hsieh structure their findings through chapters focused on
issues relating to anti-essentialism, intersectionality, and the
broader social and historical positioning of Asians in the US.
Applying a critical theoretical lens to the study of Asian American
teachers demonstrates the importance of this framework in
understanding educators' experiences during schooling, training,
and teaching, and in doing so, the book highlights the need to
ensure visibility for a community so often overlooked as a "model
minority", and yet one of the fastest growing racial groups in the
US. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators
with an interest in the sociology of education, multicultural
education, and teachers and teacher education more broadly. Those
specifically interested in Asian American history and the study of
race and ethics within Asian studies will also benefit from this
book.
International Student Mobility presents an autoethnographic study,
which follows a group of non-English speaking international
students from Taiwan during a period of study in Australia. The
study examines the ways in which the students' sense of identity
shifts over time, and why this happens. Hsieh engages Pierre
Bourdieu's notions of capital, habitus and field to develop an
understanding of complexity of identity movements and asks to what
extent the students see themselves as culturally and linguistically
'international', both during their time abroad and upon their
return home. Perfect for researchers and advanced students
interested in international higher education, International Student
Mobility is also an insightful read for those investigating the
experiences of Chinese-speaking international students.
This volume, first published in 1925, presents a clear background
to the then-contemporary political situation in China, and in doing
so sheds much light on the history of Chinese politics. In focusing
on the political organization it generates an insightful study of
Chinese government.
The South China Sea Disputes: Historical, Geopolitical and Legal
Studies covers various issues regarding the currently controversial
theme of the South China Sea (SCS) disputes. It contains insights
by scholars mostly from Republic of China (Taiwan), along with ones
from Peoples' Republic of China (mainland China), the Philippines,
Australia, and the United States (US).The book is divided into
three sections, wherein the historical analysis section illustrates
certain important but currently neglected treaties for SCS, e.g.,
the San Francisco Peace Treaty, the Taipei Treaty, and the Cairo
Declaration. In particular, the Nationalist government's efforts to
recover the Chinese sovereignty in the islands of SCS after the end
of World War II are covered. Archival research found in the
national archives of the Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the US, and
Japan, revealing materials with potential for enhancing territorial
and sovereignty claims is covered. In addition, the US State
Department historical materials on the SCS disputes are also
shown.The geopolitical analysis section in the book specifically
addresses the state practice in SCS by Taiwan. It also reveals
Taiwan's evolving attitudes from thoughtful planning to perfunctory
policy thereof. The circumstances of US-China rivalry in the SCS
are also discussed.The legal analysis section includes an
explanation of the arbitral award of the SCS, wherein it argues
that this arbitration is a non-justiciable dispute resolution. This
book serves as a good reference for readers interested in South
China Sea disputes.
In the long course of late imperial Chinese history, servants and
concubines formed a vast social stratum in the hinterland along the
Grand Canal, particularly in urban areas. Concubinage and Servitude
in Late Imperial China is a survey of the institutions and practice
of concubinage and servitude in both the general populace and the
imperial palace, with a focus on the examination of Ming-Qing
political and socioeconomic history through the lives of this
particular group of distinct yet associated individuals. The
persistent theme of the book is how concubines, appointed by
patriarchal polygamy, and servants, laboring under the
master-servants hierarchy, experienced interactions and mobility
within each institution and in associating with the other. While
reviewing how ritual and law treated concubines and servants as
patriarchal possessions, the author explores the perspectives
available for individual concubines and servants and the
limitations in their daily circumstances, searching for their
"positional powers" and "privilege of the inferiors" in the context
of Chinese culture during the Ming-Qing time period. For a list of
the book's tables and their sources, please see:
http://www.wou.edu/wp/hsiehb/
First published in 2010. At the beginning of this quarter of a
century Chinese women still concealed herslef in her boudoir, and
confined herself to needlework and embroidery, cooking and wahing
nad sometimes composing poetry. This conservative tradition had
lasted several thousand years. Only during the ned of the twenry
five years a new China was born. The spirit of this period of
change is expressed in the autobiography written around 1926.
Winner of the NCA Health Communication 2021 Distinguished Book
Award. This book examines interpreter-mediated medical encounters
and focuses primarily on the phenomenon of bilingual health care.
It highlights the interactive and coordinated nature of
interpreter-mediated interactions. Elaine Hsieh has put together
over 15 hours of interpreter-mediated medical encounters, interview
data with 26 interpreters from 17 different cultures/languages, 39
health care providers from 5 clinical specialties, and surveys of
293 providers from 5 clinical specialties. The depth and richness
of the data allows for the presentation of a theoretical framework
that is not restricted by language combination or clinical
contexts. This will be the first book of its kind that includes not
only interpreters' perspectives but also the needs and perspectives
of providers from various clinical specialties. Bilingual Health
Communication presents an opportunity to lay out a new theoretical
framework related to bilingual health care and connects the latest
findings from multiple disciplines. This volume presents future
research directions that promise development for both theory and
practice in the field.
|
|