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What We Know About Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Foundations of Xenology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Michael Ashkenazi What We Know About Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Foundations of Xenology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Michael Ashkenazi
R4,505 Discovery Miles 45 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Have you ever wondered what could happen when we discover another communicating species outside the Earth? This book addresses this question in all its complexity. In addition to the physical barriers for communication, such as the enormous distances where a message can take centuries to reach its recipient, the book also examines the biological problems of communicating between species, the problems of identifying a non-Terrestrial intelligence, and the ethical, religious, legal and other problems of conducting discussions across light years. Most of the book is concerned with issues that could impinge on your life: how do we share experiences with ETI? Can we make shared laws? Could we trade? Would they have religion? The book addresses these and related issues, identifying potential barriers to communication and suggesting ways we can overcome them. The book explores this topic through reference to human experience, through analogy and thought experiment, while relying on what is known to-date about ourselves, our world, and the cosmos we live in.

Food Culture in Japan (Hardcover, New): Michael Ashkenazi, Jeanne Jacob Food Culture in Japan (Hardcover, New)
Michael Ashkenazi, Jeanne Jacob
R2,049 Discovery Miles 20 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Americans are familiarizing themselves with Japanese food, thanks especially sushi's wild popularity and ready availability. This timely book satisfies the new interest and taste for Japanese food, providing a host of knowledge on the foodstuffs, cooking styles, utensils, aesthetics, meals, etiquette, nutrition, and much more. Students and general readers are offered a holistic framing of the food in historical and cultural contexts. Recipes for both the novice and sophisticated cook complement the narrative. Japan's unique attitude toward food extends from the religious to the seasonal. This book offers a contextual framework for the Japanese food culture and relates Japan's history and geography to food. An exhaustive description of ingredients, beverages, sweets, and food sources is a boon to anyone exploring Japanese cuisine in the kitchen. The Japanese style of cooking, typical meals, holiday fare, and rituals--so different from Americans'--are engagingly presented and accessible to a wide audience. A timeline, glossary, resource guide, and illustrations make this a one-stop reference for Japanese food culture.

The Essence of Japanese Cuisine - An Essay on Food and Culture (Paperback): Michael Ashkenazi, Jeanne Jacob, Michael Ashkenazi... The Essence of Japanese Cuisine - An Essay on Food and Culture (Paperback)
Michael Ashkenazi, Jeanne Jacob, Michael Ashkenazi Michael Ashkenazi
R1,609 Discovery Miles 16 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The past few years have shown a growing interest in cooking and food, as a result of international food issues such as BSE, world trade and mass foreign travel, and at the same time there has been growing interest in Japanese Studies since the 1970s. This volume brings together the two interests of Japan and food, examining both from a number of perspectives. The book reflects on the social and cultural side of Japanese food, and at the same time reflects also on the ways in which Japanese culture has been affected by food, a basic human institution. Providing the reader with the historical and social bases to understand how Japanese cuisine has been and is being shaped, this book assumes minimal familiarity with Japanese society, but instead explores the country through the topic of its cuisine.

Handbook of Japanese Mythology (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Michael Ashkenazi Handbook of Japanese Mythology (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Michael Ashkenazi
R2,647 Discovery Miles 26 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An introductory guide to the mythology of Japan—one of the most pervasive yet least understood facets of Japanese culture. Handbook of Japanese Mythology makes it easy to travel this vast yet little-known mythological landscape. The book reveals the origins of Japan's myths in the very different realms of Buddhism, Shinto, and folklore, and explores related mythologies of the Ainu and Okinawan cultures and recent myths arising from Japan's encounters with modernization. It then offers vivid retellings of the central Shinto and Buddhist myths, plus descriptions of major historical figures, icons, rituals, and events. For students or long-time enthusiasts, it is the ideal guide for investigating Japanese reverence for the sun, the imperial family, and the virtues of purity and loyalty. Readers will also learn why sumo wrestlers stomp before each match, how a fussy baby creates thunder, why Japan has a god for soccer, and much more.

The Essence of Japanese Cuisine - An Essay on Food and Culture (Hardcover): Michael Ashkenazi, Jeanne Jacob, Michael Ashkenazi... The Essence of Japanese Cuisine - An Essay on Food and Culture (Hardcover)
Michael Ashkenazi, Jeanne Jacob, Michael Ashkenazi Michael Ashkenazi
R3,890 Discovery Miles 38 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The past few years have shown a growing interest in cooking and food, as a result of international food issues such as BSE, world trade and mass foreign travel, and at the same time there has been growing interest in Japanese Studies since the 1970s. This volume brings together the two interests of Japan and food, examining both from a number of perspectives. The book reflects on the social and cultural side of Japanese food, and at the same time reflects also on the ways in which Japanese culture has been affected by food, a basic human institution. Providing the reader with the historical and social bases to understand how Japanese cuisine has been and is being shaped, this book assumes minimal familiarity with Japanese society, but instead explores the country through the topic of its cuisine.

What We Know About Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Foundations of Xenology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st... What We Know About Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Foundations of Xenology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
Michael Ashkenazi
R4,033 Discovery Miles 40 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Have you ever wondered what could happen when we discover another communicating species outside the Earth? This book addresses this question in all its complexity. In addition to the physical barriers for communication, such as the enormous distances where a message can take centuries to reach its recipient, the book also examines the biological problems of communicating between species, the problems of identifying a non-Terrestrial intelligence, and the ethical, religious, legal and other problems of conducting discussions across light years. Most of the book is concerned with issues that could impinge on your life: how do we share experiences with ETI? Can we make shared laws? Could we trade? Would they have religion? The book addresses these and related issues, identifying potential barriers to communication and suggesting ways we can overcome them. The book explores this topic through reference to human experience, through analogy and thought experiment, while relying on what is known to-date about ourselves, our world, and the cosmos we live in.

The Essence of Japanese Cuisine - An Essay on Food and Culture (Hardcover): Michael Ashkenazi, Jeanne Jacob The Essence of Japanese Cuisine - An Essay on Food and Culture (Hardcover)
Michael Ashkenazi, Jeanne Jacob
R1,533 Discovery Miles 15 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"It was a most exquisite repast, a veritable feast of the senses." Such is the fond memory of Michael Ashkenazi and Jeanne Jacob of a late summer meal in Japan which in every taste, texture, and aesthetic detail signaled the turning of the season. Vividly describing this and countless other fine meals, "The Essence of Japanese Cuisine" seats the reader at a table rich in culinary tradition. From menu arrangement to cooking techniques, course selection to entertainment styles, "The Essence of Japanese Cuisine" studies the Japanese meal and the historical, social, and economic principles that underpin Japanese food culture. Drawing from extensive fieldwork, surveys, and sources ranging from contemporary shop advertisements to classical writings and paintings, Ashkenazi and Jacob analyze how meals are structured, where food is prepared, where it is consumed, and what rituals and cultural rules define the art of the Japanese food event. Their personal experiences as diners serve as sensory tools for examining Japanese cuisine and its place in Japanese society, and they draw as well on Japanese and other culinary studies from such writers as Goody, Harris, Brillat-Savarin, Fisher, Ishige, and Mennell. The book concludes by assessing some of the lessons that can be learned from the Japanese dining experience, especially as Japanese cuisine takes its place among world foods.

Handbook of Japanese Mythology (Paperback, Annotated Ed): Michael Ashkenazi Handbook of Japanese Mythology (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
Michael Ashkenazi
R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Japanese gods, too numerous to count, are known collectively as yaoyorozu-no-kamigami--the eight million. They are the cast of a vast, complex mythology that encompasses two religions, three cultures, and three millennia, one whose ancient deities are still hard at work today.
Handbook of Japanese Mythology makes it easy to travel this vast yet little-known mythological landscape. The book reveals the origins of Japan's myths in the very different realms of Buddhism, Shinto, and folklore, and explores related mythologies of the Ainu and Okinawan cultures and recent myths arising from Japan's encounters with modernization. It then offers vivid retellings of the central Shinto and Buddhist myths, plus descriptions of major historical figures, icons, rituals, and events.
For students or long-time enthusiasts, it is the ideal guide for investigating Japanese reverence for the sun, the imperial family, and the virtues of purity and loyalty. Readers will also learn why sumo wrestlers stomp before each match, how a fussy baby creates thunder, why Japan has a god for soccer, and much more.

Matsuri - Festivals of a Japanese Town (Paperback, New): Michael Ashkenazi Matsuri - Festivals of a Japanese Town (Paperback, New)
Michael Ashkenazi
R583 Discovery Miles 5 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A study of the importance of festivals in Japanese society which also contains a bilingual glossary.

Sex, Sexuality, and the Anthropologist (Paperback, New): Fran Markowitz, Michael Ashkenazi Sex, Sexuality, and the Anthropologist (Paperback, New)
Fran Markowitz, Michael Ashkenazi
R650 R605 Discovery Miles 6 050 Save R45 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sex in the field -- the dilemma of whether to cover up or display sexual identities and desires during the course of anthropological fieldwork -- is one of the best-kept secrets in the discipline. Contending that the conventional pose of a genderless, asexual, ethnographic researcher is impossible to sustain, this volume brings sex and sexuality into the open as essential components of ethnographic study that must be overtly recognized and proactively addressed.

Sex, Sexuality, and the Anthropologist recounts the real-life experiences of anthropologists who are forced to acknowledge that their hosts in the field view them as gendered beings in a social context, not as asexual, objective observers. Far from controlling the research environment and defining the terms of interviewer-informant relationships, these researchers find they must engage in a process of negotiating their position -- including their sexuality -- within the communities they study.

Ranging from public baths in Austria to lesbian bars in Taiwan and from Mexico to Nigeria to Finland to Japan, Sex, Sexuality, and the Anthropologist raises critical questions about ethnographers' reflexivity, subjectivity, and detachment, confronting the challenge of a holistic approach to the anthropological enterprise.

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