Cultural Studies
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Kimono: A Modern History
What is the kimono Everyday garment Art object Symbol of Japan As this book shows, the kimono has served all of these roles, its meaning changing...RM131.00 -
Kimono: The Art and Evolution of Japanese Fashion
The Khalili Collection of kimonos comprises over 200 garments spanning 300 years of Japanese textile artistry The form of the T-shaped,...RM325.50 -
Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya: Negotiating Urban Space in Malaysia
Arguably Southeast Asia's most spectacular city, Kuala Lumpur--widely known as KL--has just celebrated fifty years as the national capital of...RM49.00 -
Land’s End: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier
Drawing on two decades of ethnographic research in Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tania Murray Li offers an intimate account of the emergence of capitalist...RM125.00 -
Looking at Pictures: Art Essentials Series
An accessible and attractive beginner’s guide to getting the most out of looking at pictures Beautifully illustrated with some of the world’s...RM55.00 -
Malay Seals from the Islamic World of Southeast Asia
Malay seals originate from those parts of maritime Southeast Asia long connected by political, economic, and cultural networks; the lingua...RM435.00 -
Malay Weddings Don’t Cost $50 and Other Facts About Malay Culture
Malay Weddings Don’t Cost $50 and Other Facts About Malay Culture is a collection of 42 articles which serves as a guide to Malay culture and...RM75.00 -
Malaysian Crossings: Place and Language in the Worlding of Modern Chinese Literature
Malaysian Chinese (Mahua) literature is marginalised on several fronts In the international literary space, which privileges the West, Malaysia is...RM100.00 -
Malaysian Flavours: Insights into Things Malaysian
Malaysian Flavours gives you delicious insights into the Malaysian psyche and the peculiar ways of its society It captures, through amusing asides...RM35.90 -
Malaysians and their Identities
Malaysians and their Identities presents a kaleidoscope of insights based on original empirical research by young Malaysian scholars Among...RM28.00 -
Museums, History and Culture in Malaysia
During the half century following Malaysian independence in 1957, the country’s National Museum underwent a transformation that involved a shift...RM85.00 -
Muslims and Matriarchs: Cultural Resilience in Minangkabau Through Jihad and Colonialism
The Minangkabau, a Muslim people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, are noted for their religious piety and matrilineal culture, but their homeland has also...RM48.00 -
Mythbusting Vietnam: Facts, Fictions, Fantasies
Vietnam is studied and understood in myriad ways Even so, much of this knowledge is framed by a limited number of dominant paradigms The concern of...RM120.00 -
New Naratif: The First Year
New Naratif: The First Year is a wide selection of New Naratif’s reported features, research articles and comics published between September 2017...RM90.00 -
Of Temple and Tatung Tradition in Singkawang
Cap Go Meh, known as Zhang Yet Ban to the locals, is closely associated with the street cleansing ritual (sei lu) performed the day before The...RM32.45 -
On a Chinese Screen
Maugham spent the winter months of 1919-20 travelling 1500 miles up the Yangtze river Always more interested in people than places he gave full rein...RM47.90 -
Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers, Mobility and Politics in Bangkok
On May 19, 2010, the Royal Thai Army deployed tanks, snipers, and war weapons to disperse the thousands of Red Shirts protesters who had taken over...RM138.00 -
Pasta, Pane, Vino: Deep Travels through Italy’s Food Culture
This is not a cookbookThis is something more: a travelogue, a patient investigation of Italy’s cuisine, a loving profile of the everyday heroes who...RM136.90