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Spring, summer, asteroid, bird the art of eastern storytelling by Lien,Henry.;

"Discussions in the West around diversity in the arts often focus on the identities of characters and creators. Speculative fiction author and writing instructor Henry Lien makes the pathbreaking argument that diversity is about more than just plopping different faces into stories that are 100 percent Western in spirit; it can--and should--encompass diverse structures, themes, and values. Using examples ranging from Parasite to The Thousand and One Nights to the Mario video game franchise, Lien shows how storytelling staples in the West, such as the three-act structure and themes of empowerment and change, are far from universal. He introduces the East Asian four-act structure (kishotenketsu), as well as circular and nested structures, and explains how Eastern value systems such as collectivism can dictate form. Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird is essential reading for any writer or reader who wants to broaden their understanding of how to tell a satisfying story."-- back cover

Subjects: Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Storytelling in literature; Characters and characteristics in literature; Comparative literature East Asian; Comparative literature Middle Eastern; Comparative literature Western and Chinese; East Asian literature;

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South Korea / by Blevins, Wiley,author.(CARDINAL)642832;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Where in the world is South Korea? -- Home sweet home -- Let's eat! -- Off to school -- Korean proverbs -- Touring South Korea -- Our country's history -- It came from South Korea -- Celebrate! -- Time to play -- You won't believe this! -- Guessing game -- Preparing for your visit -- The United States compared to South Korea.The east Asian nation of South Korea is a land of gorgeous natural landscapes, with green forests, towering mountains, and ocean beaches. It is also a land of sprawling, modern cities. Readers will meet up with Wook-jin and Yu-na, their local guides, as they explore everything South Korea has to offer. They ll learn about the country s history, culture, typical lifestyles, and more.650LAccelerated Reader AR

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The handy mythology answer book / by Leeming, David Adams,1937-(CARDINAL)151305;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-384) and index.Definitions and origins -- Middle Eastern mythologies -- Egyptian mythology -- Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Archaic Greek mythology -- Classical Greek mythology -- Roman mythology -- Celtic mythology -- Norse mythology -- Indian mythology -- East Asian mythology : China and Japan -- Central Asian mythology -- Oceanic mythologies : Australian aborigine and Polynesian -- African mythologies -- Mesoamerican and South American mythologies : Maya, Aztec, Inca -- Native North American mythologies -- Modern myths -- The world myth -- Appendix. Parallel mythology -- Appendix 2. Selected mythological texts -- Characters in mythology."Stories centuries in the making, and many centuries worth of stories, are an integral part of modern society. Whether modern or ancient, every culture has its myths. Mythology forms our understanding of our origin, history, and traditions. They tell of our heroes and deities. Myths are vehicles for understanding religion, for learning language, and for understanding society, but they can often be difficult to understand and confusing. The Handy Mythology Answer Book examines and explains, in plain English, numerous myths and mythology. From the ancient Greek and Roman to Egypt and Babylon, from Native North American Indian to Celtic, Middle Eastern, Indian, Asian, African, and the lesser known myths from around the world, The Handy Mythology Answer Book has them covered. Whether it is the modern retelling of a classic myth or an ancient story about a Norse god, this helpful resource demystifies the myth, looks at different archetypes and motifs, and even shows how myths help explain our existence and institutions. It answers nearly 600 questions and offers fun facts about the treachery and violence, the inspirational and epic, the supernatural monsters and heroic mortals found in mythology, such as How and when did myths originate? What are the three primary myth types? What is the nature of Creation Myths? How can myths be compared to dreams? Why do humans tell myths? What was the Egyptian Book of the Dead? How is the epic of Gilgamesh like later epics? Why is the biblical flood story so like the Babylonian flood myth? What was the myth of Theseus, the Labyrinth, and the Minotaur? What are the Homeric Hymns? How and why are the Odyssey and the Iliad so different from each other? What is the popular appeal of the Odyssey? Did the Greeks see these myths as religion or as entertainment? What was the background myth of the Oedipus plays? What was the nature of Roman mythology during the Roman Republic? What was the Metamorphosis? How did Christian narrative and tradition fit into and come to dominate the Roman mythological tradition? How is Celtic culture and mythology related to the culture and mythology of Greek, Roman, and other cultures? How did the Vedas contribute to Hindu mythology? Who invented Chinese writing? What was the Aztec pantheon? What is the story of the Cherokee Grandmother Sun? Who are some Native American tricksters? What is the story of Schrödinger's Cat? How did Freud use myths? How is myth used in politics? A glossary of commonly used terms and an appendix of parallel mythology exploring universal themes, motifs, and archetypes from across various cultures further explains the world of mythology. "--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Young adult literature.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Mythology;

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The image of the Black in African and Asian art / by Bindman, David,1940-editor.(CARDINAL)281097; Blier, Suzanne Preston,editor.(CARDINAL)159495; Dalton, Karen C. C.,1948-editor.(CARDINAL)195877; Gates, Henry Louis,Jr.,editor.(CARDINAL)162666; Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.(CARDINAL)344164;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / David Bindman -- Part I. Africa. Images of Africans by and of themselves : historical and comparative factors / Suzanne Preston Blier ; The body in African art / Kristina Van Dyke ; Masquerade in Sub-Saharan Africa / John Picton ; The image of the Black in early African photography / Christraud M. Geary ; The image of the Black in modern and contemporary African art / Steven Nelson -- Part II. Asia. The image of the Black in Islamic art : the case of painting / Robert Hillenbrand ; The image of the Black in India / John McLeod and Kenneth X. Robbins ; The image of the Black in Chinese art / Don J. Wyatt ; The image of the Black in Japanese art : from the beginnings to 1850 / Timon Screech ; The image of the Black in Japanese art : nineteenth century to the present day / Alicia Volk.The book moves beyond the "West", that is to say Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean, to consider the art of Africa and the world to the east, to represent and place in historical context images of people of sub-Saharan African descent. The question remains: what does it mean for an artist of African descent to make an image of him or herself, or another person of African descent, as opposed to an image of a Black person created by an artist who is not Black? This vexed question has been at the heart of debates about "identity politics" for a very long time. In other words, in collecting images of Black subjects created by Black artists, whether from Africa or the African diaspora, we are not making epistemological or ontological claims about a work of art's so-called "authenticity," nor of its artistic quality. We simply see these works as their own canon, as another way of organizing viewing and explicating images of the Black subject in art, one related to Euro-American traditions of representation, but simultaneously with an order and history of their own as well, in the same way that a novel, let's say, by Toni Morrison exists simultaneously in the canon of American literature and of African American literature, among other literary traditions.--

Subjects: Art and race.; Art, African.; Art, Asian.; Black people in art.;

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