Combines historical, literary, art historical, and archaeological perspectives to explore the idea of the Hindu temple in the British colonial imagination.

Explores how the tremendous wealth of newly unearthed artifacts and manuscripts have changed our understanding of China's past.

Deeply engaging study of how fourteen Black mothers—including the author—support and advocate for their autistic sons.

Examines questions of cosmos, society, and self through the metaphors and language of ancient Chinese texts and artifacts.

Sheds new light on the relationship between myth and history in ancient China and the central role they have played in shaping early Chinese thought.

Makes a case for the value—and ultimately impact—of seemingly mundane moments in college classrooms.

Turns to theories and cultural representations of psychosocial life to reflect on, and better understand, the challenges of learning in times of social strife.

A groundbreaking study of jinn doppelgangers and the problem of evil in Akbarian Sufism.

Explores the cultural dynamics of this ancient form of Sanskrit theater.

A study of non-representational art and poetry in the work of Bataille, Klossowski, and Michaux.

Multifaceted exploration of the dimensions of education for climate justice.

Uses the intellectual encounter between Islam and modernity to explore the nature of culture, civilization, religion, and tradition.

Argues that the dairy industry in Japan has always been entwined with notions of Otherness and security seeking, notably in terms of frontiers.

A comparative study of wonder in South Asian religions.

Explores mountain regions as cultural landscapes that have been shaped by long-term human-environment interactions.

Offers a fresh approach to the problem of the human figure in an age of digital cinema.

Presents Tantra from an ethnographic vantage point, through a series of case studies grounded in diverse settings across contemporary Asia.

Takes a multicultural, interdisciplinary approach to the rhetoric of science to expand our toolkit for the collective management of global risks like climate change and pandemics.

Details the textual and performative history of the South Asian festival of Indra and its role in the development of classical Hinduism.

Claims unconscious desire plays a constitutive role in global political economy.

This critical reader brings together both essential as well as under-recognized writings from the work of Don Ihde, one of the most important contemporary thinkers on technology and human experience.

Reveals how the persona of India's most famous emperor was constantly reinvented in ancient times to suit a variety of social visions, political agendas, and moral purposes.

Explores the delicate interplay between emigration of Jews from Israel to Germany and the construction of a new identity in the shadow of antisemitism both past and present in their new home.

Contextualizes Sabha Theatre historically, politically, and aesthetically, revealing how it expresses a Tamil Brahmin identity that is at once traditional and modern.

Provides a theoretical and practical guide to community-engaged scholarship with Indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada.