Bridge 21 Publications

Bridge21 is a boutique publishing company that was founded in Los Angeles in 2011. Its primary mission is to foster connections between East Asian and English-speaking cultures on a global scale. The company is dedicated to producing original English scholarly works in the humanities and social sciences that delve into the historical traditions and modern trajectory of the region. Additionally, it focuses on translating scholarly, cultural, literary, and popular writings from the East Asian region.

Bridge21's diverse range of publications spans various fields, including literature (short stories, novels, prose, and poetry), various forms of art (such as music, cinema, and theatre), philosophy, religion, history, education, sociology, finance, business, and more. Notably, the company's contemporary Chinese literature series showcases the works of today's prominent Chinese writers. To cater to an overseas audience, Bridge21's ebook library also features publications in native languages from the region.

Social Stratification in Contemporary China Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 392

ISBN: 9781626430372

Pub Date: 30 Sep 2016

Imprint: Bridge 21 Publications

Description:

Social Stratification in Contemporary China raises and debates major sociological issues of modern and present-day China from a historical perspective. Such topics as "equality and inequality"and "acceptability of defined inequality" have been dealt with in a broad historical context since 1949 when the People's Republic was founded. The work is widely accepted as one of the most important studies trying to clarify the difficult perceptions of policy of reform and opening up that was formulated and implemented in the early 1980s in China.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 225

ISBN: 9781626430280

Pub Date: 30 Oct 2015

Imprint: Bridge 21 Publications

Description:

Jia Zhangke Speaks Out is a collection of writings by China's most acclaimed film director, Jia Zhangke. The book, originally published in 2009 by Peking University Press, contains Jia's selections of his own writings on film. While he has given numerous film-specific interviews throughout the years, his own notes on cinema, on his own production, and on Chinese culture are unknown to non-Chinese readers.

Politics and Aesthetics of Creativity Cover

Format: Paperback

Pages: 278

ISBN: 9781626430167

Pub Date: 30 Aug 2015

Imprint: Bridge 21 Publications

Description:

This volume of original essays critically examines the intriguing interplay among major actors and venues of creative practices in contemporary East Asian cities. Its chapters closely investigate manifestations of the political and aesthetic decisions made, or not made, in the construction and representation of creative cities. The contributors give Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Shanghai special consideration.

Revisiting Colonial and Post-Colonial Cover

Format: Paperback

Pages: 306

ISBN: 9781626430129

Pub Date: 30 Apr 2015

Imprint: Bridge 21 Publications

Description:

This collection of original essays interrogates the nature of intercultural and intra-cultural encounters through anthropological case studies of Asia, Africa, and the Pacific Islands. The chapters show that parties involved in intercultural or intra-cultural encounters, each equipped with their own means and motivated by their own ends, reciprocally engage each other in a dynamic, emergent relationship. Through detailed empirical research, this volume seeks to advance the open question of how we may theorize the cultural interface.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 282

ISBN: 9781626430105

Pub Date: 30 Mar 2015

Imprint: Bridge 21 Publications

Description:

This collection of essays on transnational Chinese cinema explores the corporal, psychological, and affective aspects of experiencing bodies on screen; engages with the material and discursive elements of embodiment; and highlights the dynamics between the mind and body involved in bio-cultural practices of cinematic production, distribution, exhibition, and reception.

Creativity and Culture in Greater China Cover

Format: Paperback

Pages: 374

ISBN: 9781626430082

Pub Date: 30 Nov 2014

Imprint: Bridge 21 Publications

Description:

This publication unveils creative ideas on knowledge transfer from historical references to commercialization of cultural products. It adopts multidisciplinary, cross cultural, and experimental approaches to study the cultural industries, including art, music, popular culture, psychology, entrepreneurship, and economic studies. These scholarly thoughts and ideas were presented in the two conferences held at the Hong Kong Institute of Education in the summer of 2013.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 200

ISBN: 9781626430044

Pub Date: 30 Sep 2014

Imprint: Bridge 21 Publications

Description:

These original essays debate two ways of theorizing social life. One way is the integrative or holistic model of thought typified in the writings of Confucius. The other, the revolutionary tradition, is suspicious of holism and harmony as principles of social thought because harmony is seen as something that can genuinely occur only when a society has rectified deeply ingrained injustice.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 250

ISBN: 9781626430020

Pub Date: 30 Mar 2014

Imprint: Bridge 21 Publications

Description:

Over their long and colourful history, the Chinese people have produced a variety of fascinating and useful cultural artefacts and performances - from the compass and paper money to tea ceremonies and wedding parties - that have won the admiration of people around the world, and improved living conditions for many who remain unaware of the inventions' Chinese origins. This book's forty concise chapters serve as windows into a wide range of Chinese cultural traditions and innovations. Some aspects of culture featured here include Chinese gardens, homes, and temples; calligraphy, chess, and clothing; paper cutting, seals, and musical instruments; martial arts and Peking Opera; and feng shui (auspicious design).

Peking University and the Origins of Higher Education in China Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 448

ISBN: 9781936940370

Pub Date: 30 Jul 2013

Imprint: Bridge 21 Publications

Description:

Renowned as one of the most distinguished universities in the world, Peking University (PKU or, colloquially, "Beida") has been at the forefront of higher education in China since its inception. Its roots arguably date to the origin of Chinese higher education. Hao Ping traces the intricate evolution of the university, beginning with the preceding institutions that contributed to its establishment, and stretching from the first Opium War of 1839 through the first of several eye-opening defeats for the then-isolated Middle Kingdom to the Xinhai Revolution and the early days of the Republic of China.