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"In trans illustrator Bishakh Som's debut work of fiction, questions of gender, the body, and existential conformity are explored over the course of eight speculative and graphic short stories"--
This book will take you to the journey of a young girl Apsara who had always led an obscure life due to her dark skin and the subsequent lack of confidence that arose from it. She deals with the mental agony a person faces due to their skin colour discrimination. But when her sister’s boyfriend, a successful pharmacologist offers her a chance to change her appearance and seek glory by becoming a volunteer for a yet untested beauty enhancing tablets, little did she realise that it would take her on a path of fame and self-destruction.
As a Deva readies to undergo her last ascension tribulation trial in this lifetime, she faces her obsession and the obstacles from an old and long-running love triangle standing in the way of her cultivation. Her former lover of many past lives is once more reincarnated as a helpless human, and her crush is a powerful, twisted Asura King who is bent on killing his love rival. As her affinity guides, she encounters two young Fairy and Apsara reincarnates in Singapore, and a Yaksha in China. Caught between the conflict between fully concentrating on her upcoming tribulation trial and thwarting the destructive ambitions of her Asura King crush and a ruthless Raksha, the Deva gets embroiled in another generation’s conflict and risks derailment and endangering her ascension in this ensemble of Eastern mythology characters.
This book celebrates and documents the resurgence of dance in Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge and the infamous Pol Pot regime. It honours the remarkable commitment of the few remaining masters of the art of dance who are reviving and preserving the famous classical dances, as well as the courage and resolution of young artists who are imaginatively pursuing their passion to forge new paths in contemporary dance. n 2003, Cambodian classical dance was awarded world heritage status by UNESCO – this confirmed the importance, and perhaps the burden, of the task of preservation. This volume includes contributions from the royal family, eminent writers and commentators and the dancers themselves. Monuments and reminders of the Killing Fields abound in the city of Phnom Penh. Nearly 2 million Cambodians, including many artists, perished during the killings or died of starvation and disease during the Khmer Rouge years. Today, the dancers, both young and old, move towards the future while respecting and honouring the past. This volume documents their journey.
Poetry. Asian & Asian American. Women's Studies. "The apsara is the mythical deity that decorates most Khmer temples, and it represents the ideal woman in Cambodia. In fact, even the classical dancers are modeled after them. My APSARA IN NEW YORK image meant a meeting of my heritage/culture being dropped into the madness, urban temples (not necessarily religious, but sacred spaces personal and whatnot). I feel like my work and who I am embodies the jarring combination of old world Cambodian tradition and culture with the adjustment of US, the Bronx, NYC in general."--Sokunthary Svay
Apsara Jet, is an erotic, politically incurred story of love, lust, betrayal, death, and revenge...inside the world of narco trafficking, in South East Asia. John Jackson Jr., an employed former Eastern Airlines Captain, had fallen to the bottom of his alcoholic depression. Convicted of felony drunk driving in Miami, divorced, homeless, and finally living in his car... he is given one last chance for redemption, returning to Indochina for Alexander Chen. Unknowing at first, he involves two of his old friends, then feeling that there was no way out, he and his pals sink into the dark world of Burmese Drug Lords and The Russian Mafi. Betrayed, they survive a fiery mid-air collision, only to nurse their crippled jet home to Cambodian airspace, where they deliberately crash land in theSan River, near the remote village of Phum Krom, in Northeastern Cambodia. There Jackson and his only surviving partner, ex-CIA pilot, and mercenary, A. P. Scott, recuperate, to later train a small guerrilla force. of mostly sex crazed young native women. Then returning to Phnom Penh, as an irregular strike force, they seek an apocalyptic revenge on Chen, their former employer, for millions for dollars in cash.
"Angkor, the temple and palace complex of the ancient Khmer capital in Cambodiais one of the world's most famous monuments. Hundreds of thousands oftourists from all over the globe visit Angkor Park, one of the finest UNESCO WorldHeritage Sites, every year. Since its UNESCO listing in 1992, the Angkor regionhas experienced an overwhelming mushrooming of hotels and restaurants; theinfrastructure has been hardly able to cope with the rapid growth of mass tourismand its needs. This applies to the access and use of monument sites as well. The authors of this book critically describe and analyse the heritage nominationprocesses in Cambodia, especially in the case of Angkor and the temple ofPreah Vihear on the Cambodian/Thai border. They examine the implications theUNESCO listings have had with regard to the management of Angkor Park andits inhabitants on the one hand, and to the Cambodian/Thai relationships on theother. Furthermore, they address issues of development through tourism thatUNESCO has recognised as a welcome side-effect of heritage listings. They raisethe question whether development through tourism deepens already existinginequalities rather than contributing to the promotion of the poor"--Publisher's description.
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This monograph presents scholarly exposition of the Apsara myth and its evolutionthrough centuries. Mentioned for the first time in the Rig Veda Apsaras find mention inIndian scriptures, epics, Puranas, dramas, poetry and numerous literary works. As a creationof ancient water cosmology she is described as a exceedingly beautiful and charmingperson adept in dancing, singing as well as art of seduction and amorous sports. Themonograph speaks of her profound influence on Indian art which is particularly visibleon the magnifient medieval temples in the form of female sculptures of immense beautyfamous all over the world. Written in lucid style the book reveals the story of Indian waternymph, the Apsara, in its infinite variety.