Asian material culture / edited by Marianne Hulsbosch (senior editor), Elizabeth Bedford and Martha Chaiklin (co-editors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hulsbosch, Marianne.

Bedford, Elizabeth.

Chaiklin, Martha, 1960-2026

Series:

ICAS publication series. Edited volumes ; 4.

ICAS publications series. Edited volumes ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--East Asia.

Material culture.

Material culture--Asia.

Manners and customs.

East Asia--Social life and customs.

East Asia.

Asia--Social life and customs.

Asia.

Physical Description:

231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2009]

Summary:

This exciting new, richly illustrated volume gives the reader a unique insight into the materiality of Asian cultures and the ways in which objects and practices can simultaneously embody and exhibit individual as well as collective identities, aesthetic and functional characteristics, and human and spiritual aspirations. Material culture is examined from a variety of perspectives and the authors rigorously investigate the creation and meaning of material objects, and their associated practices within the context of time and place.

All chapters in Asian Material Culture are representative, rather than exhaustive, in their portrayal of Asian material culture. Nevertheless, they clearly demonstrate that the objects, seen as material evidence of culture, are entities that resonate with discourses of human relationships, personal and group identity formation, ethics and values, determination of ethnicity, local and international trade, consumption histories and above all distinctive futures. In this text all authors reaffirm the relevance of their research to an increasingly internationalized and interactive world, by clearly demonstrating how an appreciation of material culture can foster greater cross-cultural understanding. Book jacket.

Contents:

Moon cakes and the Chinese mid-autumn festival : a matter of habitus / Elizabeth Bedford

Up in the hair : strands of meaning in women's ornamental hair accessories in early modern Japan / Martha Chaiklin

Nonya beadwork and contemporary Peranakan Chinese culture in Singapore and malaysia / Hwei-Fe'n Cheah

Everybody was kung-fu fighting : the lion dance and Chinese national identity in the 19th and 20th centuries / Heleanor B. Feltham

Works like a charm : cultural tourism, colour and its efficacy in Chinese Miao traditonal dress / Samantha Hauw

Fluttering like flowers in the summer breeze : hair jewellery of Christian Moluccan women of the Dutch East indies / Marianne Hulsbosch

Tension on the back-strap loom / Audrew Low.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789089640901

9089640908

OCLC:

318873970