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Asian material culture / edited by Marianne Hulsbosch (senior editor), Elizabeth Bedford and Martha Chaiklin (co-editors).
- Format:
- Book
- 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.
- East Asia--Social life and customs.
- East Asia.
- Asia--Social life and customs.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An informative overview of the materiality of Asian cultures and the ways in which objects and practices can embody and also exhibit individual as well as collective tastes and values
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Foreword; ASIAN MATERIAL CULTURE IN CONTEXT; MOON CAKES AND THE CHINESE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL: A MATTER OF HABITUS; UP IN THE HAIR: STRANDS OF MEANING IN WOMEN'S ORNAMENTAL HAIR ACCESSORIES IN EARLY MODERN JAPAN; NONYA BEADWORK AND CONTEMPORARY PERANAKAN CHINESE CULTURE IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA; EVERYBODY WAS KUNG-FU FIGHTING: THE LION DANCE AND CHINESE NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES; WORKS LIKE A CHARM: CULTURAL TOURISM, COLOUR AND ITS EFFICACY IN CHINESE MIAO TRADITIONAL DRESS
- FLUTTERING LIKE FLOWERS IN A SUMMER'S BREEZE: HAIR JEWELLERY OF CHRISTIAN MOLUCCAN WOMEN OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIESTENSION ON THE BACK-STRAP LOOM; CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-40180-7
- 9786612401800
- 90-485-0817-7
- OCLC:
- 476297150
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