Cross-cultural exchange and the colonial imaginary : global encounters via Southeast Asia / edited by H. Hazel Hahn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hahn, H. Hazel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

Colonial influence.

Civilization.

Southeast Asia--Civilization--Colonial influence.

Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia--Civilization--Western influences.

Southeast Asia--Social life and customs--Colonial influence.

Southeast Asia--Social life and customs--Western influences.

Civilization--Western influences.

Physical Description:

xi, 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Global encounters via Southeast Asia

Place of Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, [2019]

Contents:

Section 1 Knowledge Exchange

Chapter 1 Nineteenth-century Portugal Through Other Eyes: The Diaries of Philiphê Binh p. 25 / George Dutton

Chapter 2 Collecting Malay Heritage: Scholarly Societies and Imperial Policy in British Malaya in the Early Twentieth Century p. 49 / Matthew J. Schauer

Chapter 3 Rituals and Power: Cross-Cultural Exchange and the Contestation of Colonial Hegemony in Indonesia p. 75 / Arnout H. C. van der Meer

Section 2 Material and Architectural Exchange

Chapter 4 "Chinese" Screens in the Dutch East Indies p. 107 / Dawn Odell

Chapter 5 Absent Narratives and Missing Jewels: Cultural Heritage of a Tamil Temple in Ho Chi Minh City p. 131 / H. Hazel Hahn

Chapter 6 French Nha Ruong and a Vietnamese Palace for the Governor?: Architectural Exchange in Colonial Vietnam p. 162 / Caroline Herbelin

Chapter 7 Rejecting and Reproducing Colonial Urbanism in Putrajaya, Malaysia p. 187 / Sarah Moser

Section 3 Leisure Exchange

Chapter 8 Context and Content: Colonial Photographs from Kandy, Ceylon p. 217 / Benita Stambler

Chapter 9 Slipping into Something More Exotic: Transgressive Dress in Early Twentieth-century Java p. 239 / Susie Protschky

Chapter 10 Jazz and the British Empire: The Rise of the Asian Jazz Professional p. 263 / Frederick J. Schenker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-300) and index.

ISBN:

9789813250062

9813250062

OCLC:

1089121221