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Anthropology and colonialism in Asia and Oceania / [edited by] Jan van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bremen, Jan van, 1946-2005.
- Series:
- Anthropology of Asia series (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
- Anthropology of Asia series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology--Asia--History--Congresses.
- Anthropology.
- Anthropology--Oceania--History--Congresses.
- Colonies--Asia--History--Congresses.
- Colonies.
- Colonies--Oceania--History--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (418 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For a time it was almost a cliche to say that anthropology was a handmaiden of colonialism - by which was usually meant 'Western' colonialism. And this insinuation was assumed to somehow weaken the theoretical claims of anthropology and its fieldwork achievements.What this collection demonstrates is that colonialism was not only a Western phenomenon, but 'Eastern' as well. And that Japanese or Chinese anthropologists were also engaged in studying subject peoples.But wherever they were and whoever they were anthropologists always had a complex and problematic relationship with the colon
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Anthropology in colonial contexts : historical and comparative perspectives
- pt. 2. Japanese anthropology in colonial contexts : East Asia, South-East Asia and Oceania
- pt. 3. Dutch anthropology in colonial contexts : South-East Asia.
- Notes:
- This volume owes its origins to the workshop 'Colonial anthropology in East and South-East Asia: a comparative view' which met in 1995 on 18-20 May in the Centre for Japanese and Korean Studies in the University of Leiden in the Netherlands--P. xi.
- Reprinted 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-10594-8
- 0-203-03667-0
- 1-283-96270-5
- 1-136-10586-7
- 9780203036679
- OCLC:
- 826854731
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