Asian futures, Asian traditions / edited by Edwina Palmer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Palmer, Edwina, 1955- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Civilization.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 442 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Folkestone, Kent, England : Global Oriental, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Asian Futures, Asian Traditions is a collection of conference papers by scholars of Asian Studies, who explore the topics of continuity and change in Asian societies through essays in history, politics, gender studies, language, literature, film, performance and music.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part 1: Tradition and History

1. The Invention and Reinvention of Tradition in Japan

2. The Kojiki as Japan's National Narrative

3. Structural Features of the Organization of Imperial Women in China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

4. The State and the Historians in the Construction of Nationalist Historical Discourse in Indonesia and the Philippines: A Preliminary Consideration

5. National History vs Japanese History: Yamaji Aizan's View of Japan and the World

6. Religious Internationalism in Imperial Japan? The Case of Ōmoto

7. Change and Continuity in China

8. Deconstructing the Diaspora: The Construction of Chinese-Indonesian Identity in Post-Suharto Indonesia

Part 2: Politics, Economics and Gender Studies

9. Politics in Vietnam's Red River Delta in the 1970s and 1980s (and why it is relevant to the 2000s)

10. Regimenting the Public Mind: The Modernization of Propaganda in the PRC

11. Whose Model City? Poverty, Prosperity and 'Progress' in Quezon City, the Philippines

12. Indonesian Law Reform in the Post-Soeharto Era

13. The Making of Jonker Walk: Night Market, Pedestrian Mall or Culture Street?

14. How Informal Enterprises Coped with the Asian Economic Crisis: The Case of Pedagang Kakilima in Bandung, Indonesia

15. Financial Crisis and Micro-level Coping Strategies: A Case Study of Low-income Households in Malaysia

16. 'Comfort Women', National Apology and Feminist Politics

17. The Impact of Reserved Seats on Women's Representation in the Bangladesh Parliament

18. Japanese Lone Mothers and Family-friendly Work Policies

Part 3: Language, Performing and Visual Arts

19. Malay and Japanese Idioms Denoting Human Emotions and Attributes.

20. Transforming and Inventing Koto Notations: Constructing Tradition and Identity from the Meiji Era

21. The Struggle for Traditional Performance Survival in Southeast Asia

22. Lat's The Kampung Boy: Rural Malays in Tradition and Transition

23. Nostalgia and Dissatisfaction: Reading Zhang Yimou's The Road Home and Not One Less as Postmodern Texts

24. Music for the Black-necked Cranes of Bhutan

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

9789004213784

OCLC:

815734428