Recentring Asia: Histories, Encounters, Identities
These essays argue that recentring Asia necessitates a revision not only of notions of Asia but also of the centre itself. On the one hand, recentring Asia asserts the centrality of Asia, especially overlooked Asian histories, encounters and identities, to world history, culture and geopolitics. On the other hand, the concept of recentring provides a way to address and rethink the concept of the centre, a term critical to Asian Studies, area studies and, more broadly, to the study of globalization, postcolonialism, diaspora, modernism and modernity. Drawing on new approaches in these fields, Recentring Asia forces the reader to rethink the ce…
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Weitere Autoren: Johnson, Henry (Hrsg.) / Leckie, Jacqueline (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-906876-25-8
- EAN: 9781906876258
- Produktnummer: 11403248
- Verlag: Global Oriental
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 339 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B16.7 cm x D2.8 cm 715 g
- Gewicht: 715
Über den Autor
Jacob Edmond is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Otago. He has recently completed a book manuscript entitled A Common Strangeness: Contemporary Poetry, Cross-cultural Encounter, Comparative Literature (Fordham University Press, forthcoming). Henry Johnson is Professor in the Department of Music, University of Otago. His recent publications include Performing Japan (Global Oriental, 2008; co-edited with Jerry Jaffe) and The Shamisen (Brill, 2010). Jacqueline Leckie is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago. Her recent publications include an edited collection, Development in an Insecure and Gendered World (Ashgate, 2009), and Localizing Asia in Aotearoa co-edited with Paola Voci (Dunmore Publishing, 2011).
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