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...
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| Format: | Électronique e-book |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Leiden, The Netherlands :
Global Oriental,
2011.
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| Accès en ligne: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Résumé: | "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 centre not as a single site towards which all is oriented, but as a zone of encounter, exchange and contestation."--Publisher's description. |
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| Description matérielle: | xiv, 339 p. : ill. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |