Culture and society in the Asia-Pacific, edited by Richard Maidment and Colin Mackerras

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Culture and society in the Asia-Pacific

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London, New York, Routledge, 1998

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Contents

Preface
p. 1
Chapter 1.
Diversity and convergence in Asia-Pacific society and culture/
Colin Mackerras
Richard Maidment
David Schak
1.1.
Introduction.
p. 1
1.2.
Asian way.
p. 1
1.3.
Diversity in societies and cultures.
p. 5
1.4.
Convergent forces in the Pacific.
p. 8
1.5.
Conclusion: tradition and modernization.
p. 11
Chapter 2.
old and the new/
J. Kathirithamby-Wells
p. 15
2.1.
Introduction: Asia-Pacific integration.
p. 15
2.2.
pre-modern era c. 1500-1800.
p. 16
2.3.
colonial era, c. 1800-1945.
p. 19
2.4.
new era, 1946-.
p. 28
2.5.
Conclusion.
p. 36
Chapter 3.
Population/
Terence T. Hull
p. 39
3.1.
Introduction.
p. 39
3.2.
Peopling East Asia and the Pacific Rim, 5000 BC to AD 2000.
p. 44
3.3.
Expansions, conquests and empires.
p. 46
3.4.
Demographic revolutions.
p. 49
3.5.
Demographic tensions.
p. 53
3.6.
struggle for decent demographic futures.
p. 58
3.7.
Conclusion.
p. 63
Chapter 4.
Migration and the diaspora communities/
Lucie Cheng
Marian Katz
p. 65
4.1.
Introduction.
p. 65
4.2.
Migration and the nation-state.
p. 67
4.3.
Diverse experiences or diverse narratives?.
p. 69
4.4.
Types of diasporas.
p. 72
4.5.
Migration patterns, types of diasporas and diasporic identities.
p. 74
4.6.
Changing configurations.
p. 77
4.7.
Emerging diasporas: a transnational professional/service class?.
p. 84
4.8.
Summary and conclusion.
p. 86
Chapter 5.
Race, ethnicity and language/
Anthony van Fossen
p. 89
5.1.
Six degrees of separation.
p. 89
5.2.
Principal ethnic groups.
p. 90
5.3.
case studies.
p. 92
5.4.
Summary.
p. 111
Chapter 6.
Religion/
Julia Day Howell
p. 115
6.1.
Introduction.
p. 115
6.2.
Which religions?.
p. 116
6.3.
Religions: coming or going in modern East Asia?.
p. 121
6.4.
Emergent patterns in East Asian religion and spirituality.
p. 131
6.5.
Conclusion.
p. 138
Chapter 7.
Education/
John Hawkins
p. 141
7.1.
Introduction.
p. 141
7.2.
Motivation and values in East Asian education.
p. 146
7.3.
Conclusion.
p. 158
Chapter 8.
Women's movements in the Asia-Pacific/
Chilla Bulbeck
p. 163
8.1.
Introduction.
p. 163
8.2.
Comparing the status of women.
p. 164
8.3.
Women's movement activism.
p. 171
8.4.
international traffic in women.
p. 179
8.5.
Conclusion.
p. 181
Chapter 9.
Pacific images/
Stephanie Taylor
p. 185
9.1.
Introduction.
p. 185
9.2.
nature of images.
p. 186
9.3.
relevance of images to the study of the Asia-Pacific.
p. 187
9.4.
image of emptiness.
p. 188
9.5.
primitive islands of love and happiness.
p. 194
9.6.
Changing images of place.
p. 198
9.7.
power of images to construct relationships.
p. 201
9.8.
Conclusion.
p. 205
Chapter 10.
Asia-Pacific cinemas/
Mary Farquhar
Linda Erlich
p. 207
10.1.
Introduction.
p. 207
10.2.
significance of film.
p. 207
10.3.
National cinemas in three locations: Hollywood, Japan and China.
p. 209
10.4.
Backgrounds.
p. 209
10.5.
Narrative.
p. 215
10.6.
Aesthetics.
p. 220
10.7.
Conclusion.
p. 226
Chapter 11.
culture of politics/
Stephanie Lawson
p. 231
11.1.
Introduction.
p. 231
11.2.
idea of culture.
p. 234
11.3.
Culture and the state.
p. 237
11.4.
Asian values debate.
p. 245
11.5.
Conclusion.
p. 249
Acknowledgements.
p. 253
List of contributors.
p. 255
Index.
p. 259

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