Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific
Seiten
1998
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-17277-6 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-17277-6 (ISBN)
This is an important text examining the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia-Pacific at the end of the Twentieth Century.
This important new text examines the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia- Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century.
It takes a close look at those areas which have affected the everyday life of the people most directly. These include:
* the family
* gender relations and the position of women
* religion
* the arts, with specific reference to film
* ethnic relations and population migration
* education, and the images of the Asia-Pacific.
The authors discuss real tensions between tradition and modernity in different nations of the Asia-Pacific, exploring the effects that economic growth has on powerful traditional cultures.
This important new text examines the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia- Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century.
It takes a close look at those areas which have affected the everyday life of the people most directly. These include:
* the family
* gender relations and the position of women
* religion
* the arts, with specific reference to film
* ethnic relations and population migration
* education, and the images of the Asia-Pacific.
The authors discuss real tensions between tradition and modernity in different nations of the Asia-Pacific, exploring the effects that economic growth has on powerful traditional cultures.
Mackerras, Colin; Maidment, Richard
1 Introduction 2 The old and the new 3 Population 4 Migration & the diaspora communities 5 Race, ethnicity and language 6 Religion 7 Education 8 Womens movements in the Pacific 9 Pacific Images 10 Pacific Cinemas 11 The culture of politics
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.6.1998 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
Gewicht | 816 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 0-415-17277-2 / 0415172772 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-17277-6 / 9780415172776 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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