Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific

Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781134691289
ISBN-13 : 1134691289
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific by : Colin Mackerras

Download or read book Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific written by Colin Mackerras and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific Related Books

Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Colin Mackerras
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-07-28 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 Centur
The Trans-Pacific Imagination
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: Naoki Sakai
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: World Scientific

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Introduction: the trans-Pacific imagination - Rethinking boundary, culture and society / Naoki Sakai and Hyon Joo Yoo -- Towards a transnational history of vict
Global/Local
Language: en
Pages: 410
Authors: Rob Wilson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-05-27 - Publisher: Duke University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This groundbreaking collection focuses on what may be, for cultural studies, the most intriguing aspect of contemporary globalization—the ways in which the po
Asia-Pacific
Language: en
Pages:
Authors:
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Painting the City Red
Language: en
Pages: 422
Authors: Yomi Braester
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-07 - Publisher: Duke University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Painting the City Red illuminates the dynamic relationship between the visual media, particularly film and theater, and the planning and development of cities i