Asian Forms of the Nation

ISBN-13: 9780700704033 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 368 str.

Hans Antlov; Stein Tonnesson;Tonnesson

Opis

The general tendency among theorists of nationalism and national identity has been to assume that the modernization process in Asia and Africa is a kind of distorted reflection of a Western precedent; Asian forms of the nation have rarely been seen as independent, alternative models. The aim of this collection is to build on and enforce the theory that Asia is a serious contender in economic discussion. It seeks to demonstrate that in Asia, as well as in Europe, each nation forms a unique amalgam which can be fruitfully compared with others. The relationship between geographical space and national construction is explored in this book.

Spis treści

1: Asia in Theories of Nationalism and National Identity; 2: The Frontiers of Japanese Identity; 3: Maps and the Formation of the Geo-Body of Siam; 4: Annam and Vietnam in the New Indochinese Space, 1887–1945; 5: Gender and Nation in Hindu Nationalism; 6: Contradictions and Ambivalence in the Hindu Nationalist Discourse in West Bengal; 7: ‘This God-Forsaken Country': Filipino Images of the Nation; 8: Blood, Territory and National Identity in Himalayan States; 9: The Karen Making of a Nation; 10: Nationalism Transcending the State: Changing Conceptions of Chinese Identity; 11: The Construction of the Post-Colonial Subject in Malaysia; 12: Nations-of-Intent in Malaysia

O autorze

Stein Tonnesson, Hans Antlov