Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific

ISBN-13: 9780415172783 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 320 str.

Richard Maidment; Colin Mackerras

Opis

This text examines the crucial social and cultural factors in the rise of the Pacific region at the end of the 20th century. Two interrelated themes are central. The first is the tension between tradition and modernity in an economically expanding region. Most of the nations of the Asia-Pacific have powerful traditional cultures, which have themselves exerted strong influence over their neighbours. At the same time, they have undergone the impact of Western culture and those phenomena which make up the modern world.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Mackerras, Colin; Maidment, Richard