Southeast Asian Culture and Heritage in a Globalising World: Diverging Identities in a Dynamic Region

ISBN-13: 9781138270923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 192 str.

Rahil Ismail; Brian Shaw

Opis

Illustrated by a series of international case studies, this book provides an interdisciplinary cover view of heritage, culture and identity in this dynamic region and demonstrates how the forces of 'post-colonialism' in their various manifestations are accelerating social change and creating new and 'imagined' communities.

Recenzje

'The idea of Southeast Asia as a cultural "crossroads'"has a long history. This edited volume brings the crossroads leitmotif right up to the present in an eclectic collection of papers in which most scholars of contemporary social and cultural change in Southeast Asia will find rich rewards.' Jonathan Rigg, University of Durham, UK 'Historically Southeast Asia has often been portrayed as a region of "fragmented identity" between the two larger cultural realms of East Asia and the Indian sub-continent. This excellent collection of essays explores how Southeast Asian nations and people are reshaping their identity in the face of global regional and local influences by taking control of their diverse identities through the rewriting of the heritage in the landscapes of post modernism.' Terry McGee, University of British Columbia, Canada

O autorze

Dr Rahil Ismail is Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Dr Brian Shaw is Senior Lecturer in the School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, The University of Western Australia; and Dr Ooi Giok Ling is Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.