Asian Self-Representation at World's Fairs /

Asian Self-Representation at World's Fairs / / William Peterson.

International expositions or "world's fairs" are the largest and most important stage on which millions routinely gather to directly experience, express, and respond to cultural difference. Rather than looking at Asian representation at the hands of colonizing powers, something alread...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Peterson, William,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Asian Visual Cultures ; 8
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Physical Description:1 online resource (318 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Works Cited
  • Note on Asian Names
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Master of the Form
  • 3. The New China and Chinese-Americanness
  • 4. Performing Japan in the ‘World of Tomorrow’
  • 5. From ‘Panda Diplomacy’ to Acrobat Diplomacy
  • 6. Fashion, Dance, and Representing the Filipina
  • 7. Performing Modernity under Sukarno’s ‘Roving Eye’
  • 8. Maximizing Affect, Minimizing Impact with Hansik
  • 9. Hard and Soft Power in the Thai Pavilion
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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