Framing Asian Studies : : Geopolitics and Institutions /

Framing Asian Studies : : Geopolitics and Institutions / / ed. by Albert Tzeng, William L. Richter, Ekaterina Koldunova.

This book explores the interconnection between geopolitical context and the ways this context frames our knowledge about Asia, highlighting previously neglected cause-effect relations. It also examines how various knowledge institutions promote and shape Asian Studies. The authors seek to explain wh...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018
MitwirkendeR:
Choudhury, Maitreyee,
Hughes, Kirrilee,
Jaskūnas, Valdas,
Koldunova, Ekaterina,
Kuo, Huei-Ying,
Lee, Claire Seungeun,
Ohlendorf, Hardina,
Richter, William L.,
Tankha, Brij Mohan,
Tirtosudarmo, Riwanto,
Tzeng, Albert,
Wijers, Gea D.M.,
HerausgeberIn:
Koldunova, Ekaterina,
Richter, William L.,
Tzeng, Albert,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (289 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • The Contributors
  • 1. Introduction: Framing Asian Studies
  • Part I. Contested "Asia"
  • 2. From Oriental Studies to Asian Studies: The Metamorphosis of the Western Mind
  • 3. Geopolitical and Social Framings of Australia's "Asia Literacy"
  • 4. Maps as Illustrations and Logos: Geopolitical Construction of Asia and South Asia
  • Part II. Geopolitical Framing of Western Discourse
  • 5. From Geertz to Ricklefs: The Changing Discourse on Javanese Religion and its Wider Contexts
  • 6. Framing Cambodian Affairs: French and American Scholarship, Media and Geopolitics
  • 7. Studying Taiwan: The Politics of Area Studies in the United States and Europe
  • Part III. Asian Studies in Former Soviet States
  • 8. Southeast Asian Studies in Russia: Agents against Structural Limits
  • 9. India Studies in Soviet Lithuania: Approaching Asia from Outside the Establishment
  • Part IV. Inter-Asian Gazes
  • 10. Indian Understandings of Asia
  • 11. South Seas Chinese in Colonial Classifications
  • 12. Chinese Studies in Japan and South Korea: Geopolitics, Local Embeddedness and Knowledge
  • Index

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