What about Asia? : : revisiting Asian studies / / edited by Josine Stremmelaar and Paul van der Velde.

Asian studies have become increasingly popular as Asia grew in importance worldwide. In the past decade, the use of area studies, as well as their legitimacy, have been subject of a debate during conferences and in academic journals. Conceptualisation of

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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (107 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • What about Asia? : revisiting Asian studies / Josine Stremmelaar and Paul van der Velde
  • Asian studies and the discourse of the human sciences / Gananath Obeyesekere
  • Area studies in a changing world / Peter van der Veer
  • Asia as a form of knowledge : of analyses , (re) production, and consumption / Shamsul A.B.
  • A little knowledge is a useful thing : paradoxes in the Asian studies experience in Australia / Robert Cribb
  • The ebb and flow od ASEM studies / Yeo Lay Hwee
  • Re-orienting Asian studies / Paul van der Veer.