| Cultural Governance and Resistance in Pacific Asia Contributor(s): Callahan, William A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415369002 ISBN-13: 9780415369008 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: "In Cultural Governance in Pacific Asia" William A. Callahan examines the politics of culture and the culture of politics in Pacific Asia through case studies on the South Pacific, China, South Korea, Thailand and Southeast Asia. The contexts and cultures of the chapters are wide-ranging and Callahan skillfully ties them together with the objective of analyzing the relation between the states cultural governance and resistance to it. The themes covered include: * Governmentality and cultural production * Popular culture and resistance * East/West relations * Gender, identity and democracy * Civil society, social movements and democracy * National and transnational identity production. This comprehensive text addresses the dynamics between Asian studies and cultural studies, and the overlap between comparative politics and international relations, and as such will appeal to students and scholars of Asian studies, cultural studies, comparative politics, sociology and anthropology alike. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 306.209 |
| LCCN: 2005029115 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.25" W x 9.2" (0.97 lbs) 246 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This text examines the politics of culture and the culture of politics in Pacific Asia through case studies on the South Pacific, China, South Korea, Thailand and Southeast Asia. The contexts and cultures of the chapters are wide-ranging and Callahan skilfully ties them together with the objective of analyzing the relation between the state's cultural governance and resistance to it. The themes covered include:
Cultural Governance and Resistance in Pacific Asia addresses the dynamics between Asian studies and cultural studies, and the overlap between comparative politics and international relations, and as such will appeal to students and scholars of Asian studies, cultural studies, comparative politics, sociology and anthropology alike. |
