| Description |
259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
ICAS publication series. Edited volumes ; 8 |
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ICAS publication series. Edited volumes ; 8
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| Contents |
Introduction : crossroad civilisations and bricolage identities / Erich Kolig, Sam Wong, Vivienne SM. Angeles -- Asia and the global world : identities, values, rights / Elena Asciutti -- Creating 'Malaysians' : a case study of an urban kampung in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia / Toru Ueda -- Ethnic mosaic and the cultural nationalism of Bhutan / Rup Kumar Barman -- Religion and cultural nationalism : socio-political dynamism of communal violence in India / Sali Augustine -- Is identity clash inevitable? Identity and network building amongst mainland Chinese migrants in Hong Kong / Sam Wong -- Socio-economic crisis and its consequences on a little known tribal community in West Bengal, India / Samar Kumar Biswas -- Post-colonialism, globalism, nativism : reinventing English in a post-colonial space / Krishna Sen -- Occidentalism and Asian middle-class identities : notes on birthday cakes in an Indian context / Minna Säävälä -- Ode to 'personal challenge' : reconsidering Japanese groupism and the role of Beethoven's Ninth in catering to socio-cultural needs / Eddy Y.L. Chang -- Performing cosmopolitan clash and collage : Krishen Jit's stagings of the 'Stranger' in Malaysia / Charlene Rajendran -- Constructing identity : visual expressions of Islam in the predominantly Catholic Philippines / Vivienne SM. Angeles -- Islam and Orientalism in New Zealand : the challenges of multiculturalism, human rights and national security - and the return of the Xenophobes / Erich Kolig |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Cultural pluralism -- Asia.
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Ethnicity -- Asia.
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Globalization -- Asia.
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Nationalism -- Asia.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005646
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| Author |
Angeles, Vivienne S. M., 1944-
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Kolig, Erich.
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Wong, Sam.
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| ISBN |
9089641270 (paperback) |
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9789089641274 (paperback) |
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