Title Asian anthropology / edited by Jan van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari and Syed Farid Alatas

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource Series Anthropology of Asia series Anthropology of Asia series (Richmond upon Thames, London, England) Contents Asian anthropologies and anthropologies in Asia : an introductory essay / Eyal Ben-Ari and Jan van Bremen -- Indigenous and indigenized anthropology in Asia / Grant Evans -- Beyond orthodoxy : social and cultural anthropology in the People's Republic of China / Frank N. Pieke -- Anthropologists of Asia, anthropologists in Asia : the academic mode of production in the semi-periphery / Jerry S. Eades -- Native discourse in the 'academic world system' : Kunio Yanagita's project of global folkloristics reconsidered / Takami Kuwayama -- Korean anthropology : a search for new paradigms / Okpyo Moon -- 'Indigenizing' anthropology in India : problematics of negotiating an identity / Vineeta Sinha -- An Indian anthropology? : what kind of object is it? / Roma Chatterji -- From Volkenkunde to Djurusan antropologi : the emergence of Indonesian anthropology in postwar Indonesia / Michael Prager -- Anthropology and the nation state : applied anthropology in Indonesia / Martin Ramstedt -- Indigenization : features and problems / Syed Farid Alatas Summary Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a universal standard or trajectory for the development of anthropology in Asia, the contributors to this volume begin with the appropriate premise that anthropologies in different Asian countries have developed and continue to develop according to their own internal dynamics. With chapters written by an international group of experts in the field, Asian Anthropology will be a useful teac Analysis Asian anthropology Indigenous anthropology Indigenised anthropology Asia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Ethnology -- Asia -- Philosophy Ethnology -- Asia -- History Philosophy, Asian. Anthropologists -- Attitudes Indigenous peoples -- Education (Higher) Racism in anthropology. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Anthropologists -- Attitudes. Ethnology. Ethnology -- Philosophy. Indigenous peoples -- Education (Higher) Manners and customs. Philosophy, Asian. Racism in anthropology. SUBJECT Asia -- Social life and customs Subject Asia. Genre/Form Electronic books History. Form Electronic book Author Bremen, Jan van, 1946-2005. Ben-Ari, Eyal, 1953- Alatas, Farid, Syed. LC no. 2020690868 ISBN 9781134271009 113427100X 1134271018 9781134271016 1280215739 9781280215735 9786610215737 6610215731 020330814X 9780203308141 9780415349833 0415349834 9781134270965 1134270968

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