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Shinji Yamashita (Ed.) - Globalization in Southeast Asia: Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives (Asian Anthropologies) - 9781571812551 - V9781571812551
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Globalization in Southeast Asia: Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives (Asian Anthropologies)

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Description for Globalization in Southeast Asia: Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives (Asian Anthropologies) Hardcover. Editor(s): Yamashita, Shinji; Eades, J. S. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 2. Weight in Grams: 518.

The rapid postwar economic growth in the Southeast Asia region has led to a transformation of many of the societies there, together with the development of new types of anthropological research in the region. Local societies with originally quite different cultures have been incorporated into multi-ethnic states with their own projects of nation-building based on the creation of "national cultures" using these indigenous elements. At the same time, the expansion of international capitalism has led to increasing flows of money, people, languages and cultures across national boundaries, resulting in new hybrid social structures and cultural forms.

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Product Details

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571812551
SKU
V9781571812551
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Ref
99-15

About Shinji Yamashita (Ed.)
Shinji Yamashita is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Tokyo.

Reviews for Globalization in Southeast Asia: Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives (Asian Anthropologies)
"This book is a useful resource…one of its more important contributions is that it presents valuable insights into the notion of globalising Southeast Asia and how people deal with this in different parts of Southeast Asia, including the confusion experienced in facing it."  ·  The Asia-Pacific Journal of Anthropology "The papers are well written and as a whole relate ... Read more

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