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Culture and Society in the Asia Pacific

Paperback

Main Details

Title Culture and Society in the Asia Pacific
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Richard Maidment
Edited by Colin Mackerras
Edited by David Schak
SeriesOpen University Pacific Studies Course
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 246,Width 189
Category/GenreAsian and Middle Eastern history
ISBN/Barcode 9780415172783
ClassificationsDewey:306.091823
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations illustrations facsimiles, maps

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 4 June 1998
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific takes up the crucial social and cultural factors in the rise of the Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century. Two interrelated themes are central. The first is the tension between tradition and modernity in an economically expanding region. Most of the nations of the Asia-Pacific have powerful traditional cultures, which have themselves exerted strong influence over their neighbours. At the same time, they have undergone the impact of Western culture and those phenomena which make up the modern world. The other theme is the impact on society and culture which a growing economy exerts. At the same time as their economies are growing, the societies and cultures of the nations in and around the Pacific Ocean are undergoing enormous changes which have radically altered the life of the average person at the end of the twentieth century and made it very different from that of their parents' generation, let alone their grandparents. The areas of concern to this volume are those which affect the everyday life of the people most directly. These include the family, gender relations and the position of women, religion, the arts and in particular film, ethnic relations, population migration education, and the images of the Pacific. Richard Maidmount Open University, UK; Prof Colin Mackerras Griffith University, Australia; David Schak Griffith University, Australia; J. Kathirithamby-Wells, Cambridge, UK; C