Publication

2011 - Global Oriental, Leiden, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

86,500 words, Guess

Page Count

346 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC950
  • LCCDS33.2 .R39 2011

Description

"These essays argue that recentring Asia necessitates a revision not only of notions of Asia but also of the centre itself. On the one hand, recentring Asia asserts the centrality of Asia, especially overlooked Asian histories, encounters and identities, to world history, culture and geopolitics. On the other hand, the concept of recentring provides a way to address and rethink the concept of the centre, a term critical to Asian Studies, area studies and, more broadly, to the study of globalization, postcolonialism, diaspora, modernism and modernity. Drawing on new approaches in these fields, Recentring Asia forces the reader to rethink the centre not as a single site towards which all is oriented, but as a zone of encounter, exchange and contestation."--Publisher's description.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Recentring Asia: histories, encounters, identitiesGlobal Oriental2011-01-01

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