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Contemporary Asian Modernities

Transnationality, Interculturality and Hybridity
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This book is a collection of selected essays presented at the International Symposium on «Contemporary Asian Modernities: Transnationality, Interculturality and Hybridity» hosted by the Humanities Programme of Hong Kong Baptist University in September 2006. As «modernity» has been used to describe the cultural, economic and socio-political conditions in the Western worlds, the time in which we now live and the Asian countries where capitalistic transformation is extensively carried out are already articulating their own descriptions. The essays collected here discuss the notions of «contemporary», «Asia» and «modernities» as they relate to the global trend of adopting capitalism. They probe into questions related to modernity as well as global modernity, ranging from China in particular to Asia in general. As reflected in the pluriversal meanings in the title, the book endeavours to make critical inquiries into the concept of modernity/modernities from different perspectives.

This book is a collection of selected essays presented at the International Symposium on «Contemporary Asian Modernities: Transnationality, Interculturality and Hybridity» hosted by the Humanities Programme of Hong Kong Baptist University in September 2006. As «modernity» has been used to describe the cultural, economic and socio-political conditions in the Western worlds, the time in which we now live and the Asian countries where capitalistic transformation is extensively carried out are already articulating their own descriptions. The essays collected here discuss the notions of «contemporary», «Asia» and «modernities» as they relate to the global trend of adopting capitalism. They probe into questions related to modernity as well as global modernity, ranging from China in particular to Asia in general. As reflected in the pluriversal meanings in the title, the book endeavours to make critical inquiries into the concept of modernity/modernities from different perspectives.

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VerlagPeter Lang
EinbandFester Einband
Erscheinungsjahr2010
Seitenangabe322 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
MasseH22.6 cm x B15.0 cm x D2.2 cm 524 g
Auflage10001 A. 1. Auflage
ReiheWelten Ostasiens / Worlds of East Asia / Mondes de l'Extrême-Orient
AutorMan Kit Wah, Eva (Hrsg.) / Chu, Yiu Wai (Hrsg.)

Alle Bände der Reihe "Welten Ostasiens / Worlds of East Asia / Mondes de l'Extrême-Orient"

Über den Autor Eva (Hrsg.) Man Kit Wah

The Editors: Yiu-wai Chu is Professor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature and Head of the Humanities Progamme at Hong Kong Baptist University. His research focuses on postcolonialism, globalization, Hong Kong cinema, and Cantopop lyrics. Eva Kit-wah Man is Professor at the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her academic research areas include comparative aesthetics, neo-Confucian philosophy, feminist aesthetics and philosophy, gender studies and cultural studies. She was named AMUW Woman Chair Professor of the 100th Anniversary of Marquette University in Wisconsin, U.S. in 2009.

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