As a continent lying to the east of Europe, Asia has been malleable to different spatial and temporal imaginations and politics. Recent scholarship has highlighted how the seemingly self-contained regional configurations of West and Central Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and East Asia carved by the...

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Other Authors:	Acri, Andrea 1981- (Editor), Mukherjee, Sraman ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor), Jha, Murari Kumar 1977- (Editor), Ghani, Kashshaf ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute 2019
Subjects:	Geschichte Regionalisierung Asia / Civilization / Congresses Asien Aufsatzsammlung
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	As a continent lying to the east of Europe, Asia has been malleable to different spatial and temporal imaginations and politics. Recent scholarship has highlighted how the seemingly self-contained regional configurations of West and Central Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and East Asia carved by the Area Studies paradigm reflect changing (geo)political and economic interests than historical or cultural root. This volume advances the question as to what Asia is, and as to whether there existed one or many Asia(s). It seeks to explore Asian societies as interconnected formations through trajectories/networks of circulation of people, ideas, and objects in the longue durée. Moving beyond the divides of Area Studies scholarship and the arbitrary borders set by late colonial empires and the rise of post-colonial nation-states, this volume maps critically the configuration of contact zones in which mobile bodies, minds, and cultures interact to foster new images, identities, and imaginations of Asia
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Jan 2020)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (x, 438 Seiten)
ISBN:	9789814818865