Learning places: the afterlives of area studies

Introduction : the "afterlife" of area studies -- Ivory tower in escrow / Masao Miyoshi -- Andō Shōeki : "the forgotten thinker" in Japanese history / Tetsuo Najita -- Objectivism and eradication of critique in Japanese history / Stefan Tanaka -- Theory, area studies, cultural st...

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Other Authors: Miyoshi, Masao (Contributor), Harootunian, Harry D. 1929- (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press c2002
Series:Asia-Pacific : culture, politics, and society
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Summary:Introduction : the "afterlife" of area studies -- Ivory tower in escrow / Masao Miyoshi -- Andō Shōeki : "the forgotten thinker" in Japanese history / Tetsuo Najita -- Objectivism and eradication of critique in Japanese history / Stefan Tanaka -- Theory, area studies, cultural studies : issues of pedagogy in multiculturalism / Rey Chow -- Signs of our times : a discussion of Homi Bhabha's The location of culture / Benita Parry -- Postcoloniality's unconscious/area studies' desire / H.D. Harootunian -- Asian exclusion acts / Sylvia Yanagisako -- Areas, disciplines, and ethnicity / Richard H. Okada -- Can American studies be area studies / Paul A. Bové -- Imagining "Asia-Pacific" today : forgetting colonialism in the magical free markets of the American Pacific / Rob Wilson -- Boundary displacement : the state, the foundations, and area studies during and after the Cold War / Bruce S. Cumings -- The disappearance of modern Japan : Japan and social science / Bernard S. Silberman -- Bad karma in Asia / Moss Roberts -- From politics to culture : modern Japanese literary studies in the age of cultural studies / James A. Fujii -- Questions of Japanese cinema : disciplinary boundaries and invention of scholarly object / Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:viii, 408 p 25 cm
ISBN:9780822383598
0822383594

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