Margaret Sleeboom

Academic Nations in China and Japan (eBook, ePUB)

Framed by Concepts of Nature, Culture and the Universal

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Chinese and Japanese people's descriptions of themselves and each other differ vastly and contrast starkly with Western perceptions. This book explores human categories and how academics classify themselves and the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134376148
• Artikelnr.: 38402299

Autorenporträt

Margaret Sleeboom teaches anthropology at Amsterdam University and is a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I - Framing the Nation 1. Introduction: Framing the Nation in China
and Japan 2. The Power of National Symbols: The Might of a Chinese Dragon
3. The Coherent Force of Struggle and Diversity in Chinese Nationalism
Part II - Group Categorization 5. Culturalist Categorization 6. Global
Categorization Part III - Group Framing Habits and Strategies 7. Grouping
8. Framing the Nation in the Short History of the International research
Centre for Japanese Culture (Nichibunken, 1987 - ) 9. Nation-Centred
Political Strategies in Academic Thought, Examples from China and Japan 10.
Nation Framing as an Academic Strategy in the PRC 11. Core Themes and an
Outlook on Future Research