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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813433203321

Titolo

Asian material culture / / edited by Marianne Hulsbosch (senior editor), Elizabeth Bedford and Martha Chaiklin (co-editors)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-40180-7

9786612401800

90-485-0817-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

ICAS publications series. Edited volumes ; ; 4

Classificazione

73.20

Altri autori (Persone)

HulsboschMarianne

BedfordElizabeth

ChaiklinMartha <1960->

Disciplina

301

306.095

Soggetti

Material culture - East Asia

Material culture - Asia

East Asia Social life and customs

Asia Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Foreword; ASIAN MATERIAL CULTURE IN CONTEXT; MOON CAKES AND THE CHINESE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL: A MATTER OF HABITUS; UP IN THE HAIR: STRANDS OF MEANING IN WOMEN'S ORNAMENTAL HAIR ACCESSORIES IN EARLY MODERN JAPAN; NONYA BEADWORK AND CONTEMPORARY PERANAKAN CHINESE CULTURE IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA; EVERYBODY WAS KUNG-FU FIGHTING: THE LION DANCE AND CHINESE NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES; WORKS LIKE A CHARM: CULTURAL TOURISM, COLOUR AND ITS EFFICACY IN CHINESE MIAO TRADITIONAL DRESS

FLUTTERING LIKE FLOWERS IN A SUMMER'S BREEZE: HAIR JEWELLERY OF CHRISTIAN MOLUCCAN WOMEN OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIESTENSION ON THE BACK-STRAP LOOM; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

An informative overview of the materiality of Asian cultures and the ways in which objects and practices can embody and also exhibit



individual as well as collective tastes and values