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Titolo: | Modalities of change [[electronic resource] ] : the interface of tradition and modernity in East Asia / / edited by James Wilkerson and Robert Parkin |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.095 |
306.0951 | |
Soggetto topico: | Ethnology - East Asia |
Social change - East Asia | |
National characteristics, Asian | |
Civilization, Modern | |
Soggetto geografico: | East Asia Civilization |
East Asia Social life and customs | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | WilkersonJames <1951-> ParkinRobert <1950-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Prelims - Modalities of Change; Intro- Modalities of Change; Chap 1 - Modalities of Change; Chap 2 - Modalities of Change; Chap 3 - Modalities of Change; Chap 4 - Modalities of Change; Chap 5 - Modalities of Change; Chap 6 - Modalities of Change; Chap 7 - Modalities of Change; Chap 8 - Modalities of Change; Chap 9 - Modalities of Change; Chap 10 - Modalities of Change; Afterword - Modalities of Change; Notes on Contribs - Modalities of Change; Index - Modalities of Change |
Sommario/riassunto: | While in some cases modernity may dominate 'traditional' forms of expression, in others, the modern is embraced as a welcome source of new ideas that can modify 'tradition' while still keeping it within its own bounds. Maintaining a strong and distinct cultural identity with the help of modernity helps representatives of that identity cope with the modern world more generally. By contrast, assimilation to a dominant culture marked as modern is clearly associated with not only the loss of a distinct identity, but also its specific forms of cultural expression. This book explores the consequence |
Titolo autorizzato: | Modalities of change |
ISBN: | 1-283-86649-8 |
0-85745-571-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910452695303321 |
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