Anthropology and colonialism in Asia and Oceania / / [edited by] Jan van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu
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| Titolo: |
Anthropology and colonialism in Asia and Oceania / / [edited by] Jan van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (418 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 301/.095 |
| Soggetto topico: | Anthropology - Asia - History |
| Anthropology - Oceania - History | |
| Colonies - Asia - History | |
| Colonies - Oceania - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Colonies Asia History Congresses |
| Colonies Oceania History Congresses | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
BremenJan van <1946-2005.>
ShimizuAkitoshi <1942->
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| Note generali: | This volume owes its origins to the workshop 'Colonial anthropology in East and South-East Asia: a comparative view' which met in 1995 on 18-20 May in the Centre for Japanese and Korean Studies in the University of Leiden in the Netherlands--P. xi. |
| Reprinted 2000. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Anthropology in colonial contexts : historical and comparative perspectives -- pt. 2. Japanese anthropology in colonial contexts : East Asia, South-East Asia and Oceania -- pt. 3. Dutch anthropology in colonial contexts : South-East Asia. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | For a time it was almost a cliche to say that anthropology was a handmaiden of colonialism - by which was usually meant 'Western' colonialism. And this insinuation was assumed to somehow weaken the theoretical claims of anthropology and its fieldwork achievements.What this collection demonstrates is that colonialism was not only a Western phenomenon, but 'Eastern' as well. And that Japanese or Chinese anthropologists were also engaged in studying subject peoples.But wherever they were and whoever they were anthropologists always had a complex and problematic relationship with the colon |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Anthropology and colonialism in Asia and Oceania |
| ISBN: | 0-203-03667-0 |
| 1-283-96270-5 | |
| 1-136-10586-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463410903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Anthropology of Asia series (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)