Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific (Pacific Studies)

✍ Scribed by R. Maidment

Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 224
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This important new text examines the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia- Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century.It takes a close look at those areas which have affected the everyday life of the people most directly. These include: the family gender relations and the position of women religion the arts, with specific reference to film ethnic relations and population migration education, and the images of the Asia-Pacific.The authors discuss real tensions between tradition and modernity in different nations of the Asia-Pacific, exploring the effects that economic growth has on powerful traditional cultures.

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