Author : John Clark
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 2020-01-15
Category :
ISBN : 9789811407208
John Clark's magisterial The Asian Modern reconstructs the notion of art and its historiography. Writing the history of the Asian modern through the social life of artists, he generates a new paradigm for the narration of art. Both volumes meticulously chart his analysis of art in Asia from the 1850s to the present day, and are an invaluable resource for the scholar and layman alike.
Author : C.J.W.-L. Wee
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789622098596
How does one comprehend the phenomenon of the modernization of an Asian society in a globalized East Asian context? With this opening question, the author proceeds to give an account of how the modernization processes for postcolonial societies in Asia, such as those of India, Malaysia, and Singapore, are fraught with collaborations and conflicts between different socio-political, historical, economic, and cultural agents. Such ambivalent dynamics contribute to what Wee argues as a 'revealing distortion' of the extant models of Western modernity, which is nonetheless rooted in the politics of worldwide capitalism. Wee's narrative refuses to accept the uncritical interpretation of the modernizing processes in Asia as liberation from the hegemony of Euro-American capitalism. But neither is Wee prepared to concede that all cultural initiatives in the postcolonial societies are, therefore, denied all power to devise alternative forms of expression in the face of this haunting presence. It is the persistent effort to see the many faces of modernization in Asia in their full complexity that sets this study apart. Readers will discover that what seems to be the modernization of a single geopolitical entity is inevitably linked to the dynamics of various agents in other locations at different times, which makes us reflect on the existence of the many 'distortions' in our societies.
Author : John Clark
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 33,14 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780824821425
A seminal publication focusing on the modern art of Japan, China, India, Thailand, and Indonesia. A significant and challenging contribution to the discussion of the advent of modernism in Asia.
Author : Nora A. Taylor
Publisher : Southeast Asia Program Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,24 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Art, Modern
ISBN : 9780877277866
This anthology explores artistic practices and works from a diverse and vibrant region. Scholars, critics, and curators offer their perspectives on Southeast Asian art and artists, aiming not to define the field but to Illuminate its changing nature and Its Interactions with creative endeavors and histories originating elsewhere. These essays examine a range of new and modern work, from sculptures that Invoke post-conflict trauma In Cambodia to Thai art Installations that Invite audience participation and thereby challenge traditional definitions of the "art obJect." In this way, the authors not only provide a lively stUdy of regional art, but challenge and expand broad debates about international and transnational art.
Author : Prasenjit Duara
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,92 MB
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0585463859
In this powerful and provocative book, Prasenjit Duara uses the case of Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state in northeast China from 1932-1945, to explore how such antinomies as imperialism and nationalism, modernity and tradition, and governmentality and exploitation interacted in the post-World War I period. His study of Manchukuo, which had a population of 40 million and was three times the area of Japan, catalyzes a broader understanding of new global trends that characterized much of the twentieth century. Asking why Manchukuo so desperately sought to appear sovereign, Duara examines the cultural and political resources it mobilized to make claims of sovereignty. He argues that Manchukuo, as a transparently constructed 'nation-state,' offers a unique historical laboratory for examining the utilization and transformation of circulating global forces mediated by the 'East Asian modern.' Sovereignty and AUthenticity not only shows how Manchukuo drew technologies of modern nationbuilding from China and Japan, but it provides a window into how some of these techniques and processes were obscured or naturalized in the more successful East Asian nation-states. With its sweepingly original theoretical and comparative perspectives on nationalism and imperialism, this book will be essential reading for all those interested in contemporary history.
Author : Jan Romein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 31,88 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Asia
ISBN :
Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 24,40 MB
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674365410
The twenty-first century has been dubbed the Asian Century. Highlighting diverse thinker-politicians rather than billionaire businessmen, Makers of Modern Asia presents eleven leaders who theorized and organized anticolonial movements, strategized and directed military campaigns, and designed and implemented political systems.
Author : John Clark
Publisher :
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 12,4 MB
Release : 2020-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789811406072
John Clark's magisterial The Asian Modern reconstructs the notion of art and its historiography. Writing about the history of the Asian modern through the social life of artists, he generates a new paradigm for the narration of art. The Asian Modern meticulously charts his analysis of art in Asia from the 1850s to the present day, and is an invaluable resource for the scholar and layman alike.
Author : Sumei Wang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 20,13 MB
Release : 2021-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 900447062X
The East Asian Modern Girl reports the long-neglected experiences of modern women in East Asia during the interwar period. The edited volume includes original studies on the modern girl in Taiwan, Korea, Manchuria, Japan, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, which reveal differentiated forms of colonial modernity, influences of global media and the struggles of women at the time. The advent of the East Asian modern girl is particularly meaningful for it signifies a separation from traditional Confucian influences and progression toward global media and capitalism, which involves high political and economic tension between the East and West. This book presents geo-historical investigations on the multi-force triggered phenomenon and how it eventually contributed to greater post-war transformations.
Author : C. J. Wan-ling Wee
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 26,31 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9789971693923
