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Title Asian forms of the nation / edited by Stein Tonnesson and Hans Antlov
Published Richmond, Surrey : Curzon, 1996

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Description 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Series Studies in Asian topics / Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 0142-6208 ; 23
Studies on Asian topics ; no. 23
Contents Asia in theories of nationalism and national identity / by Stein Tønnesson and Hans Antlöv -- The frontiers of Japanese identity / by Tessa Morris-Suzuki -- Maps and the formation of the geo-body of Siam / by Thongchai Winichakul -- Annam and Vietnam in the new Indochinese space, 1887-1945 / by Christopher E. Goscha -- Gender and nation in Hindu nationalism / by Peter van der Veer -- Contradictions and ambivalence in the Hindu nationalist discourse in West Bengal / by Arild Engelsen Ruud -- "This God-forsaken country" : Filipino images of the nation / by Niels Mulder -- Blood, territory, and national identity in Himalayan states / by Graham E. Clarke -- The Karen making of a nation / by Mikael Gravers -- Nationalism transcending the state : changing conceptions of Chinese identity / by Torbjörn Lodén -- The construction of the post-colonial subject in Malaysia / by C.W. Watson -- Nations-of-intent in Malaysia / by Shamsul A.B
Summary "The general tendency among theorists in nationalism and national identity has been to assume that the modernization process in Asia and Africa is a kind of distorted reflection of a Western precedent; Asian forms of the nation have rarely been seen as independent, alternative models. Among today's leading theoreticians, there is a growing tendency to take Asia seriously, and to include Asian examples in the general discussion. The aim of the present collection is to build on and reinforce this tendency. It does not postulate any specifically Asian form of the nation, as opposed to a Western one. Rather, it seeks to demonstrate that in Asia, as well as in Europe, each nation forms a unique amalgam which can be compared fruitfully with others. History, culture and geography have posed various kinds of limits to what can be imagined (as Benedict Anderson puts it). The relationship between geographical space and national construction is explored in depth here."--Jacket
Notes Based on papers from a workshop on Comparative Approaches to National Identity in Asia, held at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies in May 1994
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [348]-352
Subject Nation-state.
Nationalism -- Asia.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Antlöv, Hans.
Tønnesson, Stein.
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
International Conference on "Comparative Approaches to National Identity in Asia" (1994 : Nordic Institute Of Asian Studies, Copenhagen)
LC no. 2004351870
ISBN 0700704035 (hbk)
0700704426 (paperback)