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Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific

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  • Title: Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific
  • Author : Colin Mackerras & Richard Maidment
  • Release Date : January 28, 2005
  • Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 9706 KB

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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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