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The Discursive Construction of Southeast Asia in 19th-Century Colonial-Capitalist Discourse (Asian history series)
Farish A. Noor
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Hardcover. Noor offers a close account of the construction of Southeast Asia in the nineteenth century by the forces of capitalism and imperialism. Series: Asian history series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
The nations of Southeast Asia today are rapidly integrating economically and politically, but that integration is also counterbalanced by forces ranging from hyper-nationalism to disputes over cultural ownership throughout the region. Those forces, Farish A. Noor argues in this book, have their roots in the region's failure to come to a critical understanding of how current national and cultural identities in the region came about. To remedy that, Noor offers a close account of the construction of Southeast Asia in the nineteenth century by the forces of capitalism and imperialism, and shows how that construct remains a potent aspect of ... Read more
The nations of Southeast Asia today are rapidly integrating economically and politically, but that integration is also counterbalanced by forces ranging from hyper-nationalism to disputes over cultural ownership throughout the region. Those forces, Farish A. Noor argues in this book, have their roots in the region's failure to come to a critical understanding of how current national and cultural identities in the region came about. To remedy that, Noor offers a close account of the construction of Southeast Asia in the nineteenth century by the forces of capitalism and imperialism, and shows how that construct remains a potent aspect of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Condition
New
Series
Asian history series
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789089648846
SKU
V9789089648846
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About Farish A. Noor
Farish A. Noor is Professor of Southeast Asian History at the Faculty of Arts, University Malaya.
Reviews for The Discursive Construction of Southeast Asia in 19th-Century Colonial-Capitalist Discourse (Asian history series)
'This is a truly excellent work, both insightful and highly original - a very rare text indeed. It constitutes a major and highly detailed contribution to the field with specific reference to the way in which the idea of "Southeast Asia" emerged as the product of discursive construction during the colonial era. This is a critique of Orientalism that has ... Read more