Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific (Pacific Studies) (Open University Pacific Studies Course)

by Colin Mackerras (Editor), Colin Mackerras (Editor), Colin Mackerras (Editor)

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  1998

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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.