Palmer, Edwina.

Asian Futures, Asian Traditions.

Global Oriental Ltd Folkestone. 2005 442pp, appendix, index, dustjacket. Focuses on the global challenges, combined with an increasing interest in re-examining important socio-economic, political and cultural issues of Asia's past, as well as any 'historic' mythology that may be at play. This volume includes about twenty papers. Includes: The Invention and Reinvention of Tradition in Japan - Edwina Palmer; Structural Features of the Organization of Imperial Women in China's Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) - Ellen Souillere; Deconstructing the Diaspora: The Construction of Chinese-Indonesian Identity in Post-Suharto Indonesia - Pamela Allen; Lat's The Kampung Boy: Rural Malays in Tradition and Transition - Rohani Hashim; Music for the Black-necked Cranes of Bhutan - Elaine Dobson; Malay and Japanese Idioms Denoting Human Emotions and Attributes - Yuko Fujimura.

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