ABSTRACT
The many points of contact and conflict about culture and identity that exist between Europe and the Asia Pacific are highlighted in this book. This work surveys a variety of issues relating to culture, identity and representation from an interdisciplinary perspective, with contributions from sociology, economics, history, politics, international relations, security studies, museum studies, translation studies and literary and cultural studies. Each brings a different perspective to bear on questions of culture and identity in the contemporary period, and how these relate to the politics of representation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|16 pages
Europe in Asia's imaginary
Disciplinary knowledges and the (mis)representation of cultures
chapter 3|17 pages
Representing ‘old countries'
The strategic representation of culture as heritage in the Asia–Europe Summit Meetings
chapter 8|17 pages
Security communities in East Asia and Europe
Germany, Japan and the politics of alliance
chapter 15|15 pages
The politics of cultural identity
Critical perspectives from Southeast Asia and the South Pacific
