Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

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1. Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia

   Legacies and Prevention

   Edited by Deborah Mayersen, Annie Pohlman

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   The twentieth century has been labelled the ‘century of genocide’, and according to estimates, more than 250 million civilians were victims of genocide and mass atrocities during this period. This book provides one of the first regional perspectives on mass atrocities in Asia, by exploring the...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Chinese/Vietnamese Diaspora

   Revisiting the boat people

   Edited by Yuk Wah Chan

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Over three decades have passed since the first wave of Indochinese refugees left their homelands. These refugees, mainly the Vietnamese, fled from war and strife in search of a better life elsewhere. By investigating the Vietnamese diaspora in Asia, this book sheds new light on the Asian refugee...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Asia and Latin America

   Political, Economic and Multilateral Relations

   Edited by Jörn Dosch, Olaf Jacob

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Until the late 1980s, Japan was the only country in Asia with notable political and economic relations. Since then, however, several Asian nations have perceived growing links with the Latin American region as a means of diversifying their political and particularly economic relations while...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. Diaspora Literature and Visual Culture

   Asia in Flight

   By Sheng-mei Ma

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   This book offers an incisive and ambitious critique of Asian Diaspora culture, looking specifically at literature and visual popular culture. Sheng-mei Ma’s engaging text discusses issues of self and its relationship with Asian Diaspora culture in the global twenty-first century. Using examples...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Asian Cities, Migrant Labor and Contested Spaces

   Edited by Tai-Chee Wong, Jonathan Rigg

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   This volume explores how migration is playing a central role in the renewing and reworking of urban spaces in the fast growing and rapidly changing cities of Asia. Migration trends in Asia entered a new phase in the 1990s following the end of the Cold War which marked the advent of a renewed phase...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
6. De-Westernizing Communication Research

   Altering Questions and Changing Frameworks

   Edited by Georgette Wang

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   The rise of postmodern theories and pluralist thinking has paved the way for multicultural approaches to communication studies and now is the time for decentralization, de-Westernization, and differentiation. This trend is reflected in the increasing number of communication journals with a national...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
7. Soft Power in Japan-China Relations

   State, sub-state and non-state relations

   By Utpal Vyas

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Soft power has tended to be overlooked in the field of international relations, often dismissed as lacking relevance or robustness as a theoretical concept. This book seeks to expand upon the idea of ‘soft power’ in international relations and to investigate how it actually functions by looking at...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
8. Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asia’s Cities

   Edited by Melissa Butcher, Selvaraj Velayutham

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   This book documents urban experiences of dissent and emergent resistance against disjunctive global and local capital, technology and labour flows that converge and intersect in some of Asia’s fastest growing cities. Rather than constructing occupants of the city as simply passive victims of...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Asian Heritage Management

   Contexts, Concerns, and Prospects

   Edited by Kapila Silva, Neel Kamal Chapagain

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   The prevalent global heritage discourse has been primarily Euro-centric in its origin, premise, and praxis. Diverse cultural, historical, and geographical contexts, such as that of Asia, call for more context-specific approaches to heritage management. This book explores this complexity of managing...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
10. Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia

    Considering the Other through Ethnonyms, Territories and Rituals

    Edited by Christian Culas, François Robinne

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

    South-East Asia is one of the most complex regions in the world as far as ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity is concerned with an extremely rich ancient and contemporary history. Because of this, it offers an exceptionally rich field of study for inter-ethnic relations. This book examines...

    Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge