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Indigenous Heritage And Identity Of The Last Elephant Catchers In Northeast Thailand

by Alisa Santikarn

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 A case study which examines how the end of elephant catching has affected the heritage and identity of the Kui Ajiang, offering an analysis that calls for close attention to the broader currents of Thai history and the development of Thai environmental and cultural heritage policies.
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Telling Other Tales - Experiencing The Balinese Mask World

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 Since it first mesmerised Western audiences, Balinese masked danceâ€"drama (Topeng) has drawn sustained scholarly attention. Yet until now, much of that attention has been filtered through non-Balinese perspectives. Telling Other Tales seeks to redress this imbalance by presenting Topeng as a living, plural tradition.
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World Heritage And Urban Politics In Melaka, Malaysia - A Cityscape Below The Winds

by Pierpaolo De Giosa

~~60,94€~~ 54,85€ 10% OFF

 World Heritage and Urban Politics in Melaka analyses how the World Heritage 'label' is being used by different actors to generate new economic revenues and to attract investment for large-scale real estate development projects. In doing so, it reveals the complex and often contradictory stories behind heritage designations in urban milieus.
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Beyond Bali - Subaltern Citizens And Post-Colonial Intimacy

by Ana Dragojlovic

~~60,94€~~ 54,85€ 10% OFF

 This ethnography explores how Balinese citizens produce postcolonial intimacy-a complex interaction of claims to proximity and mutuality between themselves and the Dutch under colonialism that continues today.
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Eurasian Encounters - Museums, Missions, Modernities

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 The essays in this volume explore crucial intellectual and cultural exchanges between Asia and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Designs On Pots - Ban Chiang And The Politics Of Heritage In Thailand

by Penny Van Esterik

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 The prehistoric site of Ban Chiang in northeast Thailand challenges the narrative of Thai origins, while at the same time appealing to the public's vision of Thailand as an early centre of civilization. This text explores heritage from a prehistoric perspective that combines cultural and historical material.
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World Heritage And Urban Politics In Melaka, Malaysia - A Cityscape Below The Winds

by Pierpaolo De Giosa

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 World Heritage and Urban Politics in Melaka analyses how the World Heritage 'label' is being used by different actors to generate new economic revenues and to attract investment for large-scale real estate development projects. In doing so, it reveals the complex and often contradictory stories behind heritage designations in urban milieus.
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The Heritage Turn In China - The Reinvention, Dissemination And Consumption Of Heritage

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 This book examines China's heritage practices since the 1990s heritage turn through diverse case studies using multiple disciplinary approaches
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Chinese Heritage In The Making - Experiences, Negotiations And Contestations

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 This book focuses on the contested nature of heritage through the lens of individuals, local communities, religious groups, and heritage experts.
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Beyond Bali - Subaltern Citizens And Post-Colonial Intimacy

by Ana Dragojlovic

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 This ethnography explores how Balinese citizens produce postcolonial intimacy-a complex interaction of claims to proximity and mutuality between themselves and the Dutch under colonialism that continues today.
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Heritage And The Making Of Political Legitimacy In Laos - The Past And Present Of The Lao Nation

by Phill Wilcox

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 Researched through long-term detailed ethnography in the former royal capital of Luang Prabang, itself a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site since 1995, this book takes a fresh look at issues of legitimacy, heritage, and national identity for different members of the Lao population.
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Heritage And Romantic Consumption In China

by Yujie Zhu

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 This book examines how heritage interacts with social-cultural changes and how individuals perform and negotiate their identities through daily practices that include tourism, on the one hand, and the performance of ethnicity on the other.
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Eurasian Encounters - Museums, Missions, Modernities

~~62,18€~~ 55,96€ 10% OFF

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 The essays in this volume explore crucial intellectual and cultural exchanges between Asia and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Indigenous Heritage And Identity Of The Last Elephant Catchers In Northeast Thailand

by Alisa Santikarn

~~175,74€~~ 158,17€ 10% OFF

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 A case study which examines how the end of elephant catching has affected the heritage and identity of the Kui Ajiang, offering an analysis that calls for close attention to the broader currents of Thai history and the development of Thai environmental and cultural heritage policies.
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Resilience As Heritage In Asia

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 This study analyzes forms of collective resilience through manifestations of strength-in-fragility in selected communities in Asia (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand).
Designs On Pots - Ban Chiang And The Politics Of Heritage In Thailand

by Penny Van Esterik

168,98€ + 10% CARD

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 The prehistoric site of Ban Chiang in northeast Thailand challenges the narrative of Thai origins, while at the same time appealing to the public's vision of Thailand as an early centre of civilization. This text explores heritage from a prehistoric perspective that combines cultural and historical material.
ENGLISH

Heritage And The Making Of Political Legitimacy In Laos - The Past And Present Of The Lao Nation

by Phill Wilcox

141,95€ + 10% CARD

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 Researched through long-term detailed ethnography in the former royal capital of Luang Prabang, itself a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site since 1995, this book takes a fresh look at issues of legitimacy, heritage, and national identity for different members of the Lao population.
ENGLISH

World Heritage And Urban Politics In Melaka, Malaysia - A Cityscape Below The Winds

by Pierpaolo De Giosa

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 World Heritage and Urban Politics in Melaka analyses how the World Heritage 'label' is being used by different actors to generate new economic revenues and to attract investment for large-scale real estate development projects. In doing so, it reveals the complex and often contradictory stories behind heritage designations in urban milieus.
ENGLISH

The Heritage Turn In China - The Reinvention, Dissemination And Consumption Of Heritage

182,50€ + 10% CARD

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 This book examines China's heritage practices since the 1990s heritage turn through diverse case studies using multiple disciplinary approaches
ENGLISH

Chinese Heritage In The Making - Experiences, Negotiations And Contestations

182,50€ + 10% CARD

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 This book focuses on the contested nature of heritage through the lens of individuals, local communities, religious groups, and heritage experts.
ENGLISH

Beyond Bali - Subaltern Citizens And Post-Colonial Intimacy

by Ana Dragojlovic

168,98€ + 10% CARD

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 This ethnography explores how Balinese citizens produce postcolonial intimacy-a complex interaction of claims to proximity and mutuality between themselves and the Dutch under colonialism that continues today.
ENGLISH

Eurasian Encounters - Museums, Missions, Modernities

175,74€ + 10% CARD

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 The essays in this volume explore crucial intellectual and cultural exchanges between Asia and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Rereading Huizinga - Autumn Of The Middle Ages, A Century Later

189,26€

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 This edited volume is a reappraisal of the legacy and historiographical impact of Johan Huizinga's 1919 masterwork for the centenary of its publication in the field of medieval history, art history, and cultural studies.
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Heritage And Romantic Consumption In China

by Yujie Zhu

141,95€

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 This book examines how heritage interacts with social-cultural changes and how individuals perform and negotiate their identities through daily practices that include tourism, on the one hand, and the performance of ethnicity on the other.
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