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Worlding Multiculturalisms - The Politics of Inter-Asian Dwelling (Paperback)
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Worlding Multiculturalisms - The Politics of Inter-Asian Dwelling (Paperback)
Series: Political Theories in East Asian Context
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Worlding multiculturalisms are practices that infuse our arbitrary
cultural lives with new things from other cultures in poetic ways
to enable us to dwell and be at home with the complexity of the
world. In the context of the crisis of multiculturalism in the West
and the growing obsolescence of state-based multiculturalism in the
postcolonial world, this book offers examples of new practices of
worlding multiculturalisms that go beyond issues of immigration,
integration and identity. Contrasting Western and Asian notions of
multiculturalism, this book does not focus on state issues, but
rather, highlights manifestations of cultural exchange. The
chapters draw on cultural studies approaches to document instances
of worlding multiculturalisms that bring Asian cultures into
conflict, dialogue and settlement with each other. Instances
include an Asian American return novel set in Penang, the cultural
productions and street performances of democracy marches in
Malaysia, the campaigns to reclaim public spaces and citizenship
rights by migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, the imaginary
vistas opened up by Japanese popular culture consumed throughout
Asia, the localisations of casino complexes in Macau and a shopping
mall in Seoul, and an old municipal cemetery being defended from
urban redevelopment in Singapore. Rather than merely globalizing
forms of political diversity, these are instances with the
potential to transform social relations and the very terms of
cultural exchange. Worlding Multiculturalisms offers a truly
interdisciplinary examination of multiculturalism in action. As
such, it will appeal to students and scholars of cultural studies,
Asian studies, Asian culture and society, cultural anthropology and
sociology and political sociology.
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