Recentring Asia: Histories, Encounters, Identities

by Jacob Edmond and Henry Johnson

These essays argue that recentring Asia necessitates a revision not only of notions of Asia but also of the centre itself. On the one hand, recentring Asia asserts the centrality of overlooked Asian histories, encounters and identities to world history, culture and geopolitics. On the other hand, recentring provides a way to address and rethink the concept of the centre, a term critical to Asian Studies, area studies and, more broadly, to the study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906876258
• ISBN13: 9781906876258
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.7"