Cultural transfers in dispute : representations in Asia, Europe, and the Arab world since the Middle Ages

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Cultural transfers in dispute : representations in Asia, Europe, and the Arab world since the Middle Ages

Jörg Feuchter, Friedhelm Hoffmann, Bee Yun, [editors]

(Eigene und fremde Welten : representations of patterns of social order, v. 23)

Campus, c2011

  • : pbk. : alk. paper

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Based on the conference "Transfer in dispute : controversial representations of cultural borrowings in East Asia, the Arab world, and Europe", which was held Nov. 26-28, 2009 in Berlin

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Our conception of cultures and cultural change has altered dramatically in recent decades; no longer do we understand cultures as isolated units, but rather as hybrid formations constantly engaged in a multidirectional process of exchange and influence with other cultures. Yet the very process by which we represent these cultural transfers is itself subject to cultural, political, and ideological conditions that affect our understanding, acknowledgment, and representation of them. Built around concrete examples of controversial representations of cultural transfer from Asia, the Arab world, and Europe, "Cultural Transfers in Dispute" presents a critical self-reflection on the scholarly practices that underpin our attempts to study and describe other cultures.

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