Expressions of Cambodia : the politics of tradition, identity, and change
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Expressions of Cambodia : the politics of tradition, identity, and change
（RoutledgeCurzon contemporary Southeast Asia series, 12）
Routledge, 2012
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"First published 2006 ... First issued in paperback 2012"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-222) and index
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Description
Taking a theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, the essays in this collection provide compelling insight into contemporary Cambodian culture at home and abroad. The book represents the first sustained exploration of the relationship between cultural productions and practices, the changing urban landscape and the construction of identity and nation building twenty-five years after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime. As such, the team of international contributors address the politics of development and conservation, tradition and modernity within the global economy, and transmigratory movements of the twenty-first century.
Expressions of Cambodia presents a new dimension to the Cambodian studies by engaging the country in current debates about globalization and the commodification of culture, post-colonial politics and identity constructions. Timely and much-needed, this volume brings Cambodia back into dialogue with its neighbours, and in so doing, valuably contributes to the growing field of Southeast Asian cultural studies.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Politics of Tradition, Identity and Change Part 1: Re-Scripting Angkor Subscripts: Reading Cambodian Pasts, Presents and Futures through Graffiti. When Ancient "Glory" Meets Modern "Tragedy": Angkor and the Khmer Rouge in Contemporary Tourism. The Fascination for Angkor Wat and the Ideology of the Visible Part 2: Identity and the Liminal Space Sitting between Two Chairs: Cambodia's Dual Citizenship Debate. Refractions of Home: Exile, Memory and Diasporic Longing. Rapping (in) the Homeland: Of Gangs, Angka, and the Cambodian Diasporic Identity Part 3: Performing Tradition Weaving into Cambodia: Negotiated Ethnicity in the (Post)Colonial Silk Industry. A Burned-Out Theatre: The State of Cambodia's Performing Arts. The (Re)emergence of Cambodian Women Writers at Home and Abroad Part 4: Engaging Modernity Entrepreneurialism and Charisma: Two Modes of Doing Business in Post-Pol Pot Cambodian Buddhism. Touring Memories of the Khmer Rouge (Anlong Veng). Khmer Women and Global Factories
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