Consuming Ethnicity and Nationalism: Asian Experiences

by Kosaku Yoshino

This book is unique in applying a consumption approach to the study of ethnicity and nationalism, thereby challenging the usual "top down" approach to nation-formation. Contributors from a variety of disciplines examine the on-going consumption of minority and national cultures by looking at different forms of consumption, including a national lottery, theme parks, museums, cross-cultural handbooks, popular song, and audio-visual media. Chapters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082482248X
• ISBN13: 9780824822484
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"