Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific

<p>This important new text examines the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia- Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century.<br>It takes a close look at those areas which have affected the everyday life of the people most directly. These include:<br>* the family<br>* gender relations and the position of women<br>* religion<br>* the arts with specific reference to film<br>* ethnic relations and population migration<br>* education and the images of the Asia-Pacific.<br>The authors discuss real tensions between tradition and modernity in different nations of the Asia-Pacific exploring the effects that economic growth has on powerful traditional cultures.</p>