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This exciting, richly illustrated volume gives the reader a unique insight into the materiality of Asian cultures and the ways in which objects and practices can simultaneously embody and exhibit aesthetic and functional characteristics, everyday and spiritual aspirations. Material culture is examined from a variety of perspectives and the authors rigorously investigate the creation and meaning of material object, and their associated practices within the context of time and place. All chapters in this volume are representative, rather than exhaustive, in their portrayal of Asian material culture. Nevertheless, they clearly demonstrate that the objects, seen as material evidence of culture, are entities that resonate with discourses of human relationships, personal and group identity formation, ethics and values, histories, determination of ethnicity, local and international trade, consumption and above all distinctive futures.
1 Asian Material Culture in Context / Marianne Hulsbosch, Elizabeth Bedford & Martha Chaiklin
2 Moon Cakes and the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival: A Matter of Habitus / Elizabeth Bedford
3 Up in the Hair: Strands of Meaning in Women's Ornamental Hair Accessories in Early Modern Japan / Martha Chaiklin
4 Nonya Beadwork and Contemporary Peranakan Chinese Culture in Singapore and Malaysia / Hwei-Fe'n Cheah
5 Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting: The Lion Dance and Chinese National Identity in the 19th and 20th Centuries / Heleanor B. Feltham
6 Works Like a Charm: Cultural Tourism, Colour and its Efficacy in Chinese Miao Traditional Dress / Samantha Hauw
7 Fluttering Like Flowers in a Summer Breeze: Hair Jewellery of Christian Moluccan Women of the Dutch East Indies / Marianne Hulsbosch
8 Tension on the Back-Strap Loom / Audrey Low

An informative overview of the materiality of Asian cultures and the ways in which objects and practices can embody and also exhibit individual as well as collective tastes and values.