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Translation, History and Arts: New Horizons in Asian Interdisciplinary Humanities Research edited by Ji Meng and UKAI Atsuko is a collection of selected research papers originally presented at the Todai Forum in October 2011 in Lyon, France, under the auspices of the University of Tokyo, Japan. Papers selected for inclusion in this book stand at the frontier of interdisciplinary humanities research, and are concerned with translation and cross-cultural studies, social and art history, and comparative area studies. A central theme of the papers is the development of a new discursive narrative of local histories against the backdrop of world history. Through case studies of historical and modern socio-cultural events occurring in different regions and countries, this book strives to advance our understanding of the dynamic and complex interactions among distinct social and cultural systems in world history.
Table of Contents:
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | Haneda Masashi | |
| Paving the Way | Christian Henriot | |
| Part I: | Translation and Cross-Cultural Scientific Communication | |
| 1. | Conflicts and Interactions in Early Modern Chinese Scientific Translations | Meng Ji |
| 2. | Gravity of Modernity: Reactions to the “New Astronomy” in Iran and Japan | Isahaya Yoichi |
| 3. | A Study on the Geographical Understanding of Ḥamd-Allāh Mustawfī | Otsuka Osamu |
| Part II: | Museums, Image and Identity Construction | |
| 4. | The History of Japonisme as a Global Study | Ukai Atsuko |
| 5. | Exhibitions of Art in Iran and the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art | Terada Yuki |
| 6. | Constructing an Imaginary of Taiwanese Aborigines through Postcards (1895-1945) | Lee Ju-Ling |
| Part III: | Religions, Ideology and Gender | |
| 7. | Marriage and Conversion as a National Issue: The Discourses over Lina Joy’s Litigation in Contemporary Malaysia | Mitsunari Ayumi |
| 8. | I Am Not a Social Historian: The Use of the Term “Social History” in Postwar Japan | Uchida Chikara |
| 9. | Prostitutes, Brothels and the Red Light District: The Management of Prostitution in the City of Hanoi from the 1870s to the 1950s | Isabelle Tracol-Huynh |
| Contributors | ||
| Index |
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Ji Meng and Atsuko Ukai , eds.
Translation, History and Arts: New Horizons in Asian Interdisciplinary Humanities Research
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 221 pages, September 1, 2013, ISBN: 978-144384939-5