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Martin Lavička

Visiting research fellow

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Voiced and Voiceless in Asia

Editor

  • Halina Zawiszová
  • Martin Lavička

Summary, in English

This volume consists of 19 chapters that reflect the titular theme - Voiced and Voiceless in Asia - from a variety of angles, making use of diverse scholarly approaches and disciplines, while focusing specifically on China, India, Japan, and Taiwan. The chapters are broadly divided into two parts: (1) Politics and Society, and (2) Arts and Literature, although the texts included in the second part also deal with social themes. In addition to historical topics, such as Japanese colonialism or Chinese agricultural reforms in the 1950s, the volume also addresses current issues, including restrictive Chinese policies in Xinjiang, Japanese activist movements against gender-based violence and discrimination, or the problems of migrant laborers in India and performing arts in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, it provides insight into satirical woodblock prints from the Boshin War period or works of literature produced in Japanese leprosariums in the first half of the 20th century, as well as into selected topics in contemporary Chinese, Japanese, and Sinophone Tibetan literature. Collectively, the chapters comprised in this volume narrate the multifaceted relationship between 'voice' and 'power,' thus highlighting the fact that the question of 'voice' is closely intertwined with a variety of social, political, and cultural issues.

Department/s

  • Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Document type

Book

Publisher

Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci

Topic

  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
  • Law and Society
  • History

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 8024462702
  • ISBN: 9788024462707