Consuming Ethnicity and Nationalism

<p>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 span diverse parts of Asia '- from Korea Japan and China to Malaysia and Sri Lanka '- imparting to the volume a rare comparative quality. It should appeal to anyone interested in Asian Studies as well as in the sociology and anthropology of culture nationalism and globalisation.</p>