Expressions of Cambodia

'The book aims to be of interest to those working in the fields of Asian studies, tourism, diaspora, and postcolonial and cultural studies.' - Oxfam's Development Resources Review

Auteur

Leakthina Chau-Pech Ollier is a writer and lives in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Tim Winter worked on this book as part of his Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Asia Research Institute, Singapore. Tim is now a Professor in the School of Social Sciences at The University of Western Australia.

Texte du rabat

Taking a theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, the essays in this collection provide compelling insight into contemporary Cambodian culture at home and abroad.

Contenu

Introduction: The Politics of Tradition, Identity and Change Part 1: Re-Scripting Angkor Subscripts: Reading Cambodian Pasts, Presents and Futures through Graffiti. When Ancient "Glory" Meets Modern "Tragedy": Angkor and the Khmer Rouge in Contemporary Tourism. The Fascination for Angkor Wat and the Ideology of the Visible Part 2: Identity and the Liminal Space Sitting between Two Chairs: Cambodiäs Dual Citizenship Debate. Refractions of Home: Exile, Memory and Diasporic Longing. Rapping (in) the Homeland: Of Gangs, Angka, and the Cambodian Diasporic Identity Part 3: Performing Tradition Weaving into Cambodia: Negotiated Ethnicity in the (Post)Colonial Silk Industry. A Burned-Out Theatre: The State of Cambodia's Performing Arts. The (Re)emergence of Cambodian Women Writers at Home and Abroad Part 4: Engaging Modernity Entrepreneurialism and Charisma: Two Modes of Doing Business in Post-Pol Pot Cambodian Buddhism. Touring Memories of the Khmer Rouge (Anlong Veng). Khmer Women and Global Factories