What Is in a Rim?
Critical Perspectives on the Pacific Region Idea
Published on 12. May 1998
Book
Hardback
350 pages
978-0-8476-8468-7 (ISBN)
Description
This pathbreaking, multidisciplinary work challenges our unthinking acceptance of such terms as 'Asia Pacific' and 'Pacific Rim.' Clarifying the hidden power relationships and hegemonic struggles that are disguised by ideological constructions of the region, the contributors uncover fundamental contradictions_including the human costs and consequences_that underlie the much-celebrated economic boom. In evaluating the idea of 'Asia Pacific,' the book shifts our focus from abstract relationships between capital and commodities to the human interactions that have played a formative part in the region's constitution. The contributors agree that it is these interactions that constitute the region, rather than the physical boundaries of the Pacific. This revised and updated edition brings in additional essays focusing on conceptualizations of the Pacific, considers more fully interactions among countries, and strongly emphasizes peoples within the Pacific, who are routinely ignored in most discussions of the 'Rim.'
Reviews / Votes
Editor Dirlik provides an insightful concluding paper advocating inclusion of indigenous voices on 'Pacific Rim' discussions. This volume is rich in ideas and perspectives for those seeking deeper understanding of the concepts and historical, political, economic, and social forces that constitute the Pacific Rim. -- B. F. Hope, California State University * CHOICE * This editied collection remains a stimulating and wide-ranging critical evaluation of the Pacific Rim idea. * Cultural Geographies *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8476-8468-7 (9780847684687)
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03/1998
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Content
Part 1 Introduction: Pacific as Concept and Fantasy Chapter 2 Pacific Contradictions Chapter 3 The Asia-Pacific Idea: Reality and Representation in the Invention of a Regional Structure Chapter 4 The Asia-Pacific Idea as a Mobilization Myth Chapter 5 Rimspeak, or, The Discourse of the "Pacific Rim" Chapter 6 On the Outs on the Rim: An Ethnographic Grounding of the "Asia-Pacific" Imaginary Part 7 The Political Economy of the Pacific Chapter 8 The Northeast Asian Political Economy Chapter 9 Global Sourcing and Regional Divisions of Labor in the Pacific Rim Chapter 10 Market Dependency in U.S.-East Asian Relations Chapter 11 China's Growing Integration with the Asia-Pacific Economy Chapter 12 Sexual Economies in the Asia-Pacific Community Part 13 Pacific Social and Cultural Formations Chapter 14 Latin America in Asia-Pacific Perspective Chapter 15 The Asia-Pacific in Asian-American Perspective Chapter 16 Pacific Island Responses to U.S. and French Hegemony Chapter 17 Blue Hawaii: Bamboo Ridge as Critical Regionalism Chapter 18 There Is More in the Rim than Meets the Eye: Thoughts on the "Pacific Idea"