Asia in the Mirror: Self-Representations, Self-Narratives, and Perception of the Other: 3 (From Antiquity to Modernity: Studies on Middle Eastern and Asian Societies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3034358725 ISBN 13: 9783034358729

Publisher: Peter Lang, 2025

Synopsis

“Asia in the Mirror offers a bold and necessary reframing of Asian studies by situating the continent not as a singular object of knowledge but as a site of intersecting gazes, representations, and epistemic dislocations. Drawing on postcolonial critique, comparative philology, and cultural theory, the volume triangulates self-perception, otherness, and Western reception to interrogate how Asia has been imagined, translated, and contested. In doing so, it provincializes Eurocentric methodologies, foregrounds plural and situated knowledges, and reorients the study of Asia as a dialogic, reflexive, and critically entangled enterprise.”
―Deven M. Patel, University of Pennsylvania

As Asia’s role in world politics becomes increasingly central, a deeper understanding of the cultural underpinnings of its global entanglements is urgent and overdue. What defines Asia from a cultural perspective? How has Asia represented itself and its diversity to both Asian audiences and different cultures? How has Asia represented other cultures and how, in turn, how has it been presented by them? How have contacts between Asia and other cultures shaped the continent? What is the role of postcolonial and decolonial approaches in enhancing our understanding of Asia and its relationships to other parts of the world in the past and in the present? Asia in the Mirror tries to address these questions through a multidisciplinary approach, bringing together scholars in literary studies, philology, and media studies working across multiple languages and cultures.

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About the Author

ALESSANDRO ACHILLI is an associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Cagliari.

FIORENZO IULIANO is a professor of American literature at the University of Cagliari.

ANGELA DAIANA LANGONE is an associate professor of Arabic language and literature at the University of Cagliari.

EMMA LUPANO is an associate professor of Chinese language and culture at the University of Cagliari.

VALENTINA SERRA is an associate professor of German literature at the University of Cagliari.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3034358725
• ISBN 13: 9783034358729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 402
• Editor: Achilli Alessandro, Iuliano Fiorenzo, Langone Angela Daiana, Lupano Emma, Serra Valentina