Asia Redux: Conceptualizing a Region for Our Times

Duara, Prasenjit

doi:10.1017/s0021911810002858

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“…As Prasenjit Duara has explained, broader pan-Asianism in this period was not only based upon abstract and essentialised notions of culture and civilisation, rather than drawing upon the actual encounters Asian people had, it also had a 'lethally close relationship' with nationalism. 29 From inception through to its proceedings, the AAWC was a vehicle for Indian women to voice their ideas and vision of an Indian-centred Asia. In considering the dominant leadership of Indian women, Stephen Hay's argument about why Indian intellectuals had a stronger belief in the 'East' than the Japanese or Chinese in the 1920s applies to the AAWC.…”

Section: The Greater India Ideology Among Indian Womenmentioning

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The All-Asian Women's Conference 1931: Indian women and their leadership of a pan-Asian feminist organisation

Mukherjee

2016

Women's History Review

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In January 1931, the All-Asian Women's Conference (AAWC) convened in Lahore. Forty-five female delegates met to discuss common social and political concerns of women in Asia, such as infant mortality, suffrage, education and rights of inheritance. Organised by Indian women, along with the Irish Theosophist Margaret Cousins, the AAWC spoke to visions of pan-Asianism that were reflected by male Indian nationalists at the time. Keen to counteract the Euro-American centrism of international women's organisations, Asian women discussed the ways they could organise together. This article analyses the rhetoric within the conference, through its reports, correspondence and international newspapers and periodicals. It discusses the ways pan-Asianism was conceived by Indian women in the 1930s and explains why there was only ever one meeting of the AAWC.

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Section: The Greater India Ideology Among Indian Womenmentioning

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The All-Asian Women's Conference 1931: Indian women and their leadership of a pan-Asian feminist organisation

Mukherjee

2016

Women's History Review

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“…Another Asia: Rabindranth Tagore and Okakura Tenshin. 5 For a discussion see Duara 2010. See also charge of India, Nehru was already advocating ideas of an "Asian Federation."…”

Section: The Idea Of Asiamentioning

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Emerging Geopolitical Trends and Security in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the People's Republic of China, and India (ACI) Region

Mohan

2013

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Asian Development Bank InstituteThe Working Paper series is a continuation of the formerly named Discussion Paper series; the numbering of the papers continued without interruption or change. ADBI's working papers reflect initial ideas on a topic and are posted online for discussion. ADBI encourages readers to post their comments on the main page for each working paper (given in the citation below). Some working papers may develop into other forms of publication. This paper was prepared as a background paper for the ADBI/ADB study on the Role of Key Emerging Economies-ASEAN, the People's Republic of China (PRC), and Indiafor a Balanced, Sustainable, and Resilient Asia.The views expressed in this paper are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of ADBI, the ADB, its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.Asian Development Bank Institute Kasumigaseki Building 8F 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-6008, JapanTel:+81-3-3593-5500 Fax:+81-3-3593-5571 URL:www.adbi.org E-mail: info@adbi.org AbstractThe rapid economic growth in the region consisting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the People's Republic of China (PRC), and India has begun to change the strategic landscape of the world. The accretion of military power that inevitably followed the region's economic growth is altering the balance of power within the region and between Asia and the West. This background paper outlines the geopolitical trends in a region that has become the center stage of international politics in the 21st century. It begins with a review of the idea of Asia in the 20th century and identifies the inherited political legacy of Asia in the middle of the 20th century. The paper then provides an assessment of the region's unfolding geopolitical transformation in recent years and asks if the regional structures in Asia can cope with it. The paper also explores the problems of integrating the two rising Asian powers, the PRC and India, into the structures of global governance. It concludes with a brief discussion on the strategic policy imperatives facing the ACI region.

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“…In the fourth theme of this collection, then, all the essays foreground an unevenly textured, rubbly regional continuum of issues and experiences in which 'the region' itself is once again a shifting but meaningful category for assemblage (Duara 2010); a category, moreover, that is constantly being undone by intransigently local, national and broader international forces as these converge or compete in specific places, areas and contexts (Barlow 1997, Sakai 1997, Sun 2000, Iwabuchi 2004, Wang 2007). As we discuss below, we have chosen to work within the frame of a vernacular Australian concept of 'the Asia-Pacific' in order to emphasize the way in which popular genres may at times establish regional continuities of representation and experience that are in important respects tied to national cultures and their historical forces but yet also open up new cultural channels of their own.…”

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confidence: 99%