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Readings: Benedict Andersen “Western Nationalism and Eastern Nationalism” Phyllis K Herman “Remaking Rama for the Modern Sightseer: It’s a Small Hindu World After All.” How do groups create a sense of nation?. Next week: Nationalism. Next week: Nationalism.
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Readings: Benedict Andersen “Western Nationalism and Eastern Nationalism” Phyllis K Herman “Remaking Rama for the Modern Sightseer: It’s a Small Hindu World After All.” How do groups create a sense of nation? Next week: Nationalism
Is “Nationalism” an outdated concept, or does it still work? What are the different ways in which nationalist identity is created and shaped – by the state, by individuals and groups? Thailand’s (informal) national motto: Chat, Satsana, Phra Mahakasat Nation, Religion, King Next week: Nationalism
What was the article’s main point? What would your i.d. for “turban” be? Cloth, Clothes, and Colonialism
Fall 2011: France begins enforcing the ban against wearing covering that hides the face. Exceptions: Motor-cycle helmets; Face-masks used for health purposes; Face-masks, protective gear for sports Sunglasses, hats, scarves etc., that don’t obscure the face; Decorative masks used incarnivals or religious processions Questions of Dress: the burka
President Obama Prez. Hu Jintao,China Prez., Medvedev, Russia Yudhoyono,Indonesia PM Gillard, Australia PM Lee, Singapore Prez. Calderón, Mexico, Prez. Piñera, Chile Tsang of Hong Kong, Prez. Aquino, Philippines Prez. Truong, Vietnam APEC Hawaii?
King Chulalongkorn of Siam (Rama V) chual
sisowath King Sisowath of Cambodia r. 1904-1927
How did the Western “gaze” change the way native peoples presented themselves? 19th c. Hawaii portraits
How did the Western “gaze” change the way people presented – and viewed -- themselves? 20th c. Vietnam: Ao Dai
1950s: Queen Sirikit began to define Thai “traditional” dress
21st c. “traditional” wedding costumes from a commercial studio