Learning Places by Masao Miyoshi, Harry Harootunian - 9780822328407

Learning PlacesThe Afterlives of Area Studies\nAuthor(s): Masao Miyoshi, Harry Harootunian\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822328407, 978-0822328407\nSynopsis\nUnder globalization, the project of area studies and its relationship to the fields of cultural, ethnic, and gender studies has grown more complex and more in need of the rigorous reexamination that this volume and its distinguished contributors undertake. In the aftermath of World War II, area studies were created in large part to supply information on potential enemies of the United States. The essays in Learning Places argue, however, that the postCold War era has seen these programs largely degenerate into little more than public relations firms for the areas they research.\nA tremendous amount of money flows-particularly within the sphere of East Asian studies, the contributors claim-from foreign agencies and governments to [url] universitieo