The Gaze of the West and Framings of the East Book

List of Photographs vii

Acknowledgements viii

Notes on Contributors ix

Foreword xiv

Part I Sighting the Terrain

1 Introduction Shanta Nair-Venugopal 3

Part II Negotiating Territory

2 Defining Parameters Shanta Nair-Venugopal 29

3 Beyond Boundedness: Imagining the Post-colonial Dislocation Ahmad Murad Merican 45

4 Easternization: Encroachments in the West Shanta Nair-Venugopal Lim Kim Hui 60

Part III The Gaze of the West

5 Representations of Philosophy: The Western Gaze Observed Ahmad Murad Merican 79

6 Framings of the East: Rebranding Beliefs and Religions Lim Kim Hui 93

7 When Knowledge Invents Boundaries: From Colonial Knowledge to Multiculturalism Shamsul A.B. 107

8 Historical Narratives of the Colonized: The Noble Savage of Sarawak Bromeley Philip 123

9 The Mutual Gaze: Japan, the West and Management-Training Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini Hiromasa Tanaka 139

10 Indian Collectivism Revisited: Unpacking the Western Gaze Shamala Paramasivam Shanta Nair-Venugopal 156

11 Framings of the East: The Case of Borneo and the Rungus Community Ong Puay Liu 170

12 Interpreting Mosque Architecture in the Twentieth Century: Trapped between Two Worlds Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi 184

13 Global Hybrids? 'Eastern Traditions' of Health and Wellness in the West Suzanne Newcombe 202

14 The Sociology of Gastronomic Decolonization? Jean-Pierre Poulain 218

Part IV Observations

15 Conclusion Shanta Nair-Venugopal 235

Index 251