Figures of Modernity,Joshua Barker, Erik Harms and Johan Lindquist, eds. Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2013. Answer question: The editors of the Figures of Modernity volume argue that “figures are important
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Joshua Barker, Erik Harms and Johan Lindquist, eds. Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2013.
Answer question:
The editors of the Figures of Modernity volume argue that “figures are important because they serve as anchors for local, national, and transnational discourses about contemporary social life and its futures” (2014:1).
Using at least one figure from the volume as an example, explain what the editors mean by this statement and how the figure you chose exemplifies the idea of being an anchor. What local, national, and transnational discourses does this figure represent?
