Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from February 2001

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from February 2001

Note from the Editor.(Editorial)
February 1, 2001... The Journal of Southeast Asian Studies is now in its 32nd year of publication, or 42nd year if the Journal of Southeast Asian History that preceded it is taken into consideration. Anyone who has worked on a journal recognizes the extraordinary...

Relics, oaths and politics in thirteenth-century Siam.
February 1, 2001... Recent efforts have re-dated the Wat Bang Sanuk inscription to 1219, long before the Ram Khamhaeng inscription of 1292. Attempts to assess the implications force a re-thinking of Thai rebellion against Angkor by linking rebellion to religious...

Which Indonesian Women Marry Youngest, and Why?(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Although the Indonesian Marriage Law of 1974 set a minimum age of marriage for females of 16, among some groups -- notably Sundanese in West Java and Madurese in East Java -- early marriage remained common well after the Marriage Law was...

'Transmogrifying' Malaya: the impact of Sir Gerald Templer (1952-54).
February 1, 2001... This article rebuts recent attempts to diminish Sir Gerald Templer's role in the Malayan Emergency. It contends that the revisionists overlook the decisive psychological impact of Templer's Malayan sojourn. Fundamentally, through very...

Anti-Japanese activities in North Borneo before World War Two, 1937-1941.
February 1, 2001... Anti-Japanese activities in North Borneo before the Pacific War were part of a larger anti-Japanese campaign waged by the Chinese in Southeast Asia. In North Borneo one of the most important outcomes was politicisation of the Chinese community....

Nanshin: Japanese Settlers in Papua and New Guinea 1890-1949.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By HIROMITSU IWAMOTO. Canberra: The Journal of Pacific History, 1999. Pp.viii, 179, Tables, Maps, Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. There has been a growing volume of literature on Japan's relations with the South Seas, since the...

The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By MARTIN W. LEWIS and KAREN E. WIGAN. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. Pp. xv, 344. Bibliography, Illustrations, Index. Labels denoting global regions are commonplace in both academic and popular usage. Some, such as...

Patriots and Tyrants: Ten Asian Leaders.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By ROSS MARLAY and CLARK NEHER. Lanham, MD and Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1999. Pp. xii, 353. Photographs, Maps, Notes, Bibliographies, Index. This book is aimed at the university textbook market. The authors make clear...

Megacities, Labour, & Communications.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By TOH THIAN SER. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1998. Pp. xxi, 169. Bibliography, Illustrations, Index, Tables. This edited volume of eight articles focuses on three different aspects of globalisation: the rise of...

China and the Vietnam Wars, 1950-1975.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By QIANG ZHAI. Forward by JOHN LEWIS GADDIS. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 304. Maps, Illustrations, Index. Of all aspects of the French and American wars in Vietnam, the Chinese role is undoubtedly...

Terms of Refuge. The Indochinese Exodus and the International Response.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By W. COURTLAND ROBINSON. London and New York: ZED Books, 1998. Pp. xiii, 322. Bibliography, Index. This volume by Courtland Robinson deals with the large-scale refugee problems emanating from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam since 1975....

The Canon in Southeast Asian Literatures: Literatures of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Edited by DAVID SMYTH. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2000. Pp. x, 273. This collection of essays, based on a 1995 conference held in London, is intriguing. This is most apparent when the editor, David Smyth, writes in his own essay...

Music of Death and New Creation: Experiences in the World of Balinese Gamelan Beleganjur.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By MICHAEL H. BAKAN. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. Pp. xxiii, 384. Compact Disc, Plates, Figures, Musical Examples, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. This is the first book-length study of the Balinese...

Biographies of Florenese Musical Instruments and Their Collectors.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By PAULA R. BOS. Amsterdam: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, 1999. Pp. 96. Map, Illustrations, Bibliograph This is an interesting little piece, published as a 'bulletin' by the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam. This bulletin...

Khazanah Naskah: Panduan Koleksi Naskah-Naskah Indonesia Sedunia -- World Guide to Indonesian Manuscript Collections.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By HENRI CHAMBERT-LOIR and OMAN FATHURATHMAN. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 1999. Pp. 315. Indexes, Bibliography. A manuscript can serve many different purposes. It can be a primary source for a...

Kesatraan Melayu Tionghoa dan Kebangsaan Indonesia, Vol. 1 (Chinese--Malay Literature and the Indonesian Nation, Vol. 1).(Review)
February 1, 2001... Edited by MARCUS A.S. and PAX BENEDANTO. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (in collaboration with Yayasan Adikarya and The Ford Foundation), 2000. Pp. xix, 519. In Indonesian This title wittily brings together two seemingly...

Painting History: Revisions in Philippine Colonial Art.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By PATRICK D. FLORES. Quezon City and Manila: UP Office of Research Coordination and National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 1998. Pp. xix, 393. Plates, Bibliography, Appendices. Contemporary Southeast Asian art history has...

The Philippines under Japan: Occupation Policy and Reaction.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Edited by IKEHATA SETSUHO and RICARDO TROTA JOSE. Manila: Ateneo de Manila Press, 1999. Pp. xiv, 394. Photographs, Index. In recent years teams of Japanese scholars have assiduously collected materials related to the Japanese...

The War Against the Americans: Resistance and Collaboration in Cebu, 1899-1906.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By RESIL B. MOJARES. Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1999. Pp. 250. Maps, Tables, Notes, Index. With the coming of the centennial of the Philippine Revolution, numerous studies have appeared that seek to expand upon the...

Building Social Capital in Thailand: Fibers, Finance, and Infrastructure.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By DANNY UNGER. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xv, 227. Bibliography, Index. Danny Unger's scholarship on Thailand and Southeast Asia, in contrast to his work on Japan, falls squarely into the field of non-Marxian,...

Women's Bodies, Women's Worries. Health and Family Planning in a Vietnamese Rural Community.(Review)
February 1, 2001... By TINE GAMMELTOFT. Richmond: Curzon, 1999. Pp. x, 227. Bibliography, Index. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of women's contraceptive use in the Vietnamese rural community of Vai So'n, throughby way of a detailed description...