Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from February 2003

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from February 2003

Southeast Asian history and the Mediterranean analogy.
February 1, 2003... Many a scholar wrestling with the complexities of time, space and 'the rise of the West' has found a reassuring point of departure in the authoritative works of Fernand Braudel. Academic entrepreneurs also know that the 'Braudel' brand...

As in heaven, so on earth: the politics of Visnu, Siva and Harihara images in Preangkorian Khmer civilisation.
February 1, 2003... The mitred four-armed Visnu images of early Southeast Asia have been the focus of a number of scholarly studies. Most of these have dealt primarily with chronology and stylistic and iconographic relationships with Indian art rather than the...

Ayutthaya rising: from land or sea?
February 1, 2003... In recent years, scholars of Southeast Asian history have highlighted the difference between hinterland and coastal states. In the early historiography, Ayutthaya rose as a hinterland state, heir to the traditions of Sukhothai and Angkor. More...

Vietnam as a 'domain of manifest civility' (Van Hien chi Bang).
February 1, 2003... One of the most profound and complex changes to take place in modern world history is certainly the transformation towards nationalist thought. Although by the mid-twentieth century it had become second nature for many people to view the world...

Problematic progress: reading environmental and social change in the Mekong Delta.
February 1, 2003... In 1930 the Governor-General of French Indochina, Pierre Pasquier, spoke at the inauguration ceremony for a new canal in the western Mekong Delta. French planners had designed the canal to improve transportation along the coast of the (then)...

Colliding discourses: Western land laws and native customary rights in North Borneo, 1881-1918.
February 1, 2003... Our readers are so well acquainted with the outlines of the enterprise which has been entered into by the (Company)...that it is unnecessary to recapitulate the struggles for possession, the difficulties of planting a young Government firmly on...

The gendered biopolitics of marriage and immigration: a study of pre-1949 Chinese immigrants in Thailand.
February 1, 2003... Transnational immigration from China to Southeast Asia began centuries ago. Before the mid-nineteenth century, almost all immigrants were male Chinese merchants, their partners and employees who sojourned at overseas ports and cities, or miners...

Recent publications on Angkor. (Review Article).(five books)(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Cambodian architecture eighth to thirteenth centuries By JACQUES DUMARCAY and PASCAL ROYERE. Translated and edited by MICHAEL SMITHIES Leiden-Koln: Brill, 2001. Pp. xxix, 121. Figures, Photographs, Bibliography, Index. Handbuch der...

Pelayaran Zheng He dan Alam Melayu & Hubungan Empayar Melaka-Dinasti Ming abad ke-15. .(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Pelayaran Zheng He dan Alam Melayu (The voyages of Zheng He and the Malay World) By KONG YUANZHI Bangi: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2000. Pp. 209. Tables, Maps, Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. Hubungan Empayar...

Pollwatching, elections and civil society in Southeast Asia. .(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Pollwatching, elections and civil society in Southeast Asia By WILLIAM CALLAHAN Singapore: Ashgate, 2000. Pp.xiii, 200. Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index. For students of either elections or civil society, this book offers a...

Islam and the Malay-Indonesian world: Transmission and responses.(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Islam and the Malay-Indonesian world: Transmission and responses By PETER RIDDELL London: Hurst, 2001. Pp. xvii, 349. Maps, Tables, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Research on Islam in Southeast Asia has long differed from its...

Which way forward? People, forests, and policymaking in Indonesia. (Book Reviews: Indonesia).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Which way forward? People, forests, and policymaking in Indonesia Edited by CAROL J. PIERCE COLFER and IDA AJU PRADNJA RESOSUDARMO Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 2002. Pp. xix, 433. Figures, Tables, Plates, Notes, References,...

Agriculture in crisis: People, commodities and natural resources in Indonesia, 1996-2000. (Book Reviews: Indonesia).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Agriculture in crisis: People, commodities and natural resources in Indonesia, 1996-2000 Edited by FRANCOISE GERARD and FRANCOISE RUF Montpellier, France: CIRAD; Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2001. Pp. xxi, 406. Maps, Figures, Tables,...

Hinduism and hierarchy in Bali. (Book Reviews: Indonesia).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Hinduism and hierarchy in Bali By LEO HOWE Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 2001. Pp. xvii, 228. Photographs, Tables, Notes, Map, Bibliography, Index. This book is a considered analysis of the political implications of...

Custodians of the sacred mountains: Culture and society in the highlands of Bali. (Book Reviews: Indonesia).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Custodians of the sacred mountains: Culture and society in the highlands of Bali By THOMAS A. REUTER Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 400. Map, Tables, Plates, Notes, Bibliography, Index. This work is the first...

A missionacao nas Molucas no seculo XVI. Contributo para o estudo da accao dos Jesuitas no Oriente. (Book Reviews: Indonesia).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... A missionacao nas Molucas no seculo XVI. Contributo para o estudo da accao dos Jesuitas no Oriente. By MARIA ODETE SOARES MARTINS Lisbon: Centro de Historia de Alem-Mar of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2002 (Coleccao Teses 2). Pp....

Breaking the spell: Colonialism and literary renaissance. (Book Reviews: Indonesia).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Breaking the spell: Colonialism and literary renaissance in Indonesia By SYLVIA TIWON Leiden: Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania University of Leiden, 1999. Notes, Bibliogrphy, Index. One of...

Reinventing Malaysia: Reflections on its past and future. (Book Reviews: Malaysia).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Reinventing Malaysia: Reflections on its past and future Bangi: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2001. Pp. 160. Index. Edited by JOMO K. S. Scholars studying Southeast Asian societies have long pondered how the issues of...

Living silence: Burma under military rule. (Book Reviews: Myanmar).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Living silence: Burma under military rule By CHRISTINA FINK London: Zed Books, 2001. Pp. xv, 286. Maps, Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Despite being the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia, Burma has long been...

The 1988 uprising in Burma. (Book Reviews: Myanmar).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... The 1988 uprising in Burma By MAUNG MAUNG. Foreword by FRANKLIN MARK OSANKA New Haven: Yale Southeast Asia Studies, 1999. Pp. xx, 285. Index. This work will be of value to students of Burma's troubled recent history because it...

Amlat: Kapampangan local history contours in Tarlac and Pampanga. (Book Reviews: The Philippines).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Amlat: Kapampangan local history contours in Tarlac and Pampanga By LINO L. DIZON. Forward by RAFAEL R. ESTRADA Tarlac City: Center for Tarlqueno Studies, 2000. Pp. xxxviii, 161. Maps, Tables, Notes, Bibliography. Amlat (history)...

The embarrassment of slavery: controversies over bondage and nationalism in the American colonial Philippines. .(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... The embarrassment of slavery: Controversies over bondage and nationalism in the American colonial Philippines By MICHAEL SALMAN Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. Pp. xi, 335. Maps, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Michael...

Theatre and the politics of culture in contemporary Singapore. .(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Theatre and the politics of culture in contemporary Singapore William Peterson Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. Pp. xi, 287. Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index. William Peterson has produced an excellent piece...

The journey of one Buddhist nun. (Book Reviews: Thailand).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... The journey of one Buddhist nun Sid Brown Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. Pp. xi, 180. Notes, Bibliography, Index. The journey of one Buddhist nun gives an invaluable account of Thai Buddhism in practice. The...

Imagining Vietnam and America: The making of postcolonial Vietnam, 1919-1950. (Book Reviews: Vietnam).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Imagining Vietnam and America: The making of postcolonial Vietnam, 1919-1950 By MARK PHILIP BRADLEY Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Pp. xv, 304. Maps, Bibliography, Index. Mark Bradley's Imagining Vietnam...

Indochine: la colonisation ambigue, 1858-1954. (Book Reviews: Vietnam).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Indochine: la colonisation ambigue, 1858-1954 By PIERRE BROCHEUX and DANIEL HEMERY Paris: La Decouverte, 2001. Pp. 447. Map, Tables, Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, Index. This is a key and up-to-date book for anyone interested in...

Books Received.(Bibliography)
February 1, 2003... Asia Cultural politics and Asian Values. By MICHAEL D. BARR. London: Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0 415 27764 7 Policymaking in Japan: Defining the role of politicians. Edited by GERALD L. CURTIS. Tokyo: Japan Center for...