Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from June 2004

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from June 2004

Constructions of nation and the classicisation of music: comparative perspectives from Southeast and South Asia.
June 1, 2004... Introductory textbooks in ethnomusicology and record-store world music bins alike would have us associate particular bodies of music with the bounded units we recognise as cultures. In the case of the Asian musics we call 'classical', such...

Presidents as punakawan: portrayal of national leaders as clown-servants in Central Javanese wayang.
June 1, 2004... The use of wayang (shadow puppets) as a means of conveying political propaganda in Java is far from new. During the pre-colonial era Javanese rulers made use of wayang performances to disseminate information to their subjects. Under Dutch rule,...

The changing historiographies of Laos: a focus on the early period.
June 1, 2004... In the decade following the Communist takeover of Laos in 1975, monarchy and Buddhism--the country's most potent national symbols under the former Royal Lao Government (RLG)--disappeared from the new regime's rhetoric. Almost 30 years after the...

Early nineteenth-century Vietnamese Catholics and others in the pages of the Annales de la Propagation de la Foi.
June 1, 2004... Until the 1998 publication of Alain Forest's magisterial study of French missionaries and Catholics in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Tonkin, (1) the 250-year history of Catholicism in traditional Vietnam had usually appeared as the...

French missionary expansion in colonial Upper Tonkin.
June 1, 2004... The age of the uncompromising antipathy between a number of academic anthropologists and missionaries is over. With many authors making a case for acknowledging the contribution of non-academic ethnographers to the discipline of anthropology,...

Extortion and exploitation in the Nguyen campaign against Catholicism in 1830s-1840s Vietnam.
June 1, 2004... Bribery and extortion, unremarkable features in imperial Vietnam, ensured a relative degree of stability between officials and communities. A timely transaction could neutralise the threat of severe punishment for an individual or, in some...

Esoteric Buddhism in Southeast Asia in the light of recent scholarship.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Indian esoteric Buddhism: A social history of the Tantric movement By Ronald M. Davidson. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. Pp. 475. Maps, Illustrations, Glossary, Bibliographies, Index. The Indian setting Ronald Davidson's...

China and ASEAN. Diplomacy during the Cold War and after.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... China and ASEAN. Diplomacy during the Cold War and after By RABINDRA SEN Howrah: Manuscript India, 2002. Pp. 189. Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404210189 Rabindra Sen's book on China-ASEAN relations appears to have two...

Three exotic views of Southeast Asia: the travel narratives of Isabella Bird, Max Dauthendey, Ai Wu, 1850-1930.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Three exotic views of Southeast Asia: The travel narratives of Isabella Bird, Max Dauthendey, Ai Wu, 1850-1930 By MARIA NOELLE NG White Plains, NY: Eastbridge, 2002. Pp. xiv, 212. Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404220185 ...

Merit and the millennium: Routine and crisis in the ritual lives of the Lahu people.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Merit and the millennium: Routine and crisis in the ritual lives of the Lahu people By ANTHONY R. WALKER New Delhi: Hindustan Publishing, 2003. pp. xxxi, 907. Maps, Figures, Plates, Bibliography, Notes, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404230181 ...

Indocina persilangan kebudayaan.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Indocina persilangan kebudayaan By BERNARD PHILIPPE GROSLIER. Translated by IDA SUNDARI HOESEN. Edited by DANIEL PERRET and JEAN COUTEAU. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Popular Gramedia (KPG), Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 2002. Seri Terjemahan...

The potent dead: Ancestors, saints and heroes in contemporary Indonesia.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... The potent dead: Ancestors, saints and heroes in contemporary Indonesia Edited by HENRI CHAMBERT-LOIR and ANTHONY REID Crows Nest, NSW and Honolulu: Allen and Unwin and University of Hawaii Press, 2002. Pp. xxvi, 242. Figures, Notes,...

Violence and vengeance: Discontent and conflict in New Order Indonesia.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Violence and vengeance: Discontent and conflict in New Order Indonesia Edited by FRANS HUSKEN and HUUB DE JONGE Saarbrucken: Verlag for Entwicklungspolitik Saarbrucken GmbH, 2002. Pp. 163. Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404260180 The...

Treasure hunting? Collectors and collections of Indonesian artifacts.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Treasure hunting? Collectors and collections of Indonesian artifacts Edited by REIMAR SCHEFOLD and HAN F. VERMEULEN Leiden: CNWS, 2002. Pp. x, 321. Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404270187 This consistently...

Indonesia: Peoples and histories.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Indonesia: Peoples and histories By JEAN GELMAN TAYLOR New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003. Pp. xxii, 420. Maps, Photographs, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404280183 The book jacket on Jean Gelman Taylor's new...

Pertimbangan ekologis. Penempatan situs masa Hindu-Buda di daerah Yogyakarta.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Pertimbangan ekologis. Penempatan situs masa Hindu-Buda di daerah Yogyakarta By MUNDARDJITO Jakarta: Wedatama Widya Sastra/Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient. 2002. Diagrams, Tables, Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. Pp. xvii, 380. [In...

Malaysia: Mahathirism, hegemony and the new opposition.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Malaysia: Mahathirism, hegemony and the new opposition. By JOHN HILLEY London and New York: Zed Books, 2001. Pp.viii, 305. Tables, Abbreviations, Appendix, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404300184 John Hilley's book takes an innovative...

Rethinking Malaysia: Malaysian studies 1.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Rethinking Malaysia: Malaysian studies 1 Edited by JOMO KS Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Social Science Association, 1999. Pp. i, 292. Tables, Notes, References. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404310180 The Malaysian Social Science Association should be...

Wong Ah Fook: Immigrant, builder and entrepreneur.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Wong Ah Fook: Immigrant, builder and entrepreneur By P. LIM PUI HUEN Singapore: Times Editions, 2002. Pp. 185. Illustrations DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404320187 Here is a book that you will enjoy reading, and it is also a fine, scholarly study...

New culture in a new world: the May Fourth Movement and the Chinese diaspora in Singapore, 1919-1932.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... New culture in a new world: the May Fourth Movement and the Chinese diaspora in Singapore, 1919-1932 By DAVID KENLEY London, New York: Routledge, 2003. Pp. 231. Illustrations. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404330183 With the opening up of China...

Redefining nature: Karen ecological knowledge and the challenge to the modern conservation paradigm.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Redefining nature: Karen ecological knowledge and the challenge to the modern conservation paradigm By PINKAEW LAUNGARAMSRI Chennai: Earthworm Books, 2001. Pp. xv, 257. Plates, Notes, Bibliography. DOI: 10.1017/S002246340434018X ...

Bitter dawn: East Timor, a people's story.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Bitter dawn: East Timor, a people's story By IRENA CRISTALIS London: Zed Books, 2002. Pp. xiii, 306. Plates, Maps, Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404350186 Since the UN's 1999 Popular Consultation in East Timor a number...

Changing political economy of Vietnam: the case of Ho Chi Minh City.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Changing political economy of Vietnam: The case of Ho Chi Minh City By MARTIN GAINSBOROUGH London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. Pp. xi 188. Tables, Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404360182 This work traces the transformation of...

Postcolonial Vietnam: New histories of the national past.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Postcolonial Vietnam: New histories of the national past By PATRICIA M. PELLEY. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 326. Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404370189 Patricia Pelley's study of Vietnamese...

Books Received: JSEAS 2004, 2.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Asia Guangdong: Preparing for the WTO challenge Edited by JOSEPH Y.S. CHENG. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 2003. ISBN 962 996 147 4 'Chopsticks only work in pairs': Gender unity and gender equality among the Lahu of...