Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from June 2007

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from June 2007

Islam, Empire and Makassarese historiography in the reign of Sultan Ala'uddin (1593-1639).
June 1, 2007... During the seventeenth-century reign of Sultan Ala'uddin, the Makassarese kingdom of Gowa became the heart of an impressive premodern empire. Its imperial reach came to encompass the major kingdoms of the south Sulawesi peninsula and extended...

Fugitive women: slavery and social change in early modern Southeast Asia.
June 1, 2007... One day in the early months of 1793 authorities in the Dutch colonial capital became suspicious when they noticed a man carrying what appeared to be a bloody axe (golok). When they approached him about the axe (which turned out only to have...

Burmese bells and Chinese eroticism: Southeast Asia's cultural influence on China.
June 1, 2007... The Burmese bells are number one among all the aphrodisiacs, and the best kind is worth up to several hundred [liang] of silver. The Chinese prize [them] as an exotic treasure. Shen Defu (1619) (1) 'Burmese bell' is a translation of...

The Cultivation System (1830-1870) and its private entrepreneurs on colonial Java.
June 1, 2007... Colonialism is often a strange mixture of metropolitan, and by extension national interests, and global capitalism. In the Dutch case it was quite definitely so. The Dutch King William I introduced the Cultivation System in 1830 to restore the...

A Commissioner calls: Alexander Paterson and colonial Burma's prisons.
June 1, 2007... In November 1925, Alexander Paterson, a Commissioner for Prisons in England and Wales, arrived in Rangoon, having accepted an invitation from the local government 'to advise generally on Jail conditions in Burma, as well as on the possibility...

Contending views and conflicts over land in Vietnam's Red River Delta.
June 1, 2007... In the late fifties, the family-household-based agricultural production in North Vietnam was gradually transformed into collective production. From the early sixties, collectivisation continued to increase in scale and intensity. However, since...

Purchasing power and pagodas: the Sima monastic boundary and consumer politics in Cambodia.
June 1, 2007... Between 1975 and 1979, Cambodia underwent one of the most devastating social engineering experiments the world has ever seen. When the Khmer Rouge took control in 1975, the new regime systematically disrupted virtually all the social elements...

Austronesians in linguistic disguise: Fataluku cultural fusion in East Timor.
June 1, 2007... Introduction In most general depictions of East Timorese society, reference is made to a major linguistic division between resident indigenous populations. This division contrasts an Austronesian family of languages or more specifically, a...

Excising the 'Mon Paradigm' from Burmese historiography.(Critical essay)
June 1, 2007... The mists of Ramanna: The legend that was Lower Burma By MICHAEL A. AUNG-THWIN Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005. Pp. xi, 432. Maps, Figures, Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index. This is a consistently ambitious,...

Re-thinking the colonial transition: the case of Java's northeast coast 1740-1850.(Critical essay)
June 1, 2007... The political economy of Java's northeast coast c. 1740-1800 By KWEE H.K. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2005. Pp. 236, 62. Bibliography, Index. Java's northeast coast: A study in colonial encroachment and dominance By ROBERT VAN...

Sacred painting in Bali: Tradition in transition.
June 1, 2007... Indonesia Sacred painting in Bali: Tradition in transition By THOMAS L. COOPER Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2005. Pp. 184. References, Index, Illustrations. doi: 10.1017/S0022463407000112 Efforts to understand the totality of Balinese...

Other Malays: Nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the modern Malay world.
June 1, 2007... Malaysia Other Malays: Nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the modern Malay world By JOEL KAHN Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2006. Pp. 248. References and Index. doi: 10.1017/S0022463407000124 Framed against the backdrop...

Nature and nation: Forests and development in peninsular Malaysia.(Critical essay)
June 1, 2007... Nature and nation: Forests and development in peninsular Malaysia By JEYAMALAR KATHIRITHAMBY-WELLS Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005. Pp. xxx, 497. Maps, Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 333.75'09595/0824828631. doi:...

In the name of civil society: From free election movements to people power in the Philippines.
June 1, 2007... Philippines In the name of civil society: From free election movements to people power in the Philippines By EVA-LOTTA E. HEDMAN Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006. Pp. 268. Notes, Bibliography, Index. doi:...

Mien relations: Mountain people and state control in Thailand.(Critical essay)
June 1, 2007... Thailand Mien relations: Mountain people and state control in Thailand By HJORLEIFUR JONSSON Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005. Pp.198. References, Notes, Index. doi: 10.1017/S002246340700015X This book deals incisively...

A history of Thiland.
June 1, 2007... A history of Thiland By CHRIS BAKER and PASUK PHONGPAICHIT Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. P. 301. Maps, Charts, Illustrations, Glossary, Chronology, Notes, Glossary of Names, Readings, Index. doi:10.1017/S0022463407000161...

Books received.
June 1, 2007... Southeast Asia The Flaming Womb: Repositioning women in early modern Southeast Asia By BARBARA WATSON ANDAYA Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006 ISBN: 9780824829551 The changing dynamics of Southeast Asian politics...