Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from October 2002

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from October 2002

Erotic literature in nineteenth-century Bali.
October 1, 2002... Bali possesses a rich and diverse textual heritage that stretches back more than a millennium, by way of pre-Islamic Java, to the Sanskrit culture of ancient India. Balinese literature covers a wide variety of genres, ranging from folk tales...

On sex, drugs and good manners: Raja Ali Haji as lexicographer.
October 1, 2002... Dictionaries are odd phenomena. (1) They are outdated by the time they are compiled, and they are never complete. Rarely do they live up to the expectations of their users, who would like them to contain all the words of the lexicon of a...

A Javanese handbook for would-be husbands: the Serat candraning wanita.
October 1, 2002... Descriptians of women in Java and the male gaze Writing at the height of the sexual revolution in the West, one Australian literary critic once scorned modern Indonesian literature for failing 'to deal in a convincing manner with the topic...

'A hundred loves', 'A thousand lovers': portrayals of sexuality in the work of Thidaa Bunnaak.
October 1, 2002... Western academic approaches to cultural, gender and literary studies have, for the past thirty years or more, engaged profoundly in the debates surrounding feminism, the body and female sexuality. These issues are consequently well established...

'Come on, girls, let's go bail water': eroticism in Ho Xuan Huong's Vietnamese poetry.
October 1, 2002... For a small country, Vietnam has a remarkably long poetic tradition, including popular appreciation of good lyrics composed in constrained meters yet rich in double images and double meanings. Ho Xuan Hurong, who lived in the late eighteenth...

The VOC's trade in Indian textiles with Burma, 1634-80.(Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or Dutch East India Company)
October 1, 2002... Even in Dutch academic circles historians have remained quite unaware of the fact that in the 1600s the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) maintained several trading posts in Burma for almost half a century. As...

Social and economic patterns of landlord-tenant relationships in the Chao Phraya Delta, Thailand: An historical perspective.
October 1, 2002... With the dramatic development of peasant agriculture in Southeast Asia during the middle and late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, land resources -- once abundant and freely available -- came under increasing...

The Lee Kuan Yew story as Singapore's history. (Review Article).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Lee Kuan Yew: The Beliefs Behind the Man By MICHAEL D. BARR Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2000. Pp. x, 273. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas By HAN FOOK KWANG, WARREN FERNANDEZ and SUMIKO TAN ...

Correspondence.(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2002... Houben/Lindblad Reply to Jan Breman's Review Article 'New Thoughts on Colonial Labour in Indonesia' (JSEAS 33, 2) Jan Breman is a well-known expert on Asian labour history and sociology, and his remarks on our joint book are readily...

Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression Edited by PETER BOOMGAARD and IAN BROWN. Leiden and Singapore: KITLV and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2000. Pp xiv, 332. Tables, Figures,...

Ideology and Revolution in Southeast Asia, 1900-1980: Political Ideas in the Anti-Colonial Era. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Ideology and Revolution in Southeast Asia, 1900-1980: Political Ideas in the Anti-Colonial Era By Clive J. Christie. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2001. Pp. xi, 236. Maps, Bibliography, Index. This welcome contribution to writing on...

Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism in Southeast Asia: Festschrift dedicated to Hans Dieter Kubitscheck. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism in Southeast Asia: Festschrift dedicated to Hans Dieter Kubitscheck Edited by THOMAS ENGLEBERT and ANDREAS SCHNEIDER Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2000. Pp 194. Notes. This collection of essays from...

Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers: East Timor, Indonesia, and the World Community. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers: East Timor, Indonesia, and the World Community Edited by RICHARD TANTER, MARK SELDEN and STEPHEN R. SHALOM. Lanham, Md.: Rowan and Littlefield, 2001. Pp. xviii, 291. Maps, Notes, Table, ilustrations,...

Between the Folds: Stories of Cloth, Lives, and Travels from Sumba. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Between the Folds: Stories of Cloth, Lives, and Travels from Sumba By JILL FORSHEE Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2001. Pp. xiv, 265. Maps, Illustrations, Plates, Notes, Bibliography, Index. The cloths of Sumba are among the...

His Word Is the Truth: Haji Ibrahim's Letters and Other Writings. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... His Word Is the Truth: Haji Ibrahim's Letters and Other Writings By JAN VAN DER PUTTEN Leiden: Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies, 2001. Pp. xi, 286. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Many years ago...

Representing the Japanese Occupation of Indonesia: Personal Testimonies and Public Images in Indonesia, Japan, and the Netherlands. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Representing the Japanese Occupation of Indonesia: Personal Testimonies and Public Images in Indonesia, Japan, and the Netherlands Edited by REMCO RABEN Zwolle: Waanders Publishers; and Amsterdam: Netherlands Institute for War...

Colonial 'Reformation' in the Highlands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1892-1995. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Colonial 'Reformation' in the Highlands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1892-1995 By ALBERT SCHRAUWERS Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. Pp. xii, 279. Maps, Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Central Sulawesi for a...

Keren! Indonesian 1. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Keren! Indonesian 1 By IAN J. WHITE Sydney: Longman, 2002. Indonesian Course Book 1. Pp. ix, 214. Colour illustrations and photographs. Indonesian Activity Book 1. Pp. iv, 139. Illustrations and photographs. Indonesian Teacher's...

Emergency Propaganda: The Winning of Hearts and Minds, 1948-1958. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Emergency Propaganda: The Winning of Hearts and Minds, 1948-1958 By Kumar Ramakrishna Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2001. Pp. xii, 306. Map, Notes, Bibliography, Index. This painstakingly researched study of propaganda in the Malayan...

Burmese Manuscripts: Part 4: Catalogue Numbers 736-900. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Burmese Manuscripts: Part 4: Catalogue Numbers 736-900 Compiled by ANNE PETERS. Edited by HEINZ BECHERT. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2000. Pp. xxvii, 274. Index. This is the fourth volume of Burmese manuscripts to appear in the...

Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial Thailand. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial Thailand By DANIEL ARGHIROS Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2001 Pp. ix, 308. Figures, Plates, Notes, Bibliography, Index. 'There's got to be some vote buying: you can't go...

Tribes of the North Thailand Frontier. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Tribes of the North Thailand Frontier By JANE RICHARDSON HANK5 and LUCIEN MASON HANKS with a foreword by NICOLA TANNENBAUM New Haven: Yale University Southeast Asia Studies Program, Monograph 51, 2001. Pp. xlviii, 319. Maps, Tables,...

The Colonial Bastille: A History of Imprisoment in Vietnam, 1862-1940. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... The Colonial Bastille: A History of Imprisoment in Vietnam, 1862-1940 BY PETER ZINOMAN Berkeley: University of California Press. 2001. Pp. xix, 351. Maps, Tables, Notes, Bibliography, Index. In this exceedingly well-written and...

Between Orientalism and Science. The Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology in its Historic Context 1851-2001. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Tussen Orientalisme en Wetenschap. Het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde in Historisch Verband 1851-2001 [Between Orientalism and Science. The Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology in its Historic Context...

Books received.
October 1, 2002... Asia Asia Pacific Security Outlook, 1997-2001. Edited by RICHARD W. BAKER, CHRISTOPHER A. MCNALLY and CHARLES E. MORRISON. Tokyo and New York: Japan Center for International Exchange, 2001. [CD-ROM] ISBN 4 88907 057 5 ...