Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from October 2006

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from October 2006

The nature and role of ideology in the modern Cambodian state.
October 1, 2006... Cambodia's modern history in the half-century since regaining independence from France has been divided into six clearly defined regimes. The first of these, for the purpose of this article, will be identified as the Sangkum Reastr Niyum...

Gender relations and household economic planning in the rural Philippines.
October 1, 2006... In much of rural Southeast Asia today, single-income households organized by a sexual division of labour around one core economic activity, such as fishing or farming, have largely given way to households characterized by multiple income...

Reassessing tradition in times of political change: post-war Cambodia reconsidered.
October 1, 2006... This collection of articles focuses on the interrelationship of tradition and change in the Cambodian context. In doing so, it seeks to achieve a number of objectives: first, to contribute to the debate over the role of 'culture' in political...

The tyranny of proximity: power and mobility in colonial Cambodia, 1863-1954.
October 1, 2006... The administration has organism city and country Stones and pebbles have been pounded and piled Ruts have been raised high to make roads From the city to all the provinces. Every stream and creek has a bridge, Little...

Khmerness and the Thai 'Other': violence, discourse and symbolism in the 2003 anti-Thai riots in Cambodia.(Khmer Rouge)
October 1, 2006... If this Thai actress said that she hates Cambodians like dogs, we would like to tell her that Cambodians throughout the country hate Thais like leeches that suck other nations' blood.... If it is true, Kongying must lower her head to the ground...

The politics of gifts: tradition and regimentation in contemporary Cambodia.
October 1, 2006... Since the beginning of Cambodia's economic and political reform process around 1989, two entwined imperatives have emerged for the central government: the need to extract material resources and the need to win votes. This paper examines the...

Death, memory and building: the non-cremation of a Cambodian monk.
October 1, 2006... How is social memory shaped and reshaped by the treatment of corpses? What kind of consciousness is this, in which entire political orders are resignified by moving dead bodies around and reburying them? Are corpses an odd form of investment,...

Korob, kaud, klach: (1) in search of agency in rural Cambodia.
October 1, 2006... The dominant assessment of Cambodian political culture in the current academic literature is that it is quite 'monotheistic' in that it only acknowledges a single 'doctrine' regarding that culture. A rather distinct 'portrait' emerges: a...

Transcending time and terror: the re-emergence of Bon Dalien after Pol Pot and thirty years of civil war.
October 1, 2006... This article concerns the re-emergence of the annual Bon Dalien harvest festival in the Khmer mountain village of O'Thmaa in Kompong Speu Province. As a result of two civil wars and the Pol Pot years, the festival had not been celebrated in the...

State-society relations in Burma and the Philippines.(Burma at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century)(State and Society in the Philippines)(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Burma at the turn of the twenty-first century Edited by MONIQUE SKIDMORE Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005. Pp. vii, 304. Illustrations, Maps, Bibliography, Index. State and society in the Philippines By PATRICIO ABINALES and DONNA...

Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese Empire: Unknown Histories.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Asian labor in the wartime Japanese empire: Unknown histories Edited by PAUL H. KRATOSKA New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2005. Pp. xxii, 433. Figures, Maps, Tables, Photographs, doi: 10.1017/S0022463406790798 Much has been published about the 60,000...

Michael Leifer: Selected Works on Southeast Asia.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Michael Leifer: Selected works on Southeast Asia Edited by CHIN KIN WAH and LEO SURYADINATA Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005. Pp. xx. 748. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. doi: 10.1017/S0022463406800792 Michael...

Yaa Baa: Production, Traffic, and Consumption of Methamphetamine In Mainland Southeast Asia.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Yaa baa: Production, traffic and consumption of methamphetamine in Mainland Southeast Asia. By PIERRE-ARNAUD CHOUVY and JOEL MEISSONNIER Singapore: Singapore University Press and Bangkok: Institut de Recherche sur l'Asia du Sud-Est...

Southeast Asia: From Prehistory to History.(The Archaeology of the Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia)(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Southeast Asia: From prehistory to history Edited by IAN GLOVER and PETER BELLWOOD London: RoutledgeCurzon 2004. Pp. xviii, 354. Plates, Illustrations, Tables, Index. The archaeology of the Aru Islands, eastern Indonesia. Terra Australis...

Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Southeast Asia: A historical encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor Edited by OOI KEAT GIN Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004. 3 Volumes. Pp. 1790. Maps, Illustrations, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. doi:10.1017/S0022463406830791 This...

The Indonesian Supreme Court: A study of Institutional Collapse.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... The Indonesian Supreme Court: A study of institutional collapse By SEBASTIAAN POMPE Ithaca: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2005. Pp. 494. Notes, Maps, Images, Index. doi: 10.1017/S0022463406840798 It is rare that a book on...

Sumatran Sultanate and Colonial State: Jambi and the Rise of Dutch Imperialism, 1830-1907.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Sumatran sultanate and colonial state: Jambi and the rise of Dutch imperialism, 1830-1907 By ELSBETH LOCHER-SCHOLTEN. Translated by BEVERLEY JACKSON Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program, 2004. Pp. 332. Maps, Photographs,...

Investing in Miracles: El Shaddai and the Transformation of Popular Catholicism in the Philippines.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Investing in miracles: El Shaddai and the transformation of popular Catholicism in the Philippines By KATHERINE WIEGELE Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005. Pp. xi, 207. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. doi: 10.1017/S0022463406860790...

The Intimate Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and Avon Ladies in the Global City.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... The intimate economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, tycoons, and Avon ladies in the global city By ARA WILSON Berkeley: University of California Press. 2004. Pp. xvi. 272. Figures, Maps, Notes, Bibliography, Index. doi: 10.1017/S0022463406870797 ...

Books received 2006.
October 1, 2006... World/Comparative Dominance by design: Technological imperatives and America's civilizing mission By MICHAEL ADAS Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005 ISBN: 0-674-01867-2 Archaeology of Oceania: Australia and the pacific islands Edited...