Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from October 2007

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from October 2007

Dhammamata: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu's notion of motherhood in Buddhist women practitioners.(Essay)
October 1, 2007... The monastic lifestyle differs considerably from common notions of women's happiness. Physical beauty is generally considered important for women, but those who choose the Buddhist monastic life shave their heads and eyebrows and observe...

Living with the dead: the politics of ritual and remembrance in contemporary Vietnam.(Editorial)
October 1, 2007... Since the inauguration in 1986 of the reforms known as Doi Moi, ritual and religious practices have proliferated in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This renewed interest in religious and ritual practice has been the object of intensive...

Things held in common: memory, space and the reconstitution of community life.(Essay)
October 1, 2007... Here we have specific origins and origins in common. Every lineage has its original source and primary ancestor; every person directs attention to their ancestor, towards their source--that is their great duty, the moral feature that makes us...

Everywhere incense burning: remembering ancestors in Doi Moi Vietnam.(Essay)
October 1, 2007... 'In recent years, a new ,phenomenon has appeared in Vietnam', reports social scientist Nguyen Thanh Huyen: 'everywhere incense burning on the days of festivals, death anniversaries; everywhere people building [and] looking after tombs. (1)...

Praying for profit: the cult of the Lady of the Treasury (Ba Chua Kho).(Essay)
October 1, 2007... For the last decade, the Temple of the Lady of the Treasury (Den Ba Chua Kho) in Co Me village in Bac Ninh has attracted throngs of visitors. During peak visiting times, which run from the last month of the old year through the first two months...

Festivals and the dynamics of the exceptional dead in northern Vietnam.(Essay)
October 1, 2007... A brief review of the contemporary Vietnamese media presents the image of a nation in which 'festivals' (le hoi) are a popular and revered part of Vietnamese cultural life. Be it in newspapers, books, television shows, advertisements or...

'Seats for spirits to sit upon': becoming a spirit medium in contemporary Vietnam.(Essay)
October 1, 2007... There are some common and interesting expressions among lay people that seem to capture Vietnamese society's negative attitude towards mediums: 'do dong bong' ('you medium!'), and 'trong dong bong' (to look like a medium). To be said to be...

The emperor's new clothes: re-fashioning ritual in the Hue Festival.
October 1, 2007... In the spring of 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006, the city of Hue in Vietnam organised biennial performing arts festivals under the name of 'Festival Hue'. The concept of a modern, public-oriented, international performing arts festival following the...

The flaming womb: Repositioning women in early modern Southeast Asia.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... The flaming womb: Repositioning women in early modern Southeast Asia By BARBARA WATSON ANDAYA Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006. Pp. 335. Maps, Notes, Bibliography, Index. doi: 10.1017/S002246340700029X Barbara Watson Andaya,...

Nationalism in Southeast Asia.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Nationalism in Southeast Asia By NICHOLAS TARLING New York: Routledge, 2004. Pp. 273. Notes, Bibliography, Index. doi: 10.1017/S0022463407000306 There has been, in the last few decades, a proliferation of academic works that seek to...

History in uniform: Military ideology and the construction of Indonesia's past.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... History in uniform: Military ideology and the construction of Indonesia's past By KATHARINE E. MCGREGOR Singapore: NUS Press, 2007. Pp. 330. ISBN Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Index. doi: 10.1017/S0022463407000318 This work confirms...

New Buddhist movements in Thailand: Towards ah understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... New Buddhist movements in Thailand: Towards ah understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke By RORY MACKENZIE New York: Routledge, 2007. Pp. 253. Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, Index. doi: 10.1017/S002246340700032X New Buddhist...

Spreading the Dhamma: Writing, orality, and textual transmission in Buddhist northern Thailand.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Spreading the Dhamma: Writing, orality, and textual transmission in Buddhist northern Thailand By DANIEL M VEIDLINGER Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006. Pp. 259. Bibliography, Notes, Index. doi:10.1017/S0022463407000331 In the...

Books received 2007.(Bibliography)
October 1, 2007... Asia Assembling women: The feminization of global manufacturing By TERI L. CARAWAY Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007 ISBN: 9780801473654 Advancing East Asian regionalism By MELISSA G. CURLEY and NICHOLAS THOMAS New York: Routledge,...