Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from September 1999

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from September 1999

The Auction Lease System in Lower Burma's Fisheries, 1870-1904: Implications for Artisanal Fishers and Lessees.
September 1, 1999... In a survey of Burma's fisheries at the end of the colonial period, U Khin argued that expansion of the fishing industry was of great importance because it involved three distinct interests: the revenue of the state; the welfare of the large...

In the Eyes of the Beholder: Discourses of a Peasant Riot in Java.
September 1, 1999... Small-scale protests mounted by disgruntled peasants seeking redress from grievances associated with growing commercial crops on a large scale were a common phenomenon in Java after 1830. These rural protests disappeared once the cultivation of...

Antoine Payen: Peintre des Indes Orientales.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Antoine Payen: Peintre des Indes Orientales. By MARIE-ODETTE SCALLIET. Leiden: Research School CNWS, 1995, Pp. xxx, 870. Glossary, Maps, Plates, Bibliography, Index. [In French] From the window in the library of my house I overlook a...

Hugo Grotius, East India Trade and the King of Johor.
September 1, 1999... The Dutch humanist and jurisconsult Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), now best known for his contributions toward the development of modern international law, spent a significant part of his early career dealing with the affairs of the East Indies,...

Seductive Mediators: The Nuuraa Performer's Ritual Persona as a Love Magician in Kelantanese Thai Society.
September 1, 1999... Introduction [1] Social and ritual ambiguity is a common theme in anthropological studies. Ambiguity often presents itself in all aspects of the human condition and is culturally celebrated as the negotiation of a multiplicity of diverse...

Palace Women at the Margins of Social Change: An Aspect of the Politics of Social History in the Reign of King Chulalongkorn.
September 1, 1999... The reign of King Chulalongkorn of Siam (the Fifth Reign of the Chakri Dynasty, 1868-1910), conventionally regarded as the era when the Siamese elite steered their society through the threats of colonialism for it to emerge stronger than...

Voyages Across the Web of Time: Angkarn, Nietzsche and Temporal Colonization.
September 1, 1999... At first reckoning the idea of comparing the Thai writer/artist Angkarn Kalayanaphong and the nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche seems imprudent, if not absurd. The work of Angkarn, a pre-eminent figure in Thai cultural...

The Indochinese Congress (May 1936-March 1937): False Hope of Vietnamese Nationalists.
September 1, 1999... Between May 1936 and March 1937, several political movements in Cochin China (southern Vietnam) attempted to form an Indochinese Congress, intended to be a "people's assembly" in which the Vietnamese would be able to negotiate colonial reforms...

ASEAN in the New Asia, Issues & Trends.(Review)
September 1, 1999... ASEAN in the New Asia, Issues & Trends. Edited by CHIA SlOW YUE and MARCELLO PACINI. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and Turin: Giovanni Agnelli Foundation, 1997 (First Reprint 1998). Pp. ix, 176. Index, Tables, Figures. ...

Gender and Power in Affluent Asia.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Gender and Power in Affluent Asia. Edited by KRISHNA SEN and MAILA STIVENS. London: Routledge, 1998. Pp. xiv, 323. Index. Gender and Power in Affluent Asia asks interesting and innovative questions around the central theme of the place...

Asian Women and Their Work: A Geography of Gender and Development.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Asian Women and Their Work: A Geography of Gender and Development. Edited by CAROLYN V. PROROK and KIRAN BANGA CHHOKAR. Indiana (Pennsylvania): National Council for Geographic Education, 1998. Pp. iv, 131. Tables, Figures, Maps. Produced...

ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index. Volume One.(Review)
September 1, 1999... ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index. Volume One. Edited by KAREL R. VAN KOOIJ. London and New York: Kegan Paul International; Leiden and Amsterdam: International Institute for Asian Studies, 1999. Pp. xxxiv, 597. Indexes....

Doctoral Dissertations on China and on Inner Asia, 1976-1990: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Doctoral Dissertations on China and on Inner Asia, 1976-1990: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages. Compiled and Edited by FRANK JOSEPH SHULMAN. With contributions by PATRICIA POLANSKY and ANNA LEON SHULMAN. Westport, CT...

Southeast Asian Exports since the 14th Century: Cloves, Pepper, Coffee, and Sugar.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Southeast Asian Exports since the 14th Century: Cloves, Pepper, Coffee, and Sugar. Compiled by DAVID BULBECK, ANTHONY REID, LAY CHENG TAN and YIQU WU. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1998. Pp, xii, 195. Graphs, Maps, Tables,...

Food Supplies and the Japanese Occupation in South-East Asia.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Food Supplies and the Japanese Occupation in South-East Asia. Edited by PAUL H. KRATOSKA. Houndmills: Macmillan and New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998, Pp. xvi, 244. Maps, Tables, Figures, Index. Needless to say, food is a topic of vital...

Oral History in Southeast Asia. Theory and Method.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Oral History in Southeast Asia. Theory and Method. Edited by P. LIM PUI HUEN, JAMES H. MORRISON and KWA CHONG GUAN. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1998. Pp. xii, 172. Index. In a telling comment in the introductory section...

A Pictorial Journey on the Old Mekong: Cambodia, Laos and Yunnan.(Review)
September 1, 1999... A Pictorial Journey on the Old Mekong: Cambodia, Laos and Yunnan. By LOUIS DELAPORTE and FRANCIS GARNIER. Translated and Composed by WALTER E. J. TIPPS. Bangkok: White Lotus, 1998. Pp. viii, 218. Illustrations, Maps. Many who have read...

Language Use and Language Change in Brunei Darussalam.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Language Use and Language Change in Brunei Darussalam. Edited by PETER W. MARTIN, CONRAD OZOG and GLORIA POEDJOSOEDARMO. Athens (Ohio): Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1996. Monographs in International Studies, Southeast Asia...

Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Burma. Paradigms, Primary Sources, and Prejudices.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Burma. Paradigms, Primary Sources, and Prejudices. By MICHAEL A. AUNG-THWIN. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies, Monographs in International Studies Southeast Asia...

Bwe Karen Dictionary with Texts and English-Karen Word List.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Bwe Karen Dictionary with Texts and English-Karen Word List. By EUGENIE J. A. HENDERSON. Edited by ANNA J. ALLOTT. Two Volumes. Vol.I: "Introduction and Texts"; Volume II: "Dictionary and Word List". London: School of Oriental and African...

Le Culte des Genies Protecteurs au Cambodge. Analyse et Traduction d'um Corps de Textes sur les Neak Ta.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Le Culte des Genies Protecteurs au Cambodge. Analyse et Traduction d'um Corps de Textes sur les Neak Ta. By ALAIN FOREST, Paris: L'Harmattan, 1992. Pp. 254. Appendices, Bibliography. [In French] In the introduction to his book, Mr. Alain...

Sbek Thom: Khmer Shadow Theater.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Sbek Thom: Khmer Shadow Theater. By PECH TUM KRAVEL. Edited by THAVRO PHIM and SOS KEM [Khmer Version]. English translation by SOS KEM. Abridged, Adapted and Edited by MARTIN HATCH. Ithaca: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program and UNESCO,...

Building a Modern Financial System. The Indonesian Experience.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Building a Modern Financial System. The Indonesian Experience. By DAVTD C. COLE and BETTY F. SLADE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xxvii, 379. Tables, Figures, References, Index. This book analyzes the complex topic of the...

The Birthmark: Memoirs of a Balinese Prince.(Review)
September 1, 1999... The Birthmark: Memoirs of a Balinese Prince. By A.A.M. DJELANTIK. Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1998. Pp. 358. Glossary of Balinese Terms. Plates I-XXXV as central section, no page numbers. Autobiography plays an important role in the study...

Bibliography Indonesian Revolution.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Bibliography Indonesian Revolution. By H.A.J. KLOOSTER. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1997. Pp. x, 589. This bibliography is a major addition to scholarship on modem Indonesia. It contains over 7000 entries for publications issued between 1942 and...

Shallow Waters, Rising Tide, Shipping and Trade in Java Around 1775.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Shallow Waters, Rising Tide, Shipping and Trade in Java Around 1775. By G.J. KNAAP. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1996. Verhandelingen van bet Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde CLXXII.Pp. x, 225. Tables, Graphs, Appendices,...

Historical Foundations of a National Economy in Indonesia: 1890's-1990's.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Historical Foundations of a National Economy in Indonesia, 1890s-1990s. Edited by J. TH. LINDBLAD. Amsterdam: North Holland, 1996. Koninklijke Netherlandse Academie van Wetenschappen, Verhandelingen, Afd. Letterkunde, Nieuwe Reeks, Deel 167....

The Bugis.(Review)
September 1, 1999... The Bugis. By CHRISTIAN PELRAS. Oxford: Blackwell, 1996. Pp.xiii, 386. Maps, Bibliography, Index. The Bugis are the most numerous of the four ethnic groups which occupy the southwestern peninsula of Sulawesi, the island formerly called The...

Telling Lives, Telling History: Autobiography and Historical Imagination in Modern Indonesia.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Telling Lives, Telling History: Autobiography and Historical Imagination in Modern Indonesia. By P. POSPOS and MUHAMAD RADJAB. Edited, Translated, and with an Introduction by SUSAN RODGERS. Berkeley: University of California, 1993. Pp. xiii,...

Desawarnana (Nagarakrtagama) by Mpu Prapanca.(translated by Stuart Robson)(Review)
September 1, 1999... Desawarnana (Nagarakrtagama) by Mpu Prapanca. Translated by STUART ROBSON. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1995. Pp. viii, 158. The Old Javanese text now translated under its correct title Desawarnana ("Depiction of the Districts"), but known before...

Leadership and Social Mobility in a Southeast Asian Society: Minahasa,1677-1983.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Leadership and Social Mobility in a Southeast Asian Society: Minahasa, 1677-1983. By M.J.C. SCHOUTEN. Leiden: KITLV, 1998. Pp. viii, 334. Maps, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. The Minahasa region in Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, has a long...

Power in Motion. Capital Mobility and the Indonesian State.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Power in Motion. Capital Mobility and the Indonesian State. By JEFFREY A. WINTERS. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996. Pp. xvi, 241. Bibliography. Index. The author emphasizes that this book is not about oil booms nor even about...

Health, Disease, and Survival: A Biomedical and Genetic Analysis of the Orang Asli of Malaysia.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Health, Disease, and Survival: A Biomedical and Genetic Analysis of the Orang Asli of Malaysia. By ADELA BAER. Subang Jaya, Malaysia: Center for Orang Asli Concerns. Pp. xiv, 223. Illustrations, Map, Annotated Bibliography, Index. This...

The Coming of the Gods. An Iban Invocatory Chant (Timang Gawai Amat) of the Baleh River Region, Sarawak.(Review)
September 1, 1999... The Coming of the Gods. An Iban Invocatory Chant (Timang Gawai Amat) of the Baleh River Region, Sarawak. Two Volumes. Volume 1: Description and Analysis; Volume 2: Text and Translation. By JAMES JEMUT MASING. Canberra: Department of...

The Genesis of Konfrontasi. Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia 1945-1965.(Review)
September 1, 1999... The Genesis of Konfrontasi. Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia 1945-1965. By GREG POULGRA1N. Foreword by PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER. Bathurst: Crawford House Publishing/London: C. Hurst & Co., 1998. Pp. xxv, 321. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. ...

Inventing a Hero: The Posthumous Re-Creation of Andres Bonifacio.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Inventing a Hero: The Posthumous Re-Creation of Andres Bonifacio. By GLENN ANTHONY MAY. Madison: University of Wisconsin Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1996. Pp. xii, 200. Index. Appearing in print amidst the nationalistic...

Discrepant Histories: Translocal Essays on Filipino Cultures.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Discrepant Histories: Translocal Essays on Filipino Cultures. Edited by VICENTE L. RAFAEL. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995. Pp. xxviii, 331. Index. This book consists of a collection of ten -- seven previously published --...

Political Legitimacy and Housing: Stakeholding in Singapore.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Political Legitimacy and Housing: Stakeholding in Singapore. By CHUA BENGHUAT. Andover: Routledge, 1997. Pp. xvi, 189. As a non-specialist in the field of housing and urbanism, I find this book informative. Reading through the book, it is a...

Singapore: Towards A Developed Status.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Singapore: Towards A Developed Status. Edited by LINDA LOW. Singapore: Oxford University Press/Centre for Advanced Studies, 1999. Pp. Xxvi, 401. Like many edited volumes this book began with a conference. In this case it was a conference...

Challenges to Theme Park Development in Singapore.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Challenges to Theme Park Development in Singapore. By PEGGY TEO and BRENDA S.A. YEOH. Singapore: Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, CAS Research Paper Series No. 8, 1999. Pp. 34. Bibliography. The allure of...

Les statues du Buddha de la galerie de Phra Pathom Chedi.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Les statues du Buddha de la galerie de Phra Pathom Chedi. By KHAISRI SRIAROON. Patani: Prince of Songkhla University, 1996. Pp. 279. Appendices, illustrations, Maps, Bibliography. [In French and Thai] During the reign of King Rama III...

A History of Siamese Music Reconstructed from Western Documents, 1505-1932.(Review)
September 1, 1999... A History of Siamese Music Reconstructed from Western Documents, 1505-1932. By TERRY E. MILLER and JARERNCHAI CHONPAIROT. Crossroads Volume 8, Number 2, 1994. Pp. 267. Following the established precedent of occasional special issues of...

The Traffic in Women. Human Realities of the International Sex Trade.(Review)
September 1, 1999... The Traffic in Women. Human Realities of the International Sex Trade. By SIRIPORN SKROBANEK, NATTAYA BOONPAKDI and CHUTIMA JANTHAKEERO. London: Zed Books, 1997. Pp.viii, 124. Bibliography, Index. The Traffic in Women is a research/policy...

Thailand and the Southeast Asian Networks of the Vietnamese Revolution, 1885-1954.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Thailand and the Southeast Asian Networks of the Vietnamese Revolution, 1885-1954. By CHRISTOPHER E. GOSCHA. Richmond: Curzon, 1999. Pp. xiv, 418. Figures, Maps, Bibliography, Index. Christopher Goscha rightly justifies the writing of this...

Zen in Medieval Vietnam -- A Study and Translation of the Thien Uyen Tap Anh.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Zen in Medieval Vietnam -- A Study and Translation of the Thien Uyen Tap Anh. By NGUYEN CUONG TU. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. Pp.ix, 483. Appendices, Bibliography, Index. Buddhism in Vietnam has been accepted as essentially...

Epigraphie en chinois du Viet Nam/Van khac Han Nom Viet Nam/Yuenan Han-Nan Mingwen Huibian, Volume One.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Epigraphie en chinois du Viet Nam/Van khac Han Nom Viet Nam/Yuenan Han-Nan Mingwen Huibian, Volume One. Edited by PHAN VAN CAC and CLAUDINE SALMON. Paris and Hanoi: Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient and Vien Nghien cuu Han Nom, 1998. Pp. lxviii,...