SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia articles from April 2000

SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia archives from April 2000

Dress and Ethnic Identity in Irian Jaya.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... After decades of neglect, studies of dress have come back into vogue among academics in recent years. While past (largely pre-World War II) studies were largely concerned with technical aspects of textiles (sometimes in relation to evolutionary...

On the Nation's Margins: The Social Place of Literature in Singapore.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... In May 1995, an article in the Straits Times suggested a decline in literature enrolment for "O" level studies in Singapore. A growing trend, it was reported, was for schools, required by the Ministry of Education to offer literature as a...

The Ambiguity of "Watershed": The Politics of People and Conservation in Northern Thailand.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... We have to put people in the right place. We have to accept that there are some places that we should not live. I am not supposed to sleep on Ratchadamnoen Avenue. Likewise, some of you should not live in watershed forests. (Plodprasop...

Javanese-Malay: Between Adaptation and Alienation.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... This paper aims to discuss the image imposed on immigrants and its manipulation through their settling process. "Settling" here does not mean a matter of dwelling alone but, rather, of positioning in a socio-cultural space as well. The idea is...

Indonesian Immigrant Settlements in Peninsular Malaysia.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Malaysia's economic performance, since the implementation of the New Economic Policy (NEP) in 1971 until recently, has been quite impressive. On average, the economy grew at about 7 per cent per annum and unemployment rates declined from 5.6...

Singapore's Economic Internationalization and Its Effects on Work and Family.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The Call to Go Regional and International In 1992, the Singapore government urged Singaporean businesses to expand into the Asian region. The steady growth of Singapore's external economy since then shows that the government's call has...

Whose Place Is This? Malay Rubber Producers and Thai Government Officials in Yala.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Whose Place Is This? Malay Rubber Producers and Thai Government Officials in Yala. By Andrew Cornish. Studies in Contemporary Thailand no. 5. Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 1977. 132 pp. The appearance of this book is on two accounts a very...

Explorations in Social Theory and Philippine Ethnography.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Explorations in Social Theory and Philippine Ethnography. By Raul Pertierra. Diliman, Quezon City: University of the Philippine Press, 1997. 262 pp. This collection of essays is fascinating to read yet difficult to review. I will return to...

Outward Appearances: Dressing State and Society in Indonesia.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Outward Appearances: Dressing State and Society in Indonesia. Edited by Henk S. Nordholt. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1997. 371 pp. This book, which originated from a workshop held at the KITLV in Leiden in 1993, looks at clothing and other...

Rituals of National Loyalty: An Anthropology of the State and the Village Scout Movement in Thailand.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Rituals of National Loyalty: An Anthropology of the State and the Village Scout Movement in Thailand. By Katherine A. Bowie. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. 393 pp. For the first sixty years or so of Thai constitutional monarchy...