SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia articles from October 2008

SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia archives from October 2008

Perspective versus practice: women's leadership in Muhammadiyah.(Viewpoint essay)
October 1, 2008... Introduction A challenge Muhammadiyah (1) faces in the Indonesian Reform Era is in the discourse on Muslim women's status and role (Soeratno 1998, p. 89). As the second largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, Muhammadiyah's approach to...

Seeking self-worth, fighting boredom: why women choose to work in Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines.(Essay)
October 1, 2008... Introduction Undoubtedly, women play vital, prominent and dynamic roles in a country's socio-economic development. While being either full-time or part-time industry workers, they are also homemakers who run the household. It is important...

Islamic resurgence and the Ethnicization of the Malaysian State: The Case of Lina Joy.(Case study)
October 1, 2008... "I admit it is not easy for a multi-racial population to live in peace and harmony. Look around us. Not many are successful; more have failed. We must maintain this precious unity to the best we can." --Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan...

Comparing local silk textiles: the Thai-Lao Matmii and the Japanese Tumugi Kasuri.(Report)
October 1, 2008... Introduction Asian textiles are extremely powerful and exciting art forms. The spiritual and ritual importance that they have held in ceremonies of state and religion is enhanced by their splendour and the mystery that surrounds them...

Longing for Japan: the consumption of Japanese cultural products in Thailand.(Report)
October 1, 2008... Introduction In the heart of Bangkok, there is an area called "Siam Square" where young Thais go for fashionable clothes, meeting friends, dining on international cuisines, or enjoying entertainment such as movies and bowling. Hundreds of...

Singapore: The State and the Culture of Excess.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Singapore: The State and the Culture of Excess. By Souchou Yao. London: Routledge, Asia's Transformations, 2007. Souchou Yao, a Malaysian anthropologist based at the University of Sydney (Australia), explains how he wishes his book had been...

Civil Society and Democratization: Social Movements in Northeast Thailand.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Civil Society and Democratization: Social Movements in Northeast Thailand. By Somchai Phatharathananunth. Copenhagen, Denmark: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2006. Bibliography, Index, 251 pp. This book presents a progressive...

Views of Seventeenth-Century Vietnam: Christoforo Borri on Cochinchina and Samuel Baron on Tonkin.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Views of Seventeenth-Century Vietnam: Christoforo Borri on Cochinchina and Samuel Baron on Tonkin. Edited and annotated by Olga Dror and K.W. Taylor. Ithaca: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2006. Maps, 290 pp. Historians of...

Vientiane: Transformations of a Lao Landscape.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Vientiane: Transformations of a Lao Landscape. By Marc Askew, William Logan, and Colin Long. London: Routledge, 2007. Vientiane: Transformations of a Lao Landscape is an antidote to common depictions of Laos as a marginal rural autarchy and...