Southeast Asia category: 1948 books
Vietnamese Supernaturalism
Views from the Southern Region
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
The beliefs and practices surrounding the meanings and symbols of the spirit world in Vietnam are explored in detail in this innovative study on popular religion in the country. The author shows an abiding interest in the 'subconscious life' at a grassroots level alongside rational formations of cosmological...
Building Cultural Nationalism in Malaysia
Identity, Representation and Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
This text contains an examination of processes of cultural citizenship in peninsular Malaysia. In particular, it focuses upon the diverse residents of the southwestern state of Melaka and their negotiations of belonging and incorporation in Malaysian society. Following political independence and the...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Fragmentation in Indonesia is by far the most critical issue now facing the state. This book analyses social unrest, autonomy and separatism in the wake of the Indonesian economic crisis, placing them in the context of state evolution, and looking at the competing aims of economic and political globalization...
Indonesian Sea Nomads
Money, Magic and Fear of the Orang Suku Laut
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2005
The Orang Suku Laut consider themselves indigenous Malays. Yet their interaction with others who call themselves Malays is characterised on both sides by fear of harmful magic and witchcraft. The nomadic Orang Suku Laut believe that the Qur'an contains elements of black magic, while the settled Malays...
War Crimes in Japan-Occupied Indonesia
A Case of Murder by Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Army invaded the Dutch East Indies, now known as Indonesia. A deceitful campaign promoting Asian brotherhood recruited and coerced young Indonesian men to support the Japanese occupation with the sinister outcome that several million of them were worked...
Retrospective
A Historiographical Aesthetic in Contemporary Singapore and Malaysia
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Developed as an exploratory study of artworks by artists of Singapore and Malaysia, Retrospective attempts to account for contemporary artworks that engage with history. These are artworks that reference past events or narratives, of the nation and its art. Through the examination of a selection of...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
This book examines both history textbook controversies AND teaching historical controversy in Asian contexts. The different perspectives provided by the book’s authors offer numerous insights, examples, and approaches for understanding historical controversy to provide a practical gold mine for...
Literature among the Ruins, 1945–1955
Postwar Japanese Literary Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
In the wake of the disaster of 1945—as Japan was forced to remake itself from “empire” to “nation” in the face of an uncertain global situation—literature and literary criticism emerged as highly contested sites. Today, this remarkable period holds rich potential for opening new dialogue...
Things Fall Away
Philippine Historical Experience and the Makings of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
In Things Fall Away, Neferti X. M. Tadiar offers a new paradigm for understanding politics and globalization. Her analysis illuminates both the power of Filipino subaltern experience to shape social and economic realities and the critical role of the nation’s writers and poets in that process. Through...
Vietnamese Colonial Republican
The Political Vision of Vu Trong Phung
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2013
This volume is a comprehensive study of Vietnam’s greatest and most controversial 20th century writer who died tragically in 1939 at the age of 28. Vu Trong Phung is known for a remarkable collection of politically provocative novels and sensational works of non-fiction reportage that were banned...
Places for Happiness
Community, Self, and Performance in the Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Places for Happiness explores two of the most important performance-based activities in the Philippines: the processions and Passion Plays associated with Easter and the mass-dance phenomenon known as “street dancing.” The scale of these handcrafted performances in terms of duration, time commitment,...
History of the Philippines
From Indios Bravos to Filipinos
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
From ancient Malay settlements to Spanish colonization, the American occupation and beyond, A History of the Philippines recasts various Philippine narratives with an eye for the layers of colonial and post-colonial history that have created this diverse and fascinating population. A History of the...
Triumph at Imphal-Kohima
How the Indian Army Finally Stopped the Japanese Juggernaut
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
In the spring of 1944, on the eastern front of India near the Burmese border, the seemingly unstoppable Imperial Japanese Army suffered the worst defeat in its history at the hands of Lieutenant General William Slim’s British XIV Army, most of whose units were drawn from the little-esteemed Indian...
Sacrifice of Singapore
Churchill’s Biggest Blunder
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
The fate of Singapore was sealed long before the Japanese attack in December 1941. The blame lay with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill who refused to listen to warnings from military advisors to reinforce defences in Singapore/Malaya, convinced the Japanese would never dare to attack a ‘white...