Monthly Archives: August 2018

Contents>> Vol. 7, No. 2 Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1350–1800 Ooi Keat Gin and Hoàng Anh Tuấn, eds.Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2016. Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1350–1800 is an important book for any student, researcher, or educator of precolonial Southeast Asia. The contributors present the latest findings and establish […]

Contents>> Vol. 7, No. 2 The Uprooted: Race, Children, and Imperialism in French Indochina, 1890–1980 Christina Elizabeth FirpoHonolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2016. Christina Firpo’s The Uprooted: Race, Children, and Imperialism in French Indochina tackles an intriguing topic that has long fascinated historians of colonialism: the métis (mixed race) children […]

Contents>> Vol. 7, No. 2 Thailand: Shifting Ground between the US and a Rising China Benjamin ZawackiLondon: Zed Books, 2017. Thailand: Shifting Ground between the US and a Rising China is an indispensable handbook for those who study Thailand or whose work involves the kingdom. A detailed review of the […]

Contents>> Vol. 7, No. 2 Inventing the Performing Arts: Modernity and Tradition in Colonial Indonesia Matthew Isaac CohenHonolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2016. In Inventing the Performing Arts: Modernity and Tradition in Colonial Indonesia, Matthew Isaac Cohen focuses on how “modernity” and “tradition” are woven together in shaping the practice […]

Contents>> Vol. 7, No. 2 Filipino Studies: Palimpsests of Nation and Diaspora Martin F. Manalansan IV and Augusto F. Espiritu, eds.New York: New York University Press, 2016. In Filipino Studies: Palimpsests of Nation and Diaspora, Martin F. Manalansan IV and Augusto F. Espiritu shepherd new forays by Filipino and Filipino-American […]

Contents>> Vol. 7, No. 2 Marriage Migration in Asia: Emerging Minorities at the Frontiers of Nation-States Sari K. Ishii, ed. Singapore: NUS Press in association with Kyoto University Press, 2016. Marriage Migration in Asia: Emerging Minorities at the Frontiers of Nation-States, edited by Sari K. Ishii, strives to deepen understanding […]

Contents>> Vol. 7, No. 2 Caged in on the Outside: Moral Subjectivity, Selfhood, and Islam in Minangkabau, Indonesia Gregory M. SimonHonolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2014. Entangled in the existing literature between the notions of customary laws (adat) and Islam, the moral integrities and religious lives of the Minangkabau community […]

Contents>> Vol. 7, No. 2 The End of National Cinema: Filipino Film at the Turn of the Century Patrick F. CamposQuezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2016. Patrick Campos’s groundbreaking book The End of National Cinema: Filipino Film at the Turn of the Century tries to make sense of […]

Contents>> Vol. 7, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS Buddhism in a Dark Age: Cambodian Monks under Pol Pot Ian HarrisHonolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2013. Buddhism in a Dark Age: Cambodian Monks under Pol Pot is an impressively well-researched examination of Buddhists and institutionalized Buddhism during the rise, reign, and fall […]