Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 2 Disrupting the Realist Nation: The Forest as Radical Illegibility in the Novels of Jose Rizal Glenn L. Diaz* *School of Humanities, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila 1108, Philippines e-mail: gdiaz[at]ateneo.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8950-9441 DOI: 10.20495/seas.12.2_213 The matter of geography does not seem […]
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Published in August, 2023 CONTENTS Articles Disrupting the Realist Nation: The Forest as Radical Illegibility in the Novels of Jose Rizal ・・・ Glenn L. Diaz Family Structure in Early Modern Vietnam: A Case Study of Villages around Huế ・・・ Ueda Shinya How to Frame Hybrid-Syncretic Religious Situations: Based on a […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 1 Angkor Wat: A Transcultural History of Heritage, Volume 1 Angkor in France. From Plaster Casts to Exhibition Pavilions Angkor Wat: A Transcultural History of Heritage, Volume 2 Angkor in Cambodia. From Jungle Find to Global Icon Michael Falser Boston: De Gruyter Art & Architecture, 2019. […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 1 The Sovereign Trickster: Death and Laughter in the Age of Duterte Vicente L. Rafael Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2022. Vicente L. Rafael begins his most recent book, The Sovereign Trickster, with a personal story about once meeting the former Philippine President, and subject […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 1 The Phantom World of Digul: Policing as Politics in Colonial Indonesia, 1926–1941 Takashi Shiraishi Singapore: NUS Press in association with Kyoto University Press, 2021. Policing the Phantom or Phantomizing the Police? The Political in the Age of Digul Shiraishi Takashi’s The Phantom World of Digul, […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 1 The US Volunteers in the Southern Philippines: Counterinsurgency, Pacification, and Collaboration, 1899–1901 John Scott Reed Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2020. John Scott Reed’s 302-page book outlines the achievements of the United States Volunteers (USV) during the Philippine-American War of 1899–1902, America’s most successful counterinsurgency […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 1 BOOK REVIEWS Conceptualizing the Malay World: Colonialism and Pan-Malay Identity in Malaya Soda Naoki Kyoto: Kyoto University Press; Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2020. Soda Naoki’s dissertation-turned-book titled Conceptualizing the Malay World is one of the few works in English on the thoughts of Ibrahim Yaakob […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 1 Farmers’ Reactions to Compulsory Land Acquisition for Urbanization in Central Vietnam Nguyen Quang Phuc* *University of Economics, Hue University, 99 Ho Dac Di, Hue City, Vietnam e-mail: nqphuc[at]hueuni.edu.vn https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7660-0836 DOI: 10.20495/seas.12.1_169 Land is a means of production, a source of income, a form of valuable […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 1 From Pengusaha (Businessperson) to Penguasa (Ruler): Migrant Traders and the Politics of Hospitality in Indonesia Hatib Abdul Kadir* *Faculty of Cultural Studies, Universitas Brawijaya, Jalan Veteran no 1 Malang East Java 65145, Indonesia; CCFS (Center for Culture and Frontier Studies), Universitas Brawijaya e-mail: hatibabdulkadir[at]ub.ac.id https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6123-9793 […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 1 Geography of Insecurity in Contemporary Jakarta: Cross-Class Spread of Residential Street Barriers Kuno Genta* *久納源太, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, 46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8304, Japan; Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University e-mail: kunou.genta.75w[at]st.kyoto-u.ac.jp https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-8613 DOI: 10.20495/seas.12.1_121 The […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 1 Why Did the Railways Fail to Monopolize Transport? The Limits of Rail Transport in Thailand and Burma before World War II Kakizaki Ichiro* *柿崎一郎, School of International Liberal Arts, Graduate School of Urban Social and Cultural Studies, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, No. 1 Creation of the State Forest System and Its Hostility to Local People in Colonial Java, Indonesia Mizuno Kosuke,* Hayati Sari Hasibuan,** Okamoto Masaaki,*** and Farha Widya Asrofani† *水野広祐, School of Environmental Science, University of Indonesia, Gedung Sekolah Ilmu Lingkungan, Jl. Salemba Raya 4, Jakarta, 10430, […]