Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 August 23, 2024 In Chai Skulchokchai's “Smirking against Power: Cynicism and Parody in Contemporary Thai Pro-Democracy Movement (2020–2023)” which appeared in Volume 13, Number 2, August 2024 of Southeast Asian Studies, there are two errors. Page 323, first paragraph, the 7th sentence should read “Later, […]
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Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 Strangers in the Family: Gender, Patriliny, and the Chinese in Colonial Indonesia Guo-Quan Seng Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2023. Despite extensive scholarship on Indonesia’s Chinese minority, Strangers in the Family offers a wholly fresh perspective. Spanning from the latter days of the Dutch East India […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 Innovation, Style and Spectacle in Wayang: Purbo Asmoro and the Evolution of an Indonesian Performing Art Kathryn Emerson Singapore: NUS Press, 2022. In the 1970s, an influential Indonesian arts administrator was trying to introduce serious reforms in the centuries-old Javanese shadow play (wayang) tradition. Humardani, […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 Indigenizing the Cold War: The Border Patrol Police and Nation-Building in Thailand Sinae Hyun Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2023. The massacre of leftist student protesters at Thammasat University on the morning of October 6, 1976 is one of the most infamous events in modern […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 Anwar Ibrahim: Tenacious in Dissent, Hopeful in Power Khoo Boo Teik Petaling Jaya: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2023. This book, as its title clearly states, focuses on Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (2022–present). More precisely, it analyzes Anwar’s evolution ever since he first […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 Global Anti-Asian Racism Jennifer Ho, ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2024. Racism is a core problem of our times, yet we have only just started to tackle its different dimensions. While some progress has been made, not least due to some important academic contributions […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 Electrifying Indonesia: Technology and Social Justice in National Development Anto Mohsin Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2023. In his seminal article “The Idea of Power in Javanese Culture,” Benedict Anderson (1972, 22) likened the concept of Javanese power to a lamp radiating light outward with […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Power, Politics, and Resistance in Transitional Justice Julie Bernath Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2023. The Khmer Rouge genocide, a historical tragedy that continues to resonate in Cambodia’s politics, underscores the importance of understanding the country’s social and political dynamics. Julie […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 BOOK REVIEWS Malaysiakini and the Power of Independent Media in Malaysia Janet Steele Singapore: NUS Press, 2023. Janet Steele’s Malaysiakini and the Power of Independent Media in Malaysia provides a timely chronicle of modern Malaysian history, seen through the eyes of Malaysiakini—“arguably Malaysia’s most important […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 A Century of Media Representations of Muslim and Chinese Minorities in the Philippines (1870s–1970s) Frances Antoinette Cruz* and Rocío Ortuño Casanova** *Department of Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Faculty of Political and […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 Digital Political Trends and Behaviors among Generation Z in Thailand Wisuttinee Taneerat* and Hasan Akrim Dongnadeng** *วิสุทธิณี ธานีรัตน์, Public Administration Program, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Prince of Songkla University, Trang Campus, 102 Moo. 6, Khuan Pring, Mueang Trang District, Trang 92000, Thailand Corresponding author’s […]
Contents>> Vol. 13, No. 3 The Politics of Economic Development in Cambodia: Making Cakes without Flour? Michiel Verver*, Heidi Dahles**, and Clarissa Danilov*** *Department of Organization Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands Corresponding author’s e-mail: m.j.verver[at]vu.nl https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8621-4488 **School of Social […]