Vol. 14, No. 2 of Southeast Asian Studies | CSEAS Journal, Southeast Asian Studies

Published in August, 2025

Articles
Pocketing the Prize: Lingering Patterns of Prestige in Southeast Asian Studies	・・・	Jemma Purdey Antje Missbach
“Karampátan ñg Tao”: Tracing the Rise of Tagalog Human Rights Discourse Using a Textual Corpus	・・・	Ramon Guillermo
Historical Violence and the Child: Normalcy and Familial Relations in Children’s Books on the Marcos Dictatorship	・・・	Mary Grace R. Concepcion
The Palaeogeographic Evolution of the Wonosobo Volcanic Area and Its Impacts on Ancient Life in the Cradle of the Javanese Civilization	・・・	Suhadi Purwantara Arif Ashari Kuncoro Hadi Eko Prasetyo Nugroho Saputro
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Tiger Beliefs: Tracing an Animist-Analogist Transition in China and Vietnam	・・・	Nikolas Århem
Book Reviews
Tiffany Rae Pollock. Fire Dancers in Thailand’s Tourism Industry: Art, Affect, and Labor. New York: Cornell University Press, 2024.	・・・	Sarah Wijesinghe
Eric C. Thompson. The Story of Southeast Asia. Singapore: NUS Press, 2024.	・・・	Syahrul Rahmat
Charles Keith. Subjects and Sojourners: A History of Indochinese in France. Oakland: University of California Press, 2024.	・・・	Kevin D. Pham
Nhu Truong and Tuong Vu, eds. The Dragon’s Underbelly: Dynamics and Dilemmas in Vietnam’s Economy and Politics. Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2023.	・・・	Alexander L. Vuving
Neil Loughlin. The Politics of Coercion: State and Regime Making in Cambodia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2024.	・・・	Paul Chambers
James A. Tyner. The Apathy of Empire: Cambodia in American Geopolitics. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2024.	・・・	Lina Chhun
SiuSue Mark. Forging the Nation: Land Struggles in Myanmar’s Transition Period. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2023.	・・・	Trin Aiyara
Kisho Tsuchiya. Emplacing East Timor: Regime Change and Knowledge Production, 1860–2010. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2024.	・・・	Alberto Fidalgo Castro