Kamin Kamani (คามิน คมนีย์). เย็นวันเสาร์-เช้าวันอาทิตย์ (The Sunday Morning Club)Bangkok: Amarin Publishing, 2004 (1st edition); Banbook Publishing, 2014 (2nd edition). Kamin Kamani (คามิน คมนีย์). หัว*ใจ*เท้า (Head, Heart and Feet)Bangkok: Banbook Publishing, 2014. As symptoms of determination, […]
Jeon Je-Seong (ed.), 맨발의 학자들: 동남아 전문가 6인의 도전과 열정의 현지조사(Barefoot Scholars: challenges and passions in the fieldwork of six Southeast Asian specialists)Seoul: Nulmin books, 2014 This book consists of six notes of fieldwork experience […]
Nguyen Van Kim, Vân Đồn – Thương cảng quốc tế của Việt Nam (Van Don: The International Commercial Port of Vietnam) Hanoi: Vietnam National University Press, 2014. 450 pages + index, reference Over the past […]
Pandu Wicaksono, et.al. (eds.). Ilusi Demokrasi Lokal: Refleksi Gerakan Antikorupsi Organisasi Masyarakat Sipil(Illusion of Local Democracy: Reflections on the Anti-Corruption Movement of Civil Society Organizations) Malang: Intrans Publishing and Malang Corruption Watch, 2014. 138pp. Local Corruption, […]
Jun Honna, Paradox of Democratization: The deep structure of Asian politics from Indonesian caseTokyo: Iwanami Shoten. 2013Original title in Japanese: 民主化のパラドックスーインドネシアにみるアジア政治の深層Reviewed by Akiko Morishita The book begins with Honna’s real experience during his fieldwork when he interviewed a […]
Title: 中国南传佛教研究 (Theravāda Buddhism in China)Author: 郑篠筠 (Xiaoyun Zheng)Beijing: China Social Sciences Press (2012) Xiaoyun Zheng’s Theravāda Buddhism in China fills the academic gap on important issues of Theravāda Buddhism, one of the essential branches […]
인도네시아 속의 한국, 한국 속의 인도네시아 – 투자와 이주를 통한 문화 교류(Korea in Indonesia, Indonesia in Korea – Cultural Exchange Through Investment and Migration) By 전제성(Jesong Jeon), 유완또 (Yuwanto)Seoul: Imagine, 2013 Era Emas Hubungan Indonesia-Korea: Pertukaran […]
Book Title: 『フィリピンの小さな産院から』(From a Small Maternity Clinic in the Philippines)Author: 冨田江里子 (TOMITA, Eriko)Publisher: Tokyo: Seifusha (2012) “If no medical care exists, can there be births?” This is the main question that Eriko Tomita raises in […]
During the last decade, Indonesia has become a favored transit point for transiting asylum seekers. Largely from war-torn areas such as Afghanistan and Iraq, these asylum seekers have utilized Indonesia’s geographical proximity and its institutional […]
Muzika: Malaya’s Early Music Scene, 1900-1965. Azlan Mohamed Said, edited by Juffri Supa’at. Singapore: Stamford Printing, 2013. 256 pages. While flipping through his late father’s personal photo album, Azlan Mohamed Said was intrigued to see […]
Tar Tei Sa Nay Thar (A child born on Saturday) Nga Doe Sar Pay (Yangon, Myanmar), 2012. The book is the autobiography of U Nu, a leading nationalist and political figure in 20th century Myanmar, […]
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Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia. Issue 14 (September 2013). […]
Djinah 1965, Years of Silence, bagian I (first part) By Evans Poton. (Jakarta: Menara Warungku, IKJ-TIM, Interrographic, 2011, 101 pages), and: Sepenggal Catatan Merah, Sebuah Komik tentang Tragedi Mei 1998 (A red note’s fragment, a […]
Myanma no Kuni to Tami: Nichimen Hikaku Sonraku Syakairon no Kokoromi (『ミャンマーの国と民―日緬比較村落社会論の試み―』) (State and People in Myanmar: A Comparative Study of Rural Societies in Japan and Myanmar) By Akio Takahashi. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten, 2012 This […]
Nicholas Grossman and Dominic Faulder (eds.). 2011.King Bhumibol Adulyadej, A Life’s Work: Thailand’s Monarchy in Perspective.Singapore: Editions Didier Millet. 383 pages. In 2008, when it had become impossible for any credible journalist to ignore the entanglement […]
Alcazaren, Paulo, Luis Ferrer, and Benvenuto Icamina. 2011.Lungsod iskwater: The Evolution of Informality as a Dominant Pattern in Philippine Cities.Pasig City: Anvil. Lungsod iskwater (Squatter City) is a book that seems to be full of […]
Hope Sabanpan-Yu (editor). 2012.Hunger in Nayawak and Other Stories.University of San Carlos Press and Cebuano Studies Center. 256 pages Humanism in Lamberto G. Ceballos’ short stories [quote]…Ang maikling kuwento ay sining, at ang sining – […]
Gone Case, A Graphic NovelStory by Dave Chua. Art by Koh Hong Teng. Edited by Joyce Sim.Singapore. Book 1 (2010), Book 2 (2011) Popular culture provides a way for us to understand Southeast Asia and comics gives […]
Zombadings 1 :Patayin Sa Shokot si Remington [Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings] Directed by Jade Castro (2011) Zombadings (or Patayin sa Shokot si Remington) is a spoof on comics culture. It is also a fairy […]
An Uncommon Hero: M.K. Rajakumarin Politics and Medicine Tan Pek Leng (editor). Petaling Jaya: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2011, pp. 451. The use of repressive laws to suppress contenders for power in Malaya/Malaysia and Singapore […]
The Fate of Rural Hell: Asceticism and Desire in Buddhist Thailand. Benedict Anderson. Calcutta: Seagull books. 2012. 99 pp. Classical studies of Thai rural society often begin at a wat. From an anthropological perspective, the wat, or […]
Tan Swie Ling . 2010.G30S 1965, Perang Dingin & Kehancuran Nasionalisme: Pemikiran Cina Jelata Korban Orba[30 September 1965, the Cold War and the destruction of Nationalism: Thoughts of an ordinary Chinese as a victim of […]
Tan Swie Ling . 2010.G30S 1965, Perang Dingin & Kehancuran Nasionalisme: Pemikiran Cina Jelata Korban OrbaDepok: Komunitas Bambu bekerja sama dengan Lembaga Kajian Sinergi Indonesia, 2010 Membaca buku karangan Tan Swie Ling ini merupakan sebuah […]
Lee, Ricky. 2011. Si Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata[Amapola in 65 Chapters]Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Writers Studio Foundation, Inc. 364+ pp. Amapola, the protagonist of distinguished playwright and screenwriter Ricky Lee’s novel, is a female impersonator […]
Ligaya F. Amilbangsa, Ukkil: Visual Arts of the Sulu Archipelago. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila Press, 2006 Ukkil: Visual Arts of the Sulu Archipelago is a treatise on cultural practices inextricably linked to the political, economic, and social […]
Mary Zurbuchen (ed.) Beginning to Remember: The Past in Indonesian PresentSingapore and Seattle: Singapore University Press, with University of Washington Press, 2005 The past decade or so has seen proliferation of studies on different facets […]
Sea Nomads in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, a region encompassing an expanse of coasts and islands rich in varied maritime resources, is known widely for its long-established maritime traditions. What is regrettably less known is […]
The Rise and Fall of Communism in Sarawak 1940-1990V.L. PorrittMelbourne / Monash Asia Institute / 2004 As recent as two years ago, communism was a dirty word in Malaysia’s political vocabulary. All changed with the […]
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