Comparative Drama (2) : Development Phenomena in Performing Arts of Southern Taiwan under the Policy of Cultural Creativity Industry
Call# PL2358 Lyj.B 2011 ISBN: 9789862950715/9789862950708
Conserving the Past, Creating the Future: Urban Heritage in Singapore
This carefully researched and compellingly written book brings the reader through the changing landscapes of Singapore from its early colonial roots, its overcrowded squalor and its aggressive demolition-and-rebuilding phase to the greater sensitivity that characterises urban planning today, acknowledging the place of history, memory and heritage in the making of the city. Within the pages …
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Early Interactions between South and Southeast Asia
This volume brings together twenty-three papers contributed by twenty-seven authors who have carried out research on the interactions between Southeast Asia and South Asia in the period between 500 BCE and CE 1500. Though there has been much debate on the nature of these interactions, the volume begins with an introduction to the question of …
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Embodying Difference: The Making of Burakumin in Modern Japan
The burakumin, Japan’s largest minority group, have been the focus of an extensive yet strikingly homogenous body of Japanese language research. The master narrative in much of this work typically links burakumin to premodern occupational groups which engaged in a number of socially polluting tasks like tanning and leatherwork. This master narrative, however, when subjected …
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Prasenjit Duara Reader – From West Heavens to the Central Plain: India-China New Thought Series
PRASENJIT DUARA is Raffles Professor of the Humanities and Director of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore and emeritus professor of History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books on Chinese and East Asian history including Culture, Power and the State: Rural North China,1900-1942 …
In the Name of Pauk-Phaw: Myanmar’s China Policy since 1948
Since its independence in January 1948, Myanmar has tried to find a way to deal with (at one time) ideologically hostile and traditionally chauvinistic China which has pursued a foreign policy aimed at restoring its perceived influence in Myanmar. To counter Chinas attempts to influence Myanmar’s foreign policy options has always been a challenge for …
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Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia
The spread of Islam eastward into South and Southeast Asia was one of the most significant cultural shifts in world history. As it expanded into these regions, Islam was received by cultures vastly different from those in the Middle East, incorporating them into a diverse global community that stretched from India to the Philippines. In …
Jurnalisme dan Politik di Indonesia: Biografi Kritis tentang Mochtar Lubis 1922-2004 sebagai Pemimpin Redaksi dan Pengarang
Mochtar Lubis adalah seorang pemimpin redaksi, pengarang, dan tokoh budaya Indonesia yang paling dikenal, baik di tingkat nasional, regional, maupun internasional, yang ia pertahankan dari awal tahun 1950-an hingga wafatnya tahun 2004. Buku ini menelusuri peristiwa-peristiwa besar dalam jagad kehidupan Mochtar Lubis: seorang tokoh yang memberikan makna pada penafsiran sejarah pascaproklamasi kemerdekaan Indonesia. Selain menggambarkan …
Mapping National Anxieties: Thailand’s Southern Conflict
This latest book by award-winning researcher Duncan McCargo, one of the world’s leading specialists on contemporary Thailand, builds on previous projects to elucidate new aspects of the intractable Southern conflict that has claimed more than 4500 lives since 2004. Mapping National Anxieties locates the insurgency in the context of Thailand’s wider political conflicts, exploring the ambiguous …
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Mapping the Acehnese Past
Aceh has become best known in our times for its twin disasters – the worst earthquake and tsunami of modern times in December 2004, and a long-running separatist conflict that rent Indonesia for most of its independent history. Although this book emerged from the process of recovery from those traumas, it turns the spotlight on …