Superscribing Symbols: The Myth of Guandi, Chinese God of War
Note: Display Collection Library holdings: 1 copy. ISBN: 9787549100859 Author/Speaker:Prasenjit DUARA
Rebellion and Reform in Indonesia: Jakarta’s Security and Autonomy Policies in Aceh
Armed separatist movements in Papua, East Timor and Aceh have been a serious problem for Indonesia’s central government. This book examines the policies of successive Indonesian governments to contain secessionist forces, focusing in particular on Jakarta’s response towards the armed separatist movement in Aceh. Unlike other studies of separatism in Indonesia, this book concentrates on …
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WPS 148 Inalienable Narration: The Nanzhao History between Thailand and China
This chapter revisits the ‘The Nanzhao as a Tai Kingdom’ argument, and examines the Chinese scholars’ refutation in the 1980s in the light of Chinese narration of the Nanzhao history. It argues that the ‘Nanzhao as a Tai Kingdom’ argument should not be understood in terms of nationalist contestation, but in the role that history …
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WPS 147 The Extent of Association between Husbands’Out-Migration and Decision Making Power among Left Behind Wives’in Rural India
Two divergent views confront each other from the perspective of the management of family affairs by left behind wives due to husbands’ out-migration. Some opine that left behind wives takes an active role in the management of family affairs whereas others believe that many are confronted for the first time with major responsibilities and are …
De Jiao, a Religious Movement in Contemporary China and Overseas: Purple Qi from the East
De Jiao (“Teaching of Virtue”) is a China-born religious movement, based on spirit-writing and rooted in the tradition of the “halls for good deeds,” which emerged in Chaozhou during the Sino-Japanese war. The book relates the fascinating process of its spread throughout Southeast Asia in the 1950s, and, more recently, from Thailand and Malaysia to …
Making Japanese Citizens: Civil Society and the Mythology of the Shimin in Postwar Japan
Making Japanese Citizens is an expansive history of the activists, intellectuals, and movements that played a crucial role in shaping civil society and civic thought throughout the broad sweep of Japan’s postwar period. Weaving his analysis around the concept of shimin (citizen), Simon Avenell traces the development of a new vision of citizenship based on …
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WPS 146 Being Catholic as Reflexive Spirituality: The Case of Religiously Involved Filipino Students
What does being Catholic mean to religiously involved Filipino students? Drawing from qualitative research with undergraduates involved in campus-based Catholic organisations, this article argues that their religious identity is best characterised in terms of a reflexive spirituality. Reflexive spirituality is defined as the subjective spiritual disposition of engaging with Catholicism to ascertain its most important …
WPS 145 Tracing the Centrality of Materials to Religious Belief in Southeast Asia
The great majority of books on religious diversity forgo an analysis of religious materials in favour of a focus on doctrine, scripture and governmental policy. This paper argues that the material aspects of religion — from statues and monuments of deities, to revered religious artworks, to talismans, amulets, and even sacred cars — are absolutely …
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WPS 144 The Mask-play Election: Generals, Politicians, and Voters at Thailand’s 2007 Poll
In September 2006, a coalition of political forces spearheaded by the army removed the Thai prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, by overthrowing parliamentary democracy. Elections which restored parliamentary government fourteen months later were a contest between the coup generals and the man they had overthrown. The generals argued that a return of a pro-Thaksinite government was …