Although often neglected in the literature on Islamic law, contemporary Indonesia is an especially rich source of insight into the diverse understandings and uses of the Islamic legal tradition in the modern world. Indonesian Muslims are engaged in vibrant and far-reaching debates over the terms, relevance, and developmental limits of Islamic law, and Indonesia is …

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Asian Cultural Studies or Cultural Studies in Asia is a new and burgeoning field, and the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal is at its cutting edge. Committed to bringing Asian Cultural Studies scholarship to the international English-speaking world and constantly challenging existing conceptions of cultural studies, the journal has emerged as the leading publication in Cultural …

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Le projet de la Malaysia (Malaisie + nord de Bornéo, formée en 1963) est d’être devenue un pays industriel en 2020.Démocratie parlementaire, elle devra auparavant avoir réglé la question des “races”. État musulman de 27 millions d’habitants, la Malaysia s’est construite sur un peuplement d’aborigènes, dominants à Bornéo, et sur un mélange de peuplement et …

Malaysia: La dualité territoriale (Malaysia: Territorial dualism) Read More »

Indonesia has been home to some of the most vibrant and complex developments in modern Islamic thought anywhere in the world. Nevertheless little is known or understood about these developments outside South East Asia. By considering the work of the leading Indonesian thinkers of the twentieth century, Michael Feener, an intellectual authority in the area, …

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This book discusses recent theoretical and empirical developments in international migration from a gender perspective. Its main objective is to analyse the diversification and stratification of gendered migratory streams with regard to skill level, labour market integration, and legal status. In turn a migrant’s position in relation to these axes influences access to entitlements and …

New Perspectives on Gender and Migration: Rights, Entitlements and Livelihoods Read More »

Over Singapore: 50 years ago is a view of old Singapore from a new angle. Many of the streets and buildings have changed; but many others are still instantly recognisable, and this book helps the reader make connections between places as they were and are today. In the 1950s, much of the landscape outside the …

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Leon Rubin and I Nyoman Sedana, both international theatre professionals as well as scholars, collaborate to give an understanding of performance culture in Bali from inside and out. The book describes four specific forms of contemporary performance that are unique to Bali: Wayang shadow-puppet theatre Sanghyang ritual trance performance Gambuh classical dance-drama the virtuoso art …

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