Hakutulokset: Hakutulos
yhteensä 48 hakutulosta
Future Forward
Thai politics have been intensely polarized since demonstrations against the government of then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra began in 2005. Conservatives aligned with the …
Power and Dissent in Imperial Japan
This volume examines the careers and intellectual positions of three prominent Japanese "dissidents" in the later Imperial period - Minobe Tatsukichi, Sakai Toshihiko and Saito …
Cambodians and Their Doctors
At face value, this book is about medicine in Cambodia over the last hundred years. At the same time, however, by using 'medicine' (in the sense of ideas, practices and …
Violence and Belonging
Most studies of violence in the Middle East and South Asia come from the perspective of honour or political violence. By contrast, this important study offers a new perspective on …
Belittled Citizens
What does childhood mean in contemporary Thailand? What constitutes childhood in a slum? How does childhood figure in the construction of national citizenships? Rich in …
A Meeting of Masks
A fresh understanding of the ongoing Thai political conflict is offered in this exploration of the connections between status, space, and social life in Bangkok. Looking beyond the …
Fishers, Monks and Cadres
This remarkable and timely ethnography explores how fishing communities living on the fringe of the South China Sea in central Vietnam interact with state and religious authorities …
Tuked Rini, Cosmic Traveller
The focus of this book is a legend that has been recited for centuries around fires in longhouses in the Kelabit Highlands, the highest inhabited place in Borneo and part of the …
Monarchical Manipulation in Cambodia
One figure strides across modern Cambodian history – Norodom Sihanouk. From his accession to the throne of Cambodia in 1941 until his extravagant funeral ceremony in 2013, the …
Trade and Society in the Straits of Melaka
This award-winning, pioneering work from a member of Malaysia's new generation of historians is a tale of two very different cities. Melaka was an important commercial entrepot on …
Childbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand
Anders Poulsen's term as a UNESCO expert terminated in 1962, but he has returned to the same area of Northeast Thailand many times since, most recently in 2005. As such, this …
Proper Islamic Consumption
Examining the powerful linkages between class, consumption, market relations, Islam and the state in contemporary Malaysia, this is the first book to explore how Malaysia's …