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Kinship and Food in South East Asia
Food has an important role in establishing and structuring social and kin relations in Southeast Asian societies. For this reason, there is growing interest within anthropology in …
Charismatic Monks of Lanna Buddhism
Lanna Buddhism is a variant of Theravada Buddhism found in northern Thailand and neighbouring areas. A salient feature is the belief in charismatic monks. These monks and their (at …
Debating the East Asian Peace
East Asia (including Southeast Asia) used to be the world’s deadliest battleground but since the 1980s there has been a marked reduction in battle deaths. This ‘East Asian Peace’ …
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar
In 2011 armed hostilities between the Kachin Independence Organisation and Myanmar Army ended a 17-year ceasefire agreement. The unwillingness of local Kachin people and the Kachin …
Khaki Capital: The Political Economy of the Military in Southeast Asia
Although Southeast Asia has seen the emergence of civilian rule, the military continues to receive much of national budgets and, with significant assets and economic activities, …
Fieldwork in Timor-Leste
This is a must-have volume for scholars, other fieldworkers and policy-makers preparing to work in Timor-Leste, invaluable for those needing to understand the country from afar, …
Civil Society Elites
This innovative volume is the first systematic study of civil society elites in Southeast Asia (and indeed anywhere in the world). Spanning two previously separate areas of …
Warring Societies of Pre-Colonial Southeast Asia
Why is it that warfare in Southeast Asian history is depicted so differently in various historical sources and representations? Why have scholars looking at different countries …
Breast Cancer Meanings
Breast cancer is now the most common cancer among women in most Asian countries. Many lives are at stake. Even in places where state-of-the-art medical services are available, …
Jin Ping Mei – A Wild Horse in Chinese Literature
The late 16th-century novel Jin Ping Mei has been described as a landmark in the development of the narrative art form, there being no earlier work of prose fiction of equal …
Engaging Asia
Long regarded as a peripheral state in mainland Southeast Asia, Laos has attracted far less scholarly attention than richer and more powerful neighbours like Thailand and Vietnam. …
Spirit Possession in Buddhist Southeast Asia
In dramatic contrast to the reported growing influence of doctrinal and fundamentalist forms of religion in some parts of Southeast Asia, the predominantly Buddhist societies of …