Book Reviews
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Review of Ideal Man
24 May 2013 9:12 AM | No Comments
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Review of Misalliance
17 May 2013 1:00 PM | 1 CommentKeith Weller Taylor argues that this new book is thoughtful, lucid, original, analytical, and readable
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Review of Thailand’s Hidden Workforce
05 April 2013 9:15 AM | 1 CommentInga Gruß reviews a book about the work conditions of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand at this time of immense change.
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Review of Gender, Emotions and Labour Markets
21 February 2013 9:10 AM | 1 CommentSri Ranjani Mei Hua reviews a book dealing with experiences of women in Southeast Asia.
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Review of Authority of Influence
06 January 2013 5:31 AM | 3 CommentsScholarly treatments of gender in Myanmar, past or present, remain scarce. Jessica Harriden’s book thus fills a gap in our understanding of an important and controversial topic.
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Review of The King in Exile
04 December 2012 8:35 AM | 4 CommentsDonald M. Seekins argues that this book is the story of a dynasty that belongs truly to Burma’s past.
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Review of Buddhist Fury
13 November 2012 7:57 AM | 21 CommentsThis book explores the relationship between religion and violence in far southern Thailand, where Buddhist monks are a marginalized local minority.
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Review of Revisiting Rural Places
30 October 2012 7:54 AM | 2 CommentsRevisiting Rural Places should become an essential reference text for researchers who work on social, cultural, political and economic change in Asia.
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Review of The Institutional Imperative
16 October 2012 7:00 AM | 9 CommentsDe-agrarianisation often isn’t very pretty, but economic disparity may well be the price to be paid for pursuing it as slowly as Thailand has over the past 50 years.
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Review of Imagining Gay Paradise
09 October 2012 6:55 AM | 2 CommentsThe creation of make-shift, idiosyncratic queer paradises provides shelter, community, and belonging for many who have refused to fit into standard narratives of Southeast Asia.
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Review of The Fate of Rural Hell
12 September 2012 7:56 AM | 6 CommentsThe models of eroticism and faith in the Hell Garden have been left behind by the robust urban bourgeois consumerist culture increasingly prominent across contemporary Thai society.
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Review of Revolution Interrupted
24 July 2012 11:46 AM | 6 CommentsQuestioning received notions of revolution, this book offers a passionate and rigorous reconsideration of the period in Thailand between October 1973 and October 1976.
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Review of Land and Loyalty
17 July 2012 9:18 AM | 9 Comments
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Review of The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk
11 July 2012 3:44 PM | 9 Comments
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Review of Saying the Unsayable
19 June 2012 6:27 AM | 19 Comments
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Archive for March, 2008
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Kunming to Bangkok road links
Posted on 31 March 2008 | 6 CommentsHere is a nice little video from The International Herald Tribune‘s Thomas Fuller on road links from Kunming down into... -
Resettlement for Irrawaddy reporter
Posted on 31 March 2008 | No CommentsShah Paung, a Karen journalist who has worked at The Irrawaddy for five years, has a wonderful piece on her decision to... -
The Pink Man comes to Canberra
Posted on 31 March 2008 | 3 CommentsSeminar: “Pink Man and Other Adventures in Photography” Manit Sriwanichpoom Venue: Sparke Helmore Lecture Theatre 2 The Australian National... -
Interview with Justin Wintle
Posted on 31 March 2008 | 7 CommentsThis post is part of New Mandala‘s series of interviews with academics, activists and writers who contribute to major debates in mainland... -
A Shan royal recollection
Posted on 31 March 2008 | No CommentsThe moon princess (2008) by Sao Sanda (ISBN: 9789749863374, River Books). Sao Sanda is the eldest daughter of Sao Shwe Thaike,... -
Emotional tourism
Posted on 29 March 2008 | 19 CommentsSome may have read news stories of celebrity chefs pulling out of a Bangkok event at which 50 guests... -
Asbestos in Thailand
Posted on 28 March 2008 | 26 CommentsThere have been some interesting recent comments on asbestos in Thailand. So I am opening up a post specifically on this... -
Welcome home Thaksin
Posted on 27 March 2008 | 2 CommentsIt is now something of an historical relic but it is still worth sharing. Regular New Mandala contributor Tim Forsyth... -
Paul Handley on Thailand’s Privy Council
Posted on 27 March 2008 | 1 CommentRecent discussions on New Mandala have veered back towards the role of the royal family in Thai political life. In an... -
Mien sports and heritage
Posted on 27 March 2008 | 2 CommentsNew Mandala readers may be interested in video I have made of the festival of Mien Sports and Heritage, Thailand...