Book Reviews
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Review of Ideal Man
24 May 2013 9:12 AM | No CommentsNew Mandala book review editor Michael Montesano reviews this new work on a key figure in Southeast Asian history.
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Review of Misalliance
17 May 2013 1:00 PM | 2 CommentsKeith 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 July, 2010
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ABC Interview with Jakrapob
Posted on 31 July 2010 | 27 CommentsABC’s lateline has an interview with Jakrapob. The full transcript is available here. A senior leader of Thailand’s Red Shirt... -
Thailand in Crisis: Episode 5 (แปลเป็นภาษาไทย)
Posted on 30 July 2010 | No CommentsThe fifth episode of the “Thailand in Crisis” vodcast has now been translated into Thai. The subtitled version is available... -
Lao studies conference 2010: the fascination of the marginal
Posted on 29 July 2010 | 14 CommentsThe Third International Conference on Lao Studies was hosted two weeks ago by Khon Kaen University (see earlier post on... -
Burma in Limbo, Part 1
Posted on 28 July 2010 | 21 CommentsCut off clean by a single sword stroke the severed head of 32-year-old Colonel Hata Kawashima of Imperial Japanese Army... -
Press conference on the death of Fabio Polenghi
Posted on 27 July 2010 | 10 Comments[UPDATE: Note correction to date and time below: this Friday (30 July) at 10.30 AM.] Received by email: Press conference... -
The neoliberal bogeyman of Cambodia
Posted on 27 July 2010 | 5 CommentsI recently gave a seminar at The University of Auckland entitled ‘Value Chain Development – A Critique From Southeast Asia’.... -
Can Pakatan Rakyat take over Putrajaya?
Posted on 26 July 2010 | 2 CommentsLiew Chin Tong‘s public lecture on whether Pakatan Rakyat can win at the next general election points PR’s fortunes towards two... -
The logic of lese majeste
Posted on 26 July 2010 | 20 Comments…police investigators must not cause trouble for people who really are loyal and have respect for the high institution, otherwise... -
ANU Burma election forum
Posted on 26 July 2010 | 4 CommentsOn Friday, 23 July 2010, the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific’s Department of Political and Social Change and... -
Bangkok Constituency 6: judgement day
Posted on 25 July 2010 | 63 Comments[UPDATE Monday 26 July: Have a look at this graphic from the Bangkok Post. Clearly doing the percentages on the...