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 January, 2012
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Burma and the debates to come
Posted on 27 January 2012 | 17 CommentsBurma is changing, and so are the lines of argument deployed to explain what’s going on. With this in mind I... -
Princess Ubolratana in Queen Jamadevi
Posted on 26 January 2012 | 28 CommentsThe Legend of the Greatest Queen Jamadevi (จามเทวี) is the latest film starring Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, the eldest... -
Christian-Muslim dialogue and Mahathir
Posted on 26 January 2012 | 5 CommentsWhenever reports on the state of inter-religious relations in Malaysia find their way into the world media, the tenor is... -
Pheua Thai but for lese majeste
Posted on 25 January 2012 | 45 CommentsThe Pheua Thai government has now firmly clarified its position on moves to reform Thailand’s lese majeste law. The Bangkok... -
Review of Cicuzza and Shimizu
Posted on 25 January 2012 | 6 CommentsClaudio Cicuzza, A Mirror Reflecting the Entire World: The Pali Buddhapādamaṅgala or ‘Auspicious Signs on the Buddha’s Feet’ Critical... -
Selth on Burma today
Posted on 24 January 2012 | 2 CommentsAndrew Selth, the veteran Australian Burma-watcher, has provided a very helpful assessment of recent political events for the Lowy Institute’s Interpreter. Selth offers... -
A catalogue of threats against the Khana Nitirat
Posted on 24 January 2012 | 65 CommentsYesterday, the Khana Nitirat, the group of seven lecturers at Thammasat University who work to put law in the service... -
Progress and politics in Burma
Posted on 23 January 2012 | 3 CommentsToday The Myanmar Times has published a bumper edition. It showcases an interview with former Prime Minister and Military Intelligence supremo, Khin... -
UMNO’s “great” moderation
Posted on 23 January 2012 | No CommentsThe Prime Minister of Malaysia recently announced the setting-up of the Institute of Wasatiyyah at the recently concluded Global Movement... -
Open letter about lese majeste
Posted on 22 January 2012 | 8 CommentsSANG SUMNUEK WRITERS Open Letter to Fellow Writers and the Thai People Regarding Article 112 of the Thai Criminal Code ...