Book Reviews
-
Review of Misalliance
17 May 2013 1:00 PM | No CommentsKeith Weller Taylor argues that this new book is thoughtful, lucid, original, analytical, and readable
Read More -
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.
Read More -
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.
Read More -
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.
Read More -
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.
Read More -
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.
Read More -
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.
Read More -
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.
Read More -
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.
Read More -
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.
Read More -
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.
Read More -
Review of Land and Loyalty
17 July 2012 9:18 AM | 9 Comments
Read More -
Review of The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk
11 July 2012 3:44 PM | 9 Comments
Read More -
Review of Saying the Unsayable
19 June 2012 6:27 AM | 19 Comments
Read More -
Review of Economic Disparity and of Economic Transition
17 May 2012 8:05 AM | 2 Comments
Read More
-
Interviews
-
Interview with director of Enemies of the People
Posted on 7 September 2012 | 2 CommentsFollowing the special edition DVD release of Enemies of the People, I caught up with the film’s British co-producer and director Rob Lemkin, to discuss his views on the film and its contribution to history, dialogue, and reconciliation in Cambodia. -
The strongman strikes again: A chat with Mam Sonando’s lawyer, Sok Sam Oeun
Posted on 21 July 2012 | 11 CommentsPhoto courtesy of World Economic Forum, via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, a young Cambodian economist made an observant and frustrated remark... -
Nick Nostitz interviewed by Matichon
Posted on 31 May 2012 | 38 CommentsNew Mandala readers who have come to know Nick Nostitz through his blog posts (such as this classic), his photographs... -
Interview with Cambodian writer Tararith Kho
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 6 CommentsTararith Kho is a Cambodian author and poet who’s made a name for himself in his homeland and in American... -
Raja Petra Kamarudin interview at the ANU
Posted on 16 March 2011 | No CommentsEarlier in March I interviewed prominent Malaysian blogger and political activist Raja Petra Kamarudin while he was visiting Canberra. This... -
Interview with Claudio Sopranzetti: The politics of motorcycle taxis
Posted on 21 July 2010 | 34 Comments“Motorcycle taxis live in the cracks of Thai society” Claudio Sopranzetti, a PhD candidate at Harvard University, is writing his... -
Translation of interview with Sae Daeng
Posted on 18 June 2010 | 28 Commentsกองทัพ‘แดง’ พล.ต.ขัตติยะ สวัสดิผล “Red” Army Major General Khattiya Sawasdiphol ไทยโพสต์ (ThaiPost) วันอังคารที่ 8 มิถุนายน 2553 (Tuesday 8 June) Interview: 31... -
Interview with Professor Duncan McCargo
Posted on 7 August 2008 | 17 CommentsThis post is part of New Mandala’s series of interviews with academics, activists and writers who contribute to major debates in mainland... -
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... -
Andrew Walker interview in Thai
Posted on 7 March 2008 | No CommentsOver at Fa Deow Gan there is an extract from an interview with New Mandala co-founder, Andrew Walker. The full Thai-language translation of...