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  • Houses in Motion

    The Experience of Place and the Problem of Belief in Urban Malaysia

    Series series Cultural Memory in the Present
    Houses in Motion: The Experience of Place and the Problem of Belief in Urban Malaysia is about the transformation of urban space and the reordering of the demographic character of Brickfields, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Kuala Lumpur. Baxstrom offers an ethnographic account of the complex attempts on the part of the state and the community to reconcile techno-rational conceptions of law, ... Leer más

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  • Realizing the Witch

    Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible

    Series series Forms of Living
    Benjamin Christensen’s Häxan (The Witch, 1922) stands as a singular film within the history of cinema. Deftly weaving contemporary scientific analysis and powerfully staged historical scenes of satanic initiation, confession under torture, possession, and persecution, Häxan creatively blends spectacle and argument to provoke a humanist re-evaluation of witchcraft in European history as well as the ... Leer más

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    People within the Malay world hold strong but diverse opinions about the meaning of the word Melayu, which can be loosely translated as Malayness. Questions of whether the Filipinos are properly called "Malay", or the Mon-Khmer speaking Orang Asli in Malaysia, can generate heated debates. So too can the question of whether it is appropriate to speak of a kebangsaan Melayu (Malay as nationality) as ... Leer más

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  • Hadrami Arabs in Present-day Indonesia

    An Indonesia-oriented group with an Arab signature

    Series series Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
    This book focuses on social and cultural trends in present-day Hadrami Arab societies in Eastern and Central Indonesia, and the history of the Hadrami Arab people, which demonstrates an early form of globalization. For centuries migration has played a vital part in Hadrami adaptation. External forces, such as the expanding powers of the Portugese in the Indian Ocean and the Turkish conquering ... Leer más

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  • The Dance That Makes You Vanish

    Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia

    Series series Difference Incorporated
    Indonesian court dance, a purportedly pure and untouched tradition, is famed throughout the world for its sublime calm and stillness. Yet this unyieldingly peaceful surface conceals a time of political repression and mass killing. Between 1965 and 1966, some one million Indonesians—including a large percentage of the country’s musicians, artists, and dancers—were killed, arrested, or disappeared ... Leer más

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  • Ethnicization and Identity Construction in Malaysia

    Series series Routledge Malaysian Studies Series
    This book is the first monograph to provide an in-depth and multifaceted study of the processes of ethnicization and identity construction in Malaysia, from the colonial period until the present. In his analysis, the author takes multiple layers of ethnicization into account and shows how these have shaped Malaysia’s socio-political system and society in different ways. Moving beyond a center ... Leer más

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  • Small Places, Large Issues

    An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

    Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
    ‘Remains among the most brilliant summaries of key ideas animating anthropology. In his famously accessible writing style, Eriksen introduces fundamental questions that shape human life, and provides an overview of the discipline’s contribution to the pressing issues of our times. A must-read’ Ursula Rao, Director, Anthropology of Politics and Governance, Max Planck Institute for Social ... Leer más

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  • Gender Pluralism

    Southeast Asia Since Early Modern Times

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  • Race and Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore

    Series series Routledge Malaysian Studies Series
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  • The Other Kuala Lumpur

    Living in the Shadows of a Globalising Southeast Asian City

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    Series series Routledge Malaysian Studies Series
    Kuala Lumpur, like many Southeast Asian cities, has changed very significantly in the last two or three decades – expanding its size, and 'modernising' and 'globalising' its built environment. For many people these changes represent 'progress' and 'development'. This book, however, focuses on the more marginalised residents of Kuala Lumpur. Among others, it considers street hawkers and vendors, ... Leer más

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  • Trauma, Memory, and Transformation: Southeast Asian Experiences

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    Different forms of trauma affect many millions of people. Trauma also helps to shape individual and collective memories. This innovative book explores how traumatic occurrences and processes are remembered. Using examples from well-known events like the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia, the Indian Ocean tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia, and civil conflict in southern Thailand, as well as the experiences ... Leer más

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  • Gender, State and Social Power in Contemporary Indonesia

    Divorce and Marriage Law

    Series series ASAA Women in Asia Series
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