South East Asia Books

New and Published Books

1. The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia

   Applied anthropology and environmental reclamation in the northern Philippines

   By Ben Wallace

   Series: The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia

   This book follows the work of the 'Good Roots Project' - a multi-year forestry and agriculture research project in the Philippines. The scheme is an attempt on the part of industry, science and the government to better understand the processes of deforestation and initiate a strategy by which...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Migrant Workers in Asia

   Distant Divides, Intimate Connections

   By Nicole Constable

   This book provides rich and provocative comparative studies of South and Southeast Asian domestic workers who migrate to other parts of Asia. These studies range from Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore, to Yemen, Israel, Jordan, and the UAE. Conceptually and methodologically, this book challenges us...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
3. Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia

   Edited by Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   This book brings together extensive recent innovative research on the study of men and masculinities in Southeast Asia. Drawing on rich ethnographic fieldwork from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia and Timor-Leste, the book examines both dominant and marginal...

   Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
4. Women, Islam and Everyday Life

   Renegotiating Polygamy in Indonesia

   By Nina Nurmila

   Series: ASAA Women in Asia Series

   This book examines Islam and women’s everyday life, focusing in particular on the highly controversial issue of polygamy. It discusses the competing interpretations of the Qur’anic verses that are at the heart of Muslim controversies over polygamy, with some groups believing that Islam enshrines...

   Published April 10th 2011 by Routledge
5. Communal Violence and Democratization in Indonesia

   Small Town Wars

   By Gerry van Klinken

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Through close scrutiny of empirical materials and interviews, this book uniquely analyzes all the episodes of long-running, widespread communal violence that erupted during Indonesia’s post-New Order transition. Indonesia democratised after the long and authoritarian New Order regime ended in May...

   Published September 16th 2009 by Routledge
6. The Changing World of Bali

   Religion, Society and Tourism

   By Leo Howe

   Series: The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia

   The glossy guide book image of Bali is of a timeless paradise whose people are devoutly religious and artistically gifted. However, a hundred years of colonialism, war and Indonesian independence, and tourism have produced both modernizing changes and created an image of Bali as ‘traditional’....

   Published April 14th 2009 by Routledge
7. Hadrami Arabs in Present-day Indonesia

   An Indonesia-oriented group with an Arab signature

   By Frode F. Jacobsen

   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....

   Published November 27th 2008 by Routledge
8. Singapore

   The State and the Culture of Excess

   By Souchou Yao

   Series: Asia's Transformations

   Taking ideas and frameworks from philosophy, psychology, political science, cultural studies and anthropology, this book tells the larger ‘truth’ about the Singapore state. This book argues that this strong hegemonic state achieves effective rule not just from repressive policies but also through a...

   Published December 6th 2006 by Routledge
9. The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia

   An Introduction

   By Victor King, William D. Wilder

   Series: The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia

   This is a comprehensive introduction to the social and cultural anthropology of South-East Asia. It provides an overview of the major theoretical issues and themes which have emerged from the engagement of anthropologists with South-East Asian communities; a succinct historical survey and...

   Published November 13th 2002 by Routledge