Southeast Asian studies: debates and new directions

by Chou, Cynthia Houben, V. J. H.

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Full title :Southeast Asian studies : debates and new directions / edited by Cynthia Chou and Vincent Houben.

Summary

""What is the relevance of the area studies approach to Southeast Asia?" The current state and future directions of area studies, of which Southeast Asian studies are a part, is a central question not only to scientists working in the field but also those engaged in university politics. This collection of nine articles is written by specialists from different disciplinary backgrounds and working in institutions of higher learning all around the world. It provides an up-to-date insight into the current state of the study field, its strengths and weaknesses and seeks ways to reconfigure Southeast Asian studies in order to meet the challenges of a region that is caught up in profound transformation as a consequence of both globalization and localization"--ISEAS Publications Unit.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, International Institute for Asian Studies
Place of Publication:Singapore
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 206 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9812303847, 9789812303844, 9789812303851, 9812303855
oclc:ocm75589113
LC Classification:DS524.7
Dewey Decimal:959.00711

Introduction / Cynthia Chou and Vincent Houben -- Southeast Asia : personal reflections on a region / Victor T. King -- Region, academic dynamics, and promise of comparitivism : beyond studying 'Southeast Asia'? / Robert Cribb -- Towards multi-laterality in Southeast Asian studies : perspectives from Japan / Yoko Hayami -- The academic's new clothes : the cult of theory versus the cultivation of language in Southeast Asian studies / Martin Platt -- Rethinking Southeast Asian politics / Duncan McCargo -- Reconceptualizing Southeast Asian studies / Cynthia Chou -- Southeast Asian history : the search for new perspectives / Vincent Houben -- Film, literature, and context in Southeast Asia : P. Ramlee, Malay cinema, and history / Timothy P. Barnard.

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