Everyday life in Southeast Asia / edited by Kathleen M. Adams and Kathleen A. Gillogly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adams, Kathleen M., 1957-

Gillogly, Kathleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Southeast Asia.

Ethnology.

Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Southeast Asia--Religious life and customs.

Physical Description:

x, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2011]

Summary:

This lively survey of the peoples, cultures, and societies of Southeast Asia introduces a region of tremendous geographic, linguistic, historical, and religious diversity. Encompassing both mainland and island countries, these engaging essays describe personhood and identity, family and household organization, nation-states, religion, popular culture and the arts, the legacies of war and recovery, globalization, and the environment. Throughout, the focus is on the daily lives and experiences of ordinary people. Most of the essays are original to this volume, while a few are widely taught classics. All were chosen for their timelines and interest, and are ideally suited for the classroom. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Fluid Personhood: Conceptualizing Identities 9

1 Living in Indonesia without a Please or Thanks: Cultural Translations of Reciprocity and Respect / Lorraine V. Aragon Aragon, Lorraine V. 14

2 Toba Batak Selves: Personal, Spiritual, Collective / Andrew Causey Causey, Andrew 27

3 Poverty and Merit: Mobile Persons in Laos / Holly High High, Holly 37

4 A Question of Identity: Different Ways of Being Malay and Muslim in Malaysia / Judith Nagata Nagata, Judith 47

Part 2 Family, Households, and Livelihoods 59

5 Maling, a Hanunóo Girl from the Philippines / Harold C. Conklin Conklin, Harold C. 65

6 Marriage and Opium in a Lisu Village in Northern Thailand / Kathleen Gillogly Gillogly, Kathleen 79

7 Merit and Power in the Thai Social Order / Lucien M. Hanks Hanks, Lucien M. 89

Part 3 Crafting the Nation-State 101

8 Recording Tradition and Measuring Progress in the Ethnic Minority Highlands of Thailand / Hjorleifur Jonsson Jonsson, Hjorleifur 107

9 Everyday Life and the Management of Cultural Complexity in Contemporary Singapore / John Clammer Clammer, John 117

10 Youth Culture and Fading Memories of War in Hanoi, Vietnam / Christina Schwenkel Schwenkel, Christina 127

Part 4 World Religions in Everyday Life: Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity 137

11 The Ordination of a Tree: The Buddhist Ecology Movement in Thailand / Susan M. Darlington Darlington, Susan M. 143

12 Javanese Women and the Veil / Nancy Smith-Hefner Smith-Hefner, Nancy 154

13 Everyday Catholicism: Expanding the Sacred Sphere in the Philippines / Katharine L. Wiegele Wiegele, Katharine L. 165

Part 5 Communicating Ideas: Popular Culture, Arts, and Entertainment 177

14 Cultivating "Community" in an Indonesian Era of Conflict: Toraja Artistic Strategies for Promoting Peace / Kathleen M. Adams Adams, Kathleen M. 182

15 The Fall of Thai Rocky / Pattana Kitiarsa Kitiarsa, Pattana 195

16 Everyday Life as Art: Thai Artists and the Aesthetics of Shopping, Eating, Protesting, and Having Fun / Sandra Cate Cate, Sandra 206

17 Eating Lunch and Recreating the Universe: Food and Cosmology in Hoi An, Vietnam / Nir Avieli Avieli, Nir 218

Part 6 War and Recovery 231

18 Living with the War Dead in Contemporary Vietnam / Shaun Kingsley Malarney Malarney, Shaun Kingsley 237

19 Producing the People: Exchange Obligations and Popular Nationalism / Elizabeth G. Traube Traube, Elizabeth G. 247

20 The Question of Collaborators: Moral Order and Community in the Aftermath of the Khmer Rouge / Eve Monique Zucker Zucker, Eve Monique 258

Part 7 Global Processes and Shifting Ecological Relations 269

21 When the Mountains No Longer Mean Home / Chris Lyttleton Lyttleton, Chris 273

22 "They Do Not Like to Be Confined and Told What to Do": Schooling Malaysian Indigenes / Robert Knox Dentan Dentan, Robert Knox, Anthony (Bah Tony) Williams-Hunt Williams-Hunt, Anthony, (Bah Tony), Juli Edo Edo, Juli 283

23 Narratives of Agency: Sex Work in Indonesia's Borderlands / Michele Ford Ford, Michele, Lenore Lyons Lyons, Lenore 295

24 Just Below the Surface: Environmental Destruction and Loss of Livelihood on an Indonesian Atoll / Gene Ammarell Ammarell, Gene 304.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253356376

0253356377

9780253223210

0253223210

OCLC:

663954293