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Book Synopsis The rapid postwar economic growth in the Southeast Asia region has led to a transformation of many of the societies there, together with the development of new types of anthropological research in the region. Local societies with originally quite different cultures have been incorporated into multi-ethnic states with their own projects of nation-building based on the creation of "national cultures" using these indigenous elements. At the same time, the expansion of international capitalism has led to increasing flows of money, people, languages and cultures across national boundaries, resulting in new hybrid social structures and cultural forms.
This book examines the nature of these processes in contemporary Southeast Asia with detailed case studies drawn from countries across the region, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. At the macro-level these include studies of nation-building and the incorporation of minorities. At the micro-level they range from studies of popular cultural forms, such as music and textiles to the impact of new sects and the world religions on local religious practice. Moving between the global and the local are the various streams of migrants within the region, including labor migrants responding to the changing distribution of economic opportunities and ethnic minorities moving in response to natural disaster.
Trade Review "This book is a useful resource…one of its more important contributions is that it presents valuable insights into the notion of globalising Southeast Asia and how people deal with this in different parts of Southeast Asia, including the confusion experienced in facing it." · The Asia-Pacific Journal of Anthropology
"The papers are well written and as a whole relate well to the overall theme of the book. In this regard, the book is a fine example of how much anthropology has to offer studies of globalization." · Asian Anthropology
"For those who treasure the diversity and richness of Southeast Asian cultures, and relish the vitality, ingenuity and perseverance of its peoples, the collective message [of this book] is very encouraging ... It makes great ‘escapist reading’ from the currently depressing international scene, and deserves a wide readership by all concerned with the risks, uncertainties and threats of volatile (and manipulated) globalization. All Southeast Asian aficionados can look forward to a smorgasbord of inspiration from this collection, and hopefully from the future volumes in this series." · Pacific Affairs
Table of Contents Preface
A Note on Names and Transliteration
Chapter 1. Introduction: “Glocalizing” Southeast Asia
Shinji Yamashita
Part I: Southeast Asia in Globalizing Perspectives
Chapter 2. Is Southeast Asia a Jigsaw Puzzle or a Collage?
Fernando N. Zialcita
Chapter 3. Cultural Knowledge, Nation-States, and the Limits of Globalization in Southeast Asia
Tong Chee Kiong and Lian Kwen Fee
Part II: The Local, the National, and the Transnational in Southeast Asia
Chapter 4. How to Live a Local Life: Balinese Responses to National Integration in Contemporary Indonesia
Haruya Kagami
Chapter 5. The Impact of Tourism in Three Tourist Villages in Bali
Wayan I. Geriya
Chapter 6. Gamelan Degung: Traditional Music in Contemporary West Java
Shota Fukuoka
Chapter 7. Batik as a Commodity and a Cultural Object
Teruo Sekimoto
Chapter 8. Globalization and the Dynamics of Culture in Thailand
Anan Ganjanapan
Part III: The Periphery of Nation States
Chapter 9. “Center” and “Periphery” in Oral Historiography in a Peripheral Area in Southeast Indonesia
Eriko Aoki
Chapter 10. Transformation of Shamanic Rituals among the Sama of Tabawan Island, Sulu Archipelago, Southern Philippines
Ikuya Tokoro
Chapter 11. Diaspora and Ethnic Awakening: The Formation of Cultural Consciousness among the Ayta of Mt. Pinatubo after the Eruption of 1991
Hiromu Shimizu
Chapter 12. Cultural and Religious Identities in Okinawa Today: A Case Study of Seventh-Day Adventist Proselytization in a Northern Okinawan Village
Bachtiar Alam
Chapter 13. Ethnographies of the Vanishing? Global Images and Local Realities among the Aborigines of Taiwan, 1600–2000
J.S. Eades
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