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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Knowing Southeast Asian Subjects] advances the reflective nature of South East Asian studies in a new and different direction. . . there is much practical information and points for serious consideration raised in these essays, all by established and recognised scholars in their respective fields."
* Asian Affairs *
"Knowing Southeast Asian Subjects—a nice postmodern play on words—is concerned primarily with how, whether, and to what extent anyone can be said to 'know' the region (or perhaps anything else) with what needs to be called pre-postmodern assurance."
* Journal of Asian Studies *
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: Knowledges That Travel in Southeast Asian Area Studies / Carlo Bonura and Laurie J. Sears
Part One | Southeast Asian Subjects
1. Postcolonial Identities, Feminist Criticism, and Southeast Asian Studies / Laurie J. Sears
2. Can There Be Southeast Asians in Southeast Asian Studies? / Ariel Heryanto
3. Recognizing Scholarly Subjects: Collaboration, Area Studies, and the Politics of Nature / Celia Lowe
Part Two | Collaborations, Collections, Disciplines
4. Southeast Asian Studies in the United States and Southeast Asia: Missing Links / George Dutton
5. Disciplining Knowledge: Representing Resources for Southeast Asian Studies in the Libraries of the U.S. Academy / Judith A. N. Henchy
6. Political Science, the Anxiety of Interdisciplinary Engagement, and Southeast Asian Studies / Carlo Bonura
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
