Southeast Asian Studies
Debates and New Directions
Published on 30. December 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-981-230-384-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 to 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 globalisation and localization.
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Persons
CYNTHIA CHOU is Associate Professor and Head of the Southeast Asian Studies programme at the University of Copenhagen. VINCENT HOUBEN is Professor of Southeast Asian History and Society and current director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
Content
1 Introduction by Cynthia Chou and Vincent Houben; 2 Southeast Asia: Personal Reflections on a Region by Victor T. King; 3 Region, Academic Dynamics, and Promise of Comparitivism: Beyond Studying 'Southeast Asia'? by Robert Cribb; 4 Towards Multi-Laterality in Southeast Asian Studies: Perspectives from Japan by Yoko Hayami; 5 The Academic's New Clothes: The Cult of Theory versus the Cultivation of Language in Southeast Asian Studies by Martin Platt; 6 Rethinking Southeast Asian Politics by Duncan McCargo; 7 Reconceptualizing Southeast Asian Studies by Cynthia Chou; 8 Southeast Asian History: The Search for New Perspectives by Vincent Houben; 9 Film, Literature, and Context in Southeast Asia: P. Ramlee, Malay Cinema, and History by Timothy P. Barnard; Bibliography; Index.