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Abstracts of the 2000 AAS Annual Meeting
March 9–12, 2000, San Diego, CA

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SOUTHEAST ASIA SESSIONS

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[ 17 | 18 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 55 | 56 | 76 | 77 | 96 | 97 | 114 | 115 | 116 ]

[ 154 | 155 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 212 | 213 | 214 ]


Session 17: Globalization, Crisis, and New Social Movements in Malaysia

Responses to Globalization After July 1997: A Comparative Study of Malaysia and Singapore, Khoo Boo Teik

"Reformasi" Global or Local?: Reflections on Differences Between the Contemporary Malaysian and Indonesian Experience, David Camroux

From Religion to Sexuality: A Critical Reflection on the Women’s Agenda for Change and its Impact on the Political Ferment of Malaysia, Patricia Martinez

Muslim Women’s Participation: More Visible in a Transforming Civil Society, Saliha Hassan


Session 18: "America is in the Heart": Postcolonial Hybridities in Constructions of Vietnamese and Filipino American Identities (Sponsored by the Southeast Asia Council)

Unifying Viet Nam from Abroad: Vietnamese Students in America During the Viet Nam War, Vu Hong Pham

Vietnamese Literature in an Out of the Way Place, Dan Duffy

The Filipino American in Philippine Film, Benito M. Vergara Jr.

Depicting the Filipino Diaspora Through M.A.S.S. Media: An Ethnography of Moving Images, Deirdre de la Cruz


Session 35: Regional Dynamics of Philippine Armed Insurgencies: Mindanao and Visayas

Revolution from the "Middle": The Communist Party of the Philippines’ Mindanao Commission, Patricio N. Abinales

From Autonomy to Secession: The MILF Story Marites Danguilan Vitug Provincial Dynamics of a Nationwide Revolutionary Movement: Rise, Decline, and Outcome of the CPP-NPA in Negros Occidental, Rosanne Rutten

"Mindanao People Unite!": Frustrated Efforts to Find Common Cause Between Muslim and Christian Insurgencies in Mindanao, Thomas M. McKenna


Session 36: Burma Studies: The Next Generation

Ming Expansion, Military Technology, Overland Trade, and the Rise of Northern Mainland Southeast Asia, c. 1380–1600, Laichen Sun

Trials, Tattoos, and Taxonomies: The Creation of a Twentieth-Century Burmese Rebel, Maitrii Aung-Thwin

The Use of Space at the Pyu Settlement of Sriksetra, Fifth to Ninth-Century, Shah Alam Zailini

The King of "Free Rabbit" Island: A GIS-based Archaeological Study of Myanmar’s Medieval Capital, Bagan, Bob Hudson

The Politics of State-Business Relations in Post-Colonial Myanmar, Kyaw Yin Hlaing


Session 37: Guiding Transitions: Daniel Lev’s Influence on Southeast Asian Studies

Scalpers and Destroyers: Pancasila Youth in Medan in the 1960s, Loren S. Ryter

Redefining "Political" in an Era of Transition: Nahdlatul Ulama and Khittah 26, Robin Bush

Histories of Struggle and Struggling with History: Aceh and Reform(ing) Indonesia, Elizabeth F. Drexler


Session 55: Human Rights in Southeast Asia

Human Rights Under Leninism in Vietnam and Cambodia Today, Stephen Morris

Alternative Theories to Explain the Violation of Human Rights in Singapore, Michael Haas

The Stuggle for Human Rights in Indonesia, Elizabeth Fuller Collins

Human Rights in Thailand, David Streckfuss

Human Rights in Burma, Ross Marlay


Session 56: Minority Perspectives on Vietnamese History

A Historiographical Inquiry into Muong and Viet, Keith Weller Taylor

Colliding Peoples: Tai/Viet Interaction in the 14th and 15th Centuries, John K. Whitmore

Region and Ethnicity in the Tay Son Wars, Nguyen Quoc Vinh

Neither Cambodian nor Chinese: Vietnamizing the History of Saigon, Maureen Feeney


Session 76: Frontiers of Desire: Case Studies from the Border Areas of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore

Borders and the Mapping of the Malay World, Carl A. Trocki

Space, Place, and Identity: Changing Meanings of the Border in Highland Borneo, Poline Bala

Money, Marriage, and Desire: Transnational Border Crossings in Highland Borneo, Matthew Amster

In the Shadows of the Crisis: The Political Economy of Desire in the Indonesian-Malaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle, Johan Lindquist


Session 77: Regional Dynamics of Philippine Armed Insurgencies: Luzon

The Lavas: Up Close and Personal, Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

Artifacts and Afterthoughts of American Colonial Policy: "Igorotism," Rebellion, and Regional Autonomy in the Cordillera, Gerard Finin

Fear and Empathy in Low Intensity Conflict: Ambivalent and Shifting Views of NPA Soldiers Among Ifugao People, Lynn Kwiatkowski

From Daughters, Sisters, and Wives to Comrades and Revolutionaries: The Changing Identities of Women in the Huk Rebellion, Vina Lanzona


Session 96: A Critical Review of the 1999 Indonesian Elections

Elections and Islam, Muhammad A. S. Hikam

Elections and Civil Society, Kastorius Sinaga

Elections and Money Politics, Wardah Hafidz

Elections and Chinese Indonesians, Benny Subianto


Session 97: Classic Ethnography and Changing Styles of Ethnic Representation in Southeast Asia

Ethnic Moves: Migration, Anthropology, and the State in the Northern Hills of Thailand, Hjorleifur R. Jonsson

Looking South from Chiang Mai: Reflections on Ethnographic Orthodoxy and Chinese in Thailand, Ann Maxwell Hill

Religion and Language as Ethnicity in Sulawesi, Indonesia, Lorraine V. Aragon

Feasts of Merit: The Politics of Ethnography and Enduring Ethnic Icons in the Luzon Highlands, Susan D. Russell


Session 114: The Cultural Politics of the Asian Financial Crisis (Sponsored by Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei Studies Group)

"Asian (Family) Values" and "The West": State Narratives and Transnational Discourses in Insular Southeast Asia, Michael G. Peletz

Civility and Citizenship Imperiled: Muslim Democrats and State Violence During the Indonesian Crisis, 1997–1999, Robert William Hefner

Commodified Spirituality after the Crash: Wat Dhammakaya and the Cultural Politics of Buddhism in Contemporary Thailand, Erick D. White

The Peculiarities of Malaysian Liberalism, Donald M. Nonini


Session 115: Democratizing Cambodia

Women and Democracy in Cambodia: So Many Needs; So Many Fronts, Laura Summers

Elections and Assassinations: Local Democracy and Rural Development in Cambodia, Tim Conway

Cambodian Mystics and Militants: Contending Approaches to Democratic Reform, Caroline Hughes


Session 116: Apprehensions of Modernity in Colonial Vietnam

Vu Trong Phung: The Adventures of a Literary Reputation, Peter Zinoman

Vietnamese Railroad Workers and the French Technocratic Vision, David Del Testa

Nguyen Van Vinh: Brokering Culture Across Colonial Divides, Christopher Goscha

The Development of Sports in Colonial Vietnam: A Modern Rediscovery of the Body and the Affirmation of National Strength (1918–1940), Agathe Larcher-Goscha


Session 154: Religious Encounters, Identity, and Locality in Indonesia and Malaysia (Sponsored by the Indonesian Studies Committee)

Aceh and Al-Ikhlas on Fifth Avenue: A Story of Indonesian Islamic Elsewheres, Kenneth M. George

The Bible Meets the Idol: Writing and Conversion in Biak, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Danilyn Rutherford

Birds of One Feather? The Double Baptism of "Adat" ("Custom") and "Agama" ("Religion") in Aru (Eastern Indonesia), Patricia Spyer

"Worthless Dregs in a Prosperous Society": Tamil-Hindu Revivalism in Malaysia, Andrew Willford


Session 155: Populism and Reformism in Southeast Asia: The Threat and Promise of Mass Politics

Beyond Bosses and Oligarchs: Populist Appeals in Philippine Politics, Eva Lotta Hedman

Populism and Reformism in Contemporary Thailand, Duncan McCargo

Religio-Political Discourse in Malaysia’s Reformasi Movement and Its Implications for the Future of Pluralist Democracy, Farish A. Noor

Megawati Soekarnoputri and the Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDI-P): The Roots and Impact of Post-"New Order" Populism in Indonesia, Daniel Ziv


Session 171: The Japanese Occupation of Malaya/Singapore, 1941–1945

Watanabe Wataru, The Architect of the Malay and Military Administration, 1941–43, Yoji Akashi

Japanese Occupation and Economic Policy in Malaya: Exploitation of Materials and Japanese Rubber Estates, Mako Yoshimura

Civilian Women in Iternment Groups in Singapore, Michiko Nakahara


Session 172: Constructing Identity, Negotiating Authority: Comparative Perspectives on Public Discourse and Practice in Viet Nam from Colonial to Contemporary Times

The Creation of a Public Realm: Colonial and Postcolonial Developments in Modern Vietnam, Shawn McHale

Reverberations of Freedom in the Philippines and Vietnam, Ben Kerkvliet

The Discourse on Charity in French Colonial Vietnam, Van Nguyen-Marshall


Session 173: INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Global, National, Local Encounters: Effects on the States and Everyday Life

A Tenacious Rumor: Western Reports of Cannibalism Among the Toba Bataks (North Sumatra) from 1790–1990, Andrew Causey

Globalized Religion in the Nation State: "Hinduism" in Indonesia, Martin Ramstedt

Culture, Infertility and Affective Content of Marriage in Northern Vietnam, Melissa J. Pashigian

Regime Legitimization and the Anna and the King Controversy: Who is Insulting Whom? Robert A. Dayley

Water Subak and Ritual Subak: The Dualistic Social Organization of Irrigation in Bali, Nitish Jha


Session 191: Hidden Forces: Lost Histories of the Netherlands East Indies

Prostitution Regulation in the Formation of Mass Society: A Comparative Study of Colonial Indonesia and the Philippines, 1850–1940, Andrew Abalahin

"Discourse Networks" in the Age of Electricity: Preliminary Reflections on Oral Telecommunications in Java, Joshua Barker

The Role of Female Industrial Labor in the Late Colonial Dutch East Indies, Siddharth Chandra

The Jews of Indonesia: Hidden Forces, Lost Histories, and Modern Violence, Jeffrey Hadler


Session 192: Dislocated Vietnam: Artists in Exile

The Franco-Vietnamese Nouvelle Vague: Lam Le’s Poussiere d’Empire or Towards a Transnational Cinema, Panivong Norindr

Between the Global and the Local: The Scent of Green Papaya and Pastoral Imaginings of Home in Vietnamese and Vietnamese Diasporic Film, Mark Bradley

Raindrops on Red Flags: Tran Trong Vu and the Roots of Vietnamese Art Abroad, Nora A. Taylor

Linda Lê’s Literary Project in France, Jack Yeager


Session 193: INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Reformed Local and National Politics in Indonesia and the Philippines

Negotiating Historical Fact: The Politics of Remembering in Lombok, M. Cameron Hay

The End of the New Order: Practicing Politics and Publics on an Indonesian Periphery, Cathryn M. Houghton

What Kind of Populism is That? The Politics of the Estrada Presidency, Kathleen Weekley

Decentralization and Local Politics in Metro Manila, the Philippines, Gavin Shatkin


Session 212: Interpreting Ayutthaya: Rethinking Representation of Religion and State

Treasures from Wat Ratchaburana: Interpretation and Studies of Buddhist Imagery, Pattaratorn Chirapravati

Ayutthaya in Time and Space: The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative and Mapping Thai Art History, Caverlee Cary

Patterns of Authority and Traces of the Past in Thai Mural Painting, Sandra Cate

Legacy or Discrepancy: Images of Hindu (Brahmanical) Gods in Thailand, Boreth J. Ly


Session 213: Millennial Visions: Postcolonial Nation-States and "Centennials" in Imperial and Philippine History

Apolinario Mabini and the Existential Revolution, John D. Blanco

Language and Nationalism in Centennial Commemorations at the University of the Philippines, Barbara S. Gaerlan

The Unfinished Revolution, Marcelo Estrada


Session 214: ROUNDTABLE: The SEA Language Specific Framework: An Update and Evaluation (Sponsored by COTSEAL)


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