Explorations > Volume 9 (Spring 2009)
It is with great pleasure that we present the 2009 edition of EXPLORATIONS, a graduate student journal of Southeast Asian studies. The following articles touch on a diverse array of topics, from Muslim dolls to a dark period between those darker in Cambodia’s history to linguistic code-switching in Malay to the sea people who call Southeast Asian waters home. Equally diverse are the authors and editors who contributed to this edition, a committed group of burgeoning Southeast Asianists hailing from countries around the globe.
In many ways, this edition represents the changing face of Southeast Asian scholarship – from the disciplinary diversity of the topics explored, to the identities, nationalities, and research interests of the explorers themselves.
All past editions of Explorations are available for download from ScholarSpace, the University of Hawaii's Institutional Repository and have persistent URLs, suited to academic citations.
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From the Editors
Dear Readers
Rachel Hoerman and Deanna Ramsay, University of Hawaii
Articles
Playing with Piety: The Phenomenon of Indonesian Muslim Dolls
A. Budiyanto, University of Gajah Mada
"Great is Our Relationship with the Sea": Charting the Maritime Realm of the Sama of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lance Nolde, University of Hawaii
Drowned in Romances, Tears, and Rivers: Young Women’s Suicide in Early Twentieth-Century Vietnam
Linh Vu, University of Hawaii
The Geopolitics of Cambodia During the Cold War Period
Sok Udom Deth, Ohio University
Thailand: The Symbolic Center of the Theravada Buddhist World
Melody Rod-Ari, University of California at Los Angeles
Interrogating National Identity Ethnicity, Language and History in K.S. Maniam's The Return and Shirley Geok-lin Lim's Joss and Gold
Dashini Jeyathurai, University of Michigan
When Malakas Met "The Greatest": Marcos’ Philippines and the Thrilla in Manila
Thomas Quinn, University of Hawaii
Consumerism and the Emergence of a New Middle Class in Globalizing Indonesia Mohammad Hasan Ansori, University of Hawaii
Code-switching in Kuala Lumpur Malay: The "Rojak" Phenomenon
Husni Abu Bakar, University of California at Riverside
Photo Essay
Faun Pii: Northern Thai Trance Dance
Michael Sakamoto, University of California at Los Angeles
Notes from the Field
Boxing Day in Cotabato - Shane Joshua Barter, University of British Columbia
Four Days in Papua - J. Eli Margolis, Georgetown University
Being a "Santri" - Nihayatul Wafiroh, University of Hawaii
Book Review
Benny Widyono’s Dancing in Shadows - Alvin Lim, University of Hawaii
Editors Rachel Hoerman, Deanna Ramsay Editorial Staff Katia Balassiano, Andrea Bertoli, Michelle Daigle, Phillip Drake, Jonas Ruel G. Estrada, Mohamed Effendy Bin Abdul Hamid, Tamara Luthy, Jesica McDonough, Christian Razukas, Matthew Reeder, Tani Sebro, Ithi Sophonpanich, Kanjana Thepboriruk, Jy Xiong Production Editor Christian Razukas Faculty Advisors Barbara Watson Andaya, Liam C. Kelley CSEAS Coordinator Paul Rausch EXPLORATIONS Past Issues EXPLORATIONS Main Page