In a path-breaking series of essays the contributors to this collection explore the development of anthropological research in Asia. The volume includes writing

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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

Over the last half-century, Southeast Asia has undergone innumerable, far-reaching changes that have consequences not only for large-scale institutions and proc

Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this fascinating book analyzes and documents the experience of