History, Culture and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives

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The collection of essays in this volume was first published in 1982 by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. In this revised edition, another 180 pages have been add ed which should be read as an extended commentary on the earlier volume. It not only provides new perspectives but also takes into account some developments in the field of earlier Southeast Asian studies since 1982. For customers in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and North Asia. Refer to this link for list of supported app: Click here! Buy by Chapter (individual chapters fulfilled in digital format) Preliminary Pages Introduction 1. Some Features of the Cultural Matrix 2. Historical Patterns in Intra-Regional Relations 3. Towards Defining Southeast Asian History 4. Local Cultural Statements 5. Local Literatures 6. Conclusion Appendix A: Miscellaneous Notes on "Soul Stuff" Appendix B: Six Vietnamese Poems of the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century Appendix C: Kakawin and Hikayat Postscript I: Revisiting the "Region" Postscript II: Again a Cultural Matrix Postscript III: Among the Mandalas Postscript IV: Some Further Southeast Asian Perspectives Postscript V: Local Writing Postscript VI: "Regional Studies" in the 1990s Appendix 1: A "Hindu" Man of Prowess Appendix 2: A Sample of Gender Relations at the Apex of Vietnamese Society in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries Appendix 3: Reading Bas-Relief on Two Javanese Candi Bibliography, Index, Map Subjects:HISTORY / Asia / Southeast AsiaNumber of Pages: 272Imprint: ISEAS / CornellPublication Date: 36776Format: PB Show more