LEADER 03987oam 2200661I 450 001 9910815309803321 005 20240516192556.0 010 $a1-136-33717-2 010 $a1-280-66222-0 010 $a9786613639158 010 $a0-203-12312-3 010 $a1-136-33718-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203123126 035 $a(CKB)2560000000082474 035 $a(EBL)957174 035 $a(OCoLC)798532799 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000679195 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11930468 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679195 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10610011 035 $a(PQKB)11438985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC957174 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL957174 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10566874 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL363915 035 $a(OCoLC)794412679 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000082474 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSoutheast Asian perspectives on power /$fedited by Liana Chua. [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aThe modern anthropology of Southeast Asia 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-68345-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a7. The anthropology of a necessary mistake: The unsettled dead and the imagined state in contemporary Singapore8. Privateers, politicians, prowess and power; 9. Bureaucratic migrants and the potential of prosperity in upland Laos; 10. Living on the horizon of the everlasting present: Power, planning and the emergence of baroque forms of life in urban Malaysia; 11. Apparitions of sapiocracy: Vietnam's emergent welfare state and the restless dead of Thanh Ha; 12. From the power of prayer to prayer power: On religion and revolt in the modern Philippines; Filmography; Bibliography; Index 330 $a"Over the last half-century, Southeast Asia has undergone innumerable, far-reaching changes that have consequences not only for large-scale institutions and processes, but also for everyday life. This book focuses on the topic of power in relation to these transformations, and looks at its various social, cultural, religious, economic and political forms. Consisting of empirically rich case studies, the book works from the ground up, seeking to capture Southeast Asians' own perspectives, conceptualizations and experiences of power. It discusses the machinations of Indonesian politicians and the aspirations and struggles of marginal Lao bureaucrats, as well as looking at the mass 'Prayer Power' rallies in the Philippines and the self-cultivation practices of individual Thai Buddhists. Drawing on these diverse ethnographies, the book lays out a new framework for the analysis of power in Southeast Asia, one which traces how people become orientated towards or away from certain models, practices and configurations of power. It reveals how power cannot be pinned down to a single definition, but is woven into Southeast Asian lives in many complex, subtle, and often surprising ways. Integrating theoretical debates with empirical evidence drawn from the contributing authors' own research, this book is of particular interest to scholars and students of anthropology and Asian Studies."--Publisher's description. 410 0$aModern anthropology of South-East Asia. 606 $aEthnology$zSoutheast Asia 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zSoutheast Asia 607 $aSoutheast Asia$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 676 $a303.30959 701 $aChua$b Liana$01638084 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815309803321 996 $aSoutheast Asian perspectives on power$94001149 997 $aUNINA