The Comfort Women of Singapore in History and Memory
Bringing great care, balance, and sensitivity to the study of Singaporean comfort women during the Japanese occupation, Blackburn helps to fill an important gap in our understanding of this period.
Paper $36.00
Everyday Modernism
Architecture and Society in Singapore
This book examines the evolution of architecture in Singapore from what was once the exceptional into the typical. By learning how abstract spaces become lived places, the book traces how modernism has become part of everyday life in Singapore.
Paper $52.00
Innovation, Style and Spectacle in Wayang
Purbo Asmoro and the Evolution of an Indonesian Performing Art
In this richly illustrated study of wayang, the traditional puppet theater form of Java, Emerson outlines both significant contributions by key figures and the social and political influences propelling such innovations.
Paper $34.00
The Paradox of Agrarian Change
Food Security and the Politics of Social Protection in Indonesia
This is a detailed study of agrarian change, the persistence of food insecurity, and the most significant policy to address poverty in rural Indonesia. The authors conclude that social assistance is unlikely to counter the persistence of rural poverty, food insecurity, and precarity in the absence of other redistributive strategies that shift the structural drivers of inequality.
Paper $38.00