New Terrains in Southeast Asian History (Volume 107) (Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series)

Pt. 1. Seeking New Perspectives And Strategies. Writing At The Interstices: Southeast Asian Historians And Postnational Histories In Southeast Asia / Thongchai Winichakul ; Changing Conceptions Of Space In History Writing: A Selective Mapping Of Writings On Singapore / Brenda S.a. Yeoh ; Quantifying The Economic And Social History Of Southeast Asia: A Quest For New Evidence And Methods/ M.r. Fernando ; Southeast Asian History, Literary Theory, And Chaos / Yong Mun Cheong ; Country Histories And The Writing Of Southeast Asian History / Paul H. Kratoska -- Pt. 2. Constructing And Deconstructing The National Past. Myanmar Historiography Since 1945 / Ni Ni Myint ; Our Island Story: Economic Development And The National Narrative In Singapore / C.j.w.-l. Wee ; History Through The Eyes Of The Malays: Changing Perspectives Of Malaysia's Past / Abdul Rahman Haji Ismail And Badriyah Haji Salleh ; Dialogue Of Two Pasts: Historical Facts In Traditional Thai And Malay Historiography / Kobkua Suwannathat-pian ; The Scripting Of Singapore's National Heroes: Toying With Pandora's Box / Hong Lysa And Huang Jianli -- Pt. 3. Shifting Boundaries, Moving Interstices. Writing Malaysia's Social History From The Ecclesiastical Records / Abu Talib Ahmad ; Toward An Autonomous History Of Seventeenth-century Phuket / Dhiravat Na Pombejra ; Continuity And Connectedness: The Ngee Heng Kongsi Of Johore, 1844-1916 / P. Lim Pui Huen ; Migrants In Contemporary Vietnamese History: Marginal Or Mainstream? / Andrew Hardy ; Locating Chinese Women In Malaysian History / Tan Liok Ee. Edited By Abu Talib Ahmad And Tan Liok Ee. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. At a watershed moment in the scholarly approach to the history of this important region, New Terrains in Southeast Asian History captures the richness and diversity of historical discourse among Southeast Asian scholars. Through the perspectives of scholars who live and work within the region, the book offers readers a rare opportunity to enter into the world of Southeast Asian historiography. Individual chapters subject the dominance of national narratives to critical reflection and deconstruction, while others highlight the need to go beyond essentially political narratives to seek out deeper cultural, economic, and social structures by utilizing new sources, methodologies, and concepts. Taken as a whole, the book contends that new terrains in Southeast Asian history may be found at the interstices and on the margins where nations, societies, or cultures engage the unending processes of historical change. The contributors are Abdul Rahman Haji Ismail, Abu Talib Ahmad, Andrew Hardy, Badriyah Haji Salleh, Brenda S. A. Yeoh, C. J. W.-L. Wee, Ni Ni Myint, Dhiravat na Pombejra, Hong Lysa, Huang Jianli, Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian, M. R. Fernando, P. Lim Pui Huen, Paul H. Kratoska, Tan Liok Ee, Thongchai Winichakul, and Yong Mun Cheong. Preface Introduction Part One SEEKING NEW PERSPECTIVES AND STRATEGIES Chapter 1 WRITING AT THE INTERSTICES Chapter 2 CHANGING CONCEPTIONS OF SPACE IN HISTORY WRITING Chapter 3 QUANTIFYING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA Chapter 4 SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY, LITERARY THEORY, AND CHAOS Chapter 5 COUNTRY HISTORIES AND THE WRITING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY Part Two CONSTRUCTING AND DECONSTRUCTING THE NATIONAL PAST Chapter 6 MYANMAR HISTORIOGRAPHY SINCE 1945 Chapter 7 OUR ISLAND STORY Chapter 8 HISTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF THE MALAYS Chapter 9 DIALOGUE OF TWO PASTS Chapter 10 THE SCRIPTING OF SINGAPORE’S NATIONAL HEROES Chapter 11 WRITING MALAYSIA’S SOCIAL HISTORY FROM THE ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS Chapter 12 TOWARD AN AUTONOMOUS HISTORY OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY PHUKET Chapter 13 CONTINUITY AND CONNECTEDNESS Chapter 14 MIGRANTS IN CONTEMPORARY VIETNAMESE HISTORY Chapter 15 LOCATING CHINESE WOMEN IN MALAYSIAN HISTORY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX Annotation Southeast Asian scholars may have special insights into their respective countries, but they are just as easily infected by political and didactic functions of their national histories as any historian. The editors (a professor and former professor with the School of Humanities, U. Sains Malaysia) present 15 papers in which Southeast Asian scholars turn a critical eye on their national historiographies. Five of the papers explore broad methodological issues, while others examine particular historiographic traditions from Burma (Myanmar), Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The final group consists of case studies of the application of new methodologies and understandings to particular historical events or periods. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)