Reading Southeast Asia: translation of contemporary Japanese scholarship on Southeast Asia.

In this collection, Japanese scholars examine the literature of and about Southeast Asia and its relationship to culture, history, and politics. Cover Contents Introduction 1. Patjar Merah Indonesia and Tan Malaka: A Popular Novel and a Revolutionary Legend 2. A Study of Bustanu’s-Salatin (The Garden of the Kings) 3. State Ritual and the Village: An Indonesian Case Study 4. Javanology and the Age of Ranggawarsita: An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Javanese Culture 5. Popular Catholicism in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines: The Case of the Cofradía de San José