South/Southeast Asia

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State Institutions, Civic Associations, and Identity Demands

Regional Movements in Greater Southeast Asia

An in-depth look at why autonomy movements fail or succeed

Transnational Philippines

Cultural Encounters in Philippine Literature in Spanish

A study of Philippine literary production that attempts to break the nation’s isolation from broader Spanish literature

Listening with a Feminist Ear

Soundwork in Bombay Cinema

On the cultural politics and possibilities of sound in cinema

India as Kingmaker

Status Quo or Revisionist Power

Predicting India’s future global influence

Empire and Environment

Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific

Explores environmental violence and recovery in Indigenous Pacific Islander, Asian North American, and Asian diasporic cultural expressions

Complex Rivalry

The Dynamics of India-Pakistan Conflict

A new model to understand the India–Pakistan rivalry

Opposing Power

Building Opposition Alliances in Electoral Autocracies

Why Opposition Parties Use Alliances to Fight Autocracy, and When They Don't

Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age

The Yellow Shirts in Thailand

Democracy and Its Discontents

The Train That Had Wings

Selected Stories of M. Mukundan

A collection of story-vignettes by one of India’s best contemporary authors

Karawitan

Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 1

An essential collection of writings on Javanese gamelan and vocal music

Karawitan

Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 2

An essential collection of writings on Javanese gamelan and vocal music

Aryan and Non-Aryan in India

A collection studies of ancient Aryan and non-Aryan Indian cultures from linguistic and historical perspectives

Boundaries of the Text

Epic Performances in South and Southeast Asia

Eight essays examine oral and textual practices in South and Southeast Asian epic performance traditions of the Mahabharata and Ramayana

Karawitan

Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 3

An essential collection of writings on Javanese gamelan and vocal music

Economic Exchange and Social Interaction in Southeast Asia

Perspectives from Prehistory, History, and Ethnography

Uncovers patterns of social interaction made visible through scenarios of economic exchange

Critical Studies in Indian Grammarians I

The Theory of Homogeneity (Savar?ya)

Traces the history of a series of nuanced interpretations of an important concept in Sanskrit grammar

Cultural Values and Human Ecology in Southeast Asia

Gathers seventeen diverse perspectives on human ecology in Southeast Asia with a conceptual framework—cultural values—designed to bridge social and natural science paradigms

The Journey

Stories by K. C. Das

This exceptional collection of stories explores human emotions and motivations in all their untidiness.

Indian Sound Cultures, Indian Sound Citizenship

The sounds of India are inextricably tied to issues of citizenship, identity, and belonging

The Truth Machines

Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India

Interrogation as a site of state sanctioned torture and violence