Book review of Glen Lewis, 'Virtual Thailand: the media and cultural politics in Thailand, Ma... more Book review of Glen Lewis, 'Virtual Thailand: the media and cultural politics in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore', Routledge, 2006, xiii + 227pp.3 page(s
that no more clans were created during Portuguese and Dutch East India Company times, and that th... more that no more clans were created during Portuguese and Dutch East India Company times, and that the clans continued dividing into lineages. An impressive work of scholarship—copious in oral and archival data, meticulous in analysis, and informed by earlier writings on the region—Savu: History and Oral Tradition on an Island of Indonesia is essential reading for all scholars studying Austronesian societies. It is no less essential for those interested in methodological matters concerning how the procedures of ethnography—interviewing, observing, and participating—and those of history—the close scrutiny of documents—can complement each other in retrieving a past that, to all intents and purposes, may seem inaccessible. Already regarded as distinguished experts on eastern Indonesian cultures, the authors’ reputations can only be further enhanced by a definitive work of scholarship that is likely to enjoy a prominent place in the published literature on Savu. They have been well served by the National University of Singapore Press, which has produced a physically imposing and pleasing volume worthy of the scholarship it houses. It provides a wealth of clear maps of the Savu-Raijua regency, a list of its villages since 1832, easily digestible genealogical charts, a lengthy list of rajas and fettors (executive regents), a plenitude of illustrations (many in gorgeous colors), six appendices (one containing narratives that support its text), and a helpful glossary of key Savunese words.
Book review of Glen Lewis, 'Virtual Thailand: the media and cultural politics in Thailand, Ma... more Book review of Glen Lewis, 'Virtual Thailand: the media and cultural politics in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore', Routledge, 2006, xiii + 227pp.3 page(s
that no more clans were created during Portuguese and Dutch East India Company times, and that th... more that no more clans were created during Portuguese and Dutch East India Company times, and that the clans continued dividing into lineages. An impressive work of scholarship—copious in oral and archival data, meticulous in analysis, and informed by earlier writings on the region—Savu: History and Oral Tradition on an Island of Indonesia is essential reading for all scholars studying Austronesian societies. It is no less essential for those interested in methodological matters concerning how the procedures of ethnography—interviewing, observing, and participating—and those of history—the close scrutiny of documents—can complement each other in retrieving a past that, to all intents and purposes, may seem inaccessible. Already regarded as distinguished experts on eastern Indonesian cultures, the authors’ reputations can only be further enhanced by a definitive work of scholarship that is likely to enjoy a prominent place in the published literature on Savu. They have been well served by the National University of Singapore Press, which has produced a physically imposing and pleasing volume worthy of the scholarship it houses. It provides a wealth of clear maps of the Savu-Raijua regency, a list of its villages since 1832, easily digestible genealogical charts, a lengthy list of rajas and fettors (executive regents), a plenitude of illustrations (many in gorgeous colors), six appendices (one containing narratives that support its text), and a helpful glossary of key Savunese words.
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