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Navigating communities: race, place, and travel in the history of maritime Southeast Asia.

Authors :
Tagliacozzo, Eric
Source :
Asian Ethnicity; Jun2009, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p97-120, 24p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 1 Map
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

This paper examines intersecting notions of distance, place and community across Insular Southeast Asia for the last several hundred years. The piece is not an attempt to chronicle all these affiliations over time and space, but is rather an effort to re-think how people have moved in Southeast Asian history, who they did this with and why. The essay is divided into three parts. The first section looks at some of the meanings of place in the last five centuries, as place has pertained to communities in 'centers' and maritime 'peripheries', as well as in several supposedly discrete arenas. The second section focuses on people, and how different communities in Southeast Asia have envisioned the terms and conditions of movement in divergent ways. The last third of the paper concentrates on period, or how conceptions of community, distance and travel have changed over time. It is hoped that this essay will show how all three of these variables - people, place, and periodization - have intersected in specific, complicated ways in shaping local notions of 'community'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14631369
Volume :
10
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Asian Ethnicity
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
42532819
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14631360902906748