Figures of criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and colonial Vietnam

Figures of criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and colonial Vietnam /

A complex examination of "criminality" and "the criminal" as constructs and active presences in Southeast Asia. Contributors explore such themes as surveillance, incarceration, law and custom, secrecy, and corruption. A fascinating study of power and subversion in the modern post...

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Corporate Author: Social Science Research Council (U.S.)
Other Authors: Rafael, Vicente L., Mrázek, Rudolf
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Southeast Asia Program Publications, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1999.
Series:Studies on Southeast Asia ; no. 25.
Subjects:
Criminals > Indonesia > Biography.
Criminals > Philippines > Biography.
Criminals > Vietnam > Biography.
Crime > Indonesia > Case studies.
Crime > Philippines > Case studies.
Crime > Vietnam > Case studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Crime
Criminals
French colonies
Colonies > Administration
Geschichte
Kriminalität
Criminaliteit.
Crimes et criminels > Viet-Nam > Études, cas de.
Crimes et criminels > Indonésie > Études, cas de.
Gangsters > Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire.
Crimes et criminels > Philippines > Études, cas de.
France > Colonies > Asia > Administration.
France > Colonies > Asie > Administration.
Asia
Indonesia
Philippines
Vietnam
Indonesien
Philippinen
Südostasien
France x Colonies > Asie du Sud-Est > Administration.
Biography
Biographies
Case studies
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: criminality and its others / Vicente L. Rafael
  • From darkness to light: the optics of policing in late-colonial Netherlands East Indies / Rudolf Mrz̀ek
  • Colonial criminals in Java, 1870-1910 / Henk Schulte Nordhold, Margreet van Till
  • The usual suspects: Nardong Putik, Don Pepe Oyson, and Robin Hood / John Sidel
  • Surveillance and territoriality in Bandung / Joshua Barker
  • "Who will save us from the 'law'?": the criminal state and the illegal alien in post-1986 Philippines / Caroline S. Hau
  • The history of the modern prison and the case of Indochina / Peter Zinoman
  • Open secrets: excerpts from conversations with a Javanese lawyer, and a comment / John Pemberton
  • A new criminal type in Jakarta: the nationalization of "Death" / James T. Siegel
  • Flying a kite: the crimes of Pramoedya Ananta Toer / Hendrik M.J. Maier.

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