Titlebook: Doing Lifework in Malaysia; Souchou Yao Book 2022 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nat

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下级

Social and Developmental InfluencesI met up with Jasmin Ahmad at the Japanese restaurant on the second floor of the Hotel Niko, Kuala Lumpur. ‘She is a striking lady. You can’t miss her,’ my friend had said, then sent me her picture over the phone just to make sure.

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After the Cold War: New World, Old Theories?The Belaga traders believe themselves to be self-reliant, that they are their own persons, but there is a great deal on the other side of this self-appraisal. For all their blustering, they feel lonely.

学术讨论会

International Political EconomyBack in Port Dickson I begin to settle in. One of my first tasks is to call Mok the builder; I need to give him a cheque for the kitchen renovation he has completed and to get him to pick up the copies of my book on the Malayan Emergency I have ordered from the publisher.

独行者

Understanding International RelationsWe had met before in her terrace house in Ampang, near Kuala Lumpur. That was a short visit, and since then, I have been thinking through what she had said—some of it startling, some of it rehearsing the familiar themes of anti-colonial revolution and the great sacrifice of her comrades. So this is an anthropologist revisiting the field.

性满足

On Writing EthnographyIn . . William Burroughs declares simply, ‘I read about a drug called yagé [ayahuasca] used by Indians in the headwaters of the Amazon. … I decided to go down to Colombia and score for yagé.’

原谅

Doing Lunch with Jasmin AhmadI met up with Jasmin Ahmad at the Japanese restaurant on the second floor of the Hotel Niko, Kuala Lumpur. ‘She is a striking lady. You can’t miss her,’ my friend had said, then sent me her picture over the phone just to make sure.

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