Pacific Affairs

Forthcoming Issue

December 2018

SPECIAL ISSUE

Practices of Brokerage and the Making of Migration Infrastructures in Asia

Guest Editors: Tina Shrestha and Brenda S.A. Yeoh

Articles

Introduction: Practices of Brokerage and the Making of Migration Infrastructures in Asia

Introduction: Practices of Brokerage and the Making of Migration Infrastructures in Asia
Tina Shrestha and Brenda S.A. Yeoh

Aspirational Infrastructure: Everyday Brokerage and the Foreign-Employment Recruitment Agencies (FERAs) in Nepal

Aspirational Infrastructure: Everyday Brokerage and the Foreign-Employment Recruitment Agencies (FERAs) in Nepal
Tina Shrestha

Education as Early Stage Brokerage: Cooling Out Aspiring Migrants for the Global Hotel Industry

Education as Early Stage Brokerage: Cooling Out Aspiring Migrants for the Global Hotel Industry
Yasmin Y. Ortiga

Producing the Self-Regulating Subject: Liberal Protection in Indonesia’s Migration Infrastructure

Producing the Self-Regulating Subject: Liberal Protection in Indonesia’s Migration Infrastructure
Andy Scott Chang

Mediations of Care: Brokering Labor in the Age of Robotics

Mediations of Care: Brokering Labor in the Age of Robotics
Anna Romina Guevarra

Postscript: Infrastructuralization: Evolving Sociopolitical Dynamics in Labor Migration from Asia

Postscript: Infrastructuralization: Evolving Sociopolitical Dynamics in Labor Migration from Asia
Biao Xiang, Johan Lindquist

Perspectives

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Film Reviews

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Book Reviews

Asia General China & Inner Asia Northeast Asia South Asia & the Himalayas Southeast Asia Australasia & the Pacific Islands

Asia General

THE AFFECT OF DIFFERENCE: Representations of Race in East Asian Empire | Edited by Christopher P. Hanscom and Dennis Washburn THE AFFECT OF DIFFERENCE: Representations of Race in East Asian Empire | Edited by Christopher P. Hanscom and Dennis Washburn
Sherzod Muminov

REINVENTING REGIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTIONS IN ASIA AND AFRICA: Power shifts, ideas, and institutional change | By Kei Koga REINVENTING REGIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTIONS IN ASIA AND AFRICA: Power shifts, ideas, and institutional change | By Kei Koga
Saadia M. Pekkanen

FUNGIBLE LIFE: Experiment in the Asian City of Life | By Aihwa Ong FUNGIBLE LIFE: Experiment in the Asian City of Life | By Aihwa Ong
K.C. Ho

China & Inner Asia

FORGET CHINESENESS: On the Geopolitics of Cultural Identification | By Allen Chun FORGET CHINESENESS: On the Geopolitics of Cultural Identification | By Allen Chun
Maris Boyd Gillette

CHINA’S SOFT POWER DIPLOMACY IN SOUTH ASIA: Myth or Reality? | By B.M. Jain CHINA’S SOFT POWER DIPLOMACY IN SOUTH ASIA: Myth or Reality? | By B.M. Jain
James F. Paradise

BEYOND THE AMUR: Frontier Encounters between China and Russia, 1850–1930 | By Victor Zatsepine BEYOND THE AMUR: Frontier Encounters between China and Russia, 1850–1930 | By Victor Zatsepine
Anna Belogurova

SCREENING CHINA’S SOFT POWER | Edited by Paola Voci and Luo Hui SCREENING CHINA’S SOFT POWER | Edited by Paola Voci and Luo Hui
Chris Berry

INTEREST GROUPS AND THE NEW DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG | Edited by Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo INTEREST GROUPS AND THE NEW DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG | Edited by Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo
Luke Cooper

BANISHED TO THE GREAT NORTHERN WILDERNESS: Political Exile and Re-education in Mao’s China | By Ning Wang BANISHED TO THE GREAT NORTHERN WILDERNESS: Political Exile and Re-education in Mao’s China | By Ning Wang
Ulug Kuzuoglu

NEW CHINESE MIGRATIONS: Mobility, Home, and Inspirations | Edited by Yuk Wah Chan and Sin Yee Koh NEW CHINESE MIGRATIONS: Mobility, Home, and Inspirations | Edited by Yuk Wah Chan and Sin Yee Koh
Laura Madokoro

CHINA’S ARCTIC AMBITIONS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR CANADA | By P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Adam Lajeunesse, James Manicom, and Frédéric Lasserre CHINA’S ARCTIC AMBITIONS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR CANADA | By P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Adam Lajeunesse, James Manicom, and Frédéric Lasserre
John McCannon

THE ECONOMICS OF AIR POLLUTION IN CHINA: Achieving Better and Cleaner Growth | By Ma Jun; translated from the Chinese by Bernard Cleary, edited in English by Damien Ma THE ECONOMICS OF AIR POLLUTION IN CHINA: Achieving Better and Cleaner Growth | By Ma Jun; translated from the Chinese by Bernard Cleary, edited in English by Damien Ma
Kevin Bo Miao

CHINA’S SOVIET DREAM: Propaganda, Culture, and Popular Imagination | By Yan Li CHINA’S SOVIET DREAM: Propaganda, Culture, and Popular Imagination | By Yan Li
Victor Zatsepine

Northeast Asia

TO STAND WITH THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD: Japan’s Meiji Restoration in World History | By Mark Ravina TO STAND WITH THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD: Japan’s Meiji Restoration in World History | By Mark Ravina
Frederick R. Dickinson

SINYŎSŎNG TOCH’AK HADA: The Arrival of New Women | By Kim Min’gi, Kang Sŭngwŏn, Kwŏn Haengga, Kim Soyŏng, Kim Sujin, Nam Ŭnhye, No Yuniya, Pak Hyesŏng, Pae Yŏn’gyŏng, Sŏ Yuri, Chang Yujŏng, and Ch’oe Yŏl SINYŎSŎNG TOCH’AK HADA: The Arrival of New Women | By Kim Min’gi, Kang Sŭngwŏn, Kwŏn Haengga, Kim Soyŏng, Kim Sujin, Nam Ŭnhye, No Yuniya, Pak Hyesŏng, Pae Yŏn’gyŏng, Sŏ Yuri, Chang Yujŏng, and Ch’oe Yŏl
Hyung-Gu Lynn

HIDDEN ATROCITIES: Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial | By Jeanne Guillemin HIDDEN ATROCITIES: Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial | By Jeanne Guillemin
Giulio Pugliese

CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN NORTH KOREAN POLITICS | Edited by Adam Cathcart, Robert Winstanley-Chesters, and Christopher Green CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN NORTH KOREAN POLITICS | Edited by Adam Cathcart, Robert Winstanley-Chesters, and Christopher Green
Aram Hur

YOUTH FOR NATION: Culture and Protest in Cold War South Korea | By Charles R. Kim YOUTH FOR NATION: Culture and Protest in Cold War South Korea | By Charles R. Kim
Ingu Hwang

NORTH KOREA AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Entering the New Era of Deterrence | Edited by Sung Chull Kim and Michael D. Cohen NORTH KOREA AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Entering the New Era of Deterrence | Edited by Sung Chull Kim and Michael D. Cohen
Avram Agov

AN ASIAN FRONTIER: American Anthropology and Korea, 1882–1945 | By Robert Oppenheim AN ASIAN FRONTIER: American Anthropology and Korea, 1882–1945 | By Robert Oppenheim
Paul D. Barclay

DARWIN, DHARMA, AND THE DIVINE: Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Modern Japan | By G. Clinton Godart DARWIN, DHARMA, AND THE DIVINE: Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Modern Japan | By G. Clinton Godart
Melissa Anne-Marie Curley

MY NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE: Leading Japan through the Fukushima Disaster to a Nuclear-Free Future | By Naoto Kan; translated from the Japanese by Jeffrey S. Irish MY NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE: Leading Japan through the Fukushima Disaster to a Nuclear-Free Future | By Naoto Kan; translated from the Japanese by Jeffrey S. Irish
Ayaka Löschke

THE KOREAN WAVE: Evolution, Fandom, and Transnationality | Edited by Tae-Jin Yoon and Dal Yong Jin THE KOREAN WAVE: Evolution, Fandom, and Transnationality | Edited by Tae-Jin Yoon and Dal Yong Jin
Jimmyn Parc

South Asia & the Himalayas

SINGING ACROSS DIVIDES: Music and Intimate Politics in Nepal | By Anna Marie Stirr SINGING ACROSS DIVIDES: Music and Intimate Politics in Nepal | By Anna Marie Stirr
Victoria M. Dalzell

YETI: The Ecology of a Mystery | By Daniel C. Taylor YETI: The Ecology of a Mystery | By Daniel C. Taylor
Peter H. Hansen

TRANS-HIMALAYAN BORDERLANDS: Livelihoods, Territorialities, Modernities | Edited by Dan Smyer Yü and Jean Michaud TRANS-HIMALAYAN BORDERLANDS: Livelihoods, Territorialities, Modernities | Edited by Dan Smyer Yü and Jean Michaud
Galen Murton

ASCENDING INDIA AND ITS STATE CAPACITY: Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy | By Sumit Ganguly & William R. Thompson ASCENDING INDIA AND ITS STATE CAPACITY: Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy | By Sumit Ganguly & William R. Thompson
Christopher Ogden

JINNEALOGY: Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi | By Anand Vivek Taneja JINNEALOGY: Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi | By Anand Vivek Taneja
Sebastian R. Prange

Southeast Asia

BEYOND BALI: Subaltern Citizens and Post-Colonial Intimacy. | By Ana Dragojlovic BEYOND BALI: Subaltern Citizens and Post-Colonial Intimacy. | By Ana Dragojlovic
Iqra Anugrah

CONFLICT IN MYANMAR: War, Politics, Religion | Edited by Nick Cheesman and Nicholas Farrelly CONFLICT IN MYANMAR: War, Politics, Religion | Edited by Nick Cheesman and Nicholas Farrelly
Francesca Chiu

THE TRAFFIC IN HIERARCHY: Masculinity and Its Others in Buddhist Burma | By Ward Keeler THE TRAFFIC IN HIERARCHY: Masculinity and Its Others in Buddhist Burma | By Ward Keeler
Csilla Dallos

HERITAGE AND IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY THAILAND: Memory, Place and Power | By Ross King HERITAGE AND IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY THAILAND: Memory, Place and Power | By Ross King
Maurizio Peleggi

BECOMING REFUGEE AMERICAN: The Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon | By Phuong Tran Nguyen BECOMING REFUGEE AMERICAN: The Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon | By Phuong Tran Nguyen
Thy Phu

MYANMAR’S MOUNTAIN AND MARITIME BORDERSCAPES: Local Practices, Boundary-Making and Figured Worlds | Edited by Su-Ann Oh MYANMAR’S MOUNTAIN AND MARITIME BORDERSCAPES: Local Practices, Boundary-Making and Figured Worlds | Edited by Su-Ann Oh
Laldinkima Sailo

RETROSPECTIVE: A Historiographical Aesthetic in Contemporary Singapore and Malaysia | By June Yap RETROSPECTIVE: A Historiographical Aesthetic in Contemporary Singapore and Malaysia | By June Yap
Kwok Kian Chow

JAKARTA: Drawing the City Near | By AbdouMaliq Simone JAKARTA: Drawing the City Near | By AbdouMaliq Simone
Michael Leaf

CAMBODIA’S SECOND KINGDOM: Nation, Imagination, and Democracy | By Astrid Norén-Nilsson CAMBODIA’S SECOND KINGDOM: Nation, Imagination, and Democracy | By Astrid Norén-Nilsson
Sorpong Peou

CAPTIVES FOR FREEDOM: Hostages, Negotiations and the Future of West Papua | By Stephen Hill CAPTIVES FOR FREEDOM: Hostages, Negotiations and the Future of West Papua | By Stephen Hill
Anton Ploeg

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE MINING INDUSTRY: Community Relations after Bougainville’s Civil War | By Glynn Cochrane ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE MINING INDUSTRY: Community Relations after Bougainville’s Civil War | By Glynn Cochrane
Nicholas A. Bainton

KANAKA HAWAI‘I CARTOGRAPHY: Hula, Navigation, and Oratory | By Renee Pualani Louis with Aunty Moana Kahele KANAKA HAWAI‘I CARTOGRAPHY: Hula, Navigation, and Oratory | By Renee Pualani Louis with Aunty Moana Kahele
Karen M. Fox

BEARING WITNESS: Essays in Honour of Brij V. Lal | Edited by Doug Munro and Jack Corbett BEARING WITNESS: Essays in Honour of Brij V. Lal | Edited by Doug Munro and Jack Corbett
Peter Hempenstall

UNDER THE VOLCANO: The People of Kalapana, 1823 to 2010 | By Charles Langlas and Kūpuna UNDER THE VOLCANO: The People of Kalapana, 1823 to 2010 | By Charles Langlas and Kūpuna
Fiona McCormack

WILD ARTICULATIONS: Environmentalism and Indigeneity in Northern Australia | By Timothy Neale WILD ARTICULATIONS: Environmentalism and Indigeneity in Northern Australia | By Timothy Neale
Anne Ford

THE POWER OF THE STEEL-TIPPED PEN: Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History | By Noenoe K. Silva with a foreword by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o THE POWER OF THE STEEL-TIPPED PEN: Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History | By Noenoe K. Silva with a foreword by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Mascha Gugganig