Figures of Criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Colonial Vietnam - Paperback

by Vicente L. Rafael (Editor)

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 postcolonial nation-state. Contributors include Daniel S. Lev, Henk M. J. Maier, Rudolf Mrazek, James T. Siegel, and others.

Author Biography

Vicente L. Rafael is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.