Departing from Java: Javanese Labour, Migration and Diaspora Japan Cambodian society was dramatically transformed

Cambodian society was dramatically transformed at great cost in terms of human misery and death

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He is the author of Gay Seattle: Stories of Exile and Belonging

Direk Jayanama provides a unique

the author provides a history of film censorship in Thailand from its beginnings when films were censored by the police for ideological reasons

Departing from Java: Javanese Labour, Migration and Diaspora Japan Cambodian society was dramatically transformedEdited by Rosemarijn Hoefte and Peter Meel From colonial times through to the present day, large numbers of Javanese have left their homes to settle in other parts of Indonesia or much further afield. Frequently this dispersion was forced, often with traumatic results. Today, Javanese communities are found as close as Kalimantan and as far away as Suriname and the Netherlands. Meanwhile, migrant workers from Java continue to travel abroad, finding