1st Edition

Indonesia-Malaysia Relations Cultural Heritage, Politics and Labour Migration

By Marshall Clark, Juliet Pietsch Copyright 2014
254 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Drawing on social media, cinema, cultural heritage and public opinion polls, this book examines Indonesia and Malaysia from a comparative postcolonial perspective. The Indonesia–Malaysia relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in Southeast Asia, especially because Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country and third largest democracy, is the most populous and... Read more

1. Uneasy Neighbours  2. Language and Mythology  3. Cultural Contestations  4. Museums  5. Islam  6. Ethnicity  7. Citizenship  8. Regionalism  9. Democracy  Conclusion

Biography

Marshall Clark is Director of the Australian National Internships Program and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University. He is the author of Maskulinitas: Culture, Gender and Politics in Indonesia.

Juliet Pietsch is a Senior Lecturer of Political Science at the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University. Juliet is a Principal Investigator of the Australian Election Study, the World Values Survey and the National Asian Australian Survey.

"In 2015 extensive forest fires in Indonesia blanketed Southeast Asia in a thick haze that lasted for months. The haze problem is a recurring transnational issue that this book discusses as well as other disputes, such as those over cultural icons in Southeast Asia....It is a significant contribution to our understanding of the complex love-hate relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia."
Sadiah Boonstra, Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia