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Buddhist Monuments Across the Bay of Bengal: Cultural Routes and Maritime Networks 横跨孟加拉湾的佛教纪念碑:文化路线和海洋网络

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2019-02-18 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2018.17

H. Ray

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引用次数: 4

Dressing the Myanmar Migrant Body: (In-)Visibility and Empowerment in Thailand 给缅甸移民穿衣服:在泰国的能见度和赋权

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2019-01-31 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2018.14

I. Gruß

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Networks of Resilience: Legal Precarity and Transborder Citizenship among the Karen from Myanmar in Thailand 弹性网络:缅甸克伦人在泰国的法律不稳定性和跨境公民身份

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2019-01-10 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2018.12

Indrė Balčaitė

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引用次数: 3

The ‘Floating’ Ummah in the Fall of ‘Ahok’ in Indonesia “漂浮”的Ummah在印度尼西亚“Ahok”的秋天

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2018-12-28 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2018.16

V. Hadiz

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引用次数: 15

In a “Half-dark, Half-light Zone”: Mobility, Precarity, and Moral Ambiguity in Vietnam's Urban Waste Economy 在“半暗半明地带”:越南城市垃圾经济中的流动性、不稳定性和道德模糊性

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2018-11-22 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2018.11

Minh Thu Nhien Nguyen

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引用次数: 2

The Prayuth Regime: Embedded Military and Hierarchical Capitalism in Thailand 巴育政权:泰国根深蒂固的军事和等级资本主义

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2018.4

Prajak Kongkirati, Veerayooth Kanchoochat

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引用次数: 33

An Anthropological Approach to the Islamic Turn in Indonesia's Regional Politics 印尼区域政治中伊斯兰转向的人类学研究

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2018.6

J. Millie

引用次数: 8

TRN volume 6 issue 2 Cover and Front matter TRN第6卷第2期封面和封面问题

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2018.9

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Thailand Trapped: Catch-up Legacies and Contemporary Malaise 泰国被困:追赶的遗产和当代的不安

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2018.3

Veerayooth Kanchoochat

引用次数: 1

Facts and Fiction: The Myth of Suvaṇṇabhūmi Through the Thai and Burmese Looking Glass 事实与虚构:Suvaṇṇabhūmi的神话透过泰国和缅甸的镜子

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2018.8

Nicolas Revire

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引用次数: 5