Review: Desire - divine and demonic Balinese mysticism in the paintings of I Ketut Budiana and I Gusti Nyoman Mirdiana Read more
Review: A not-so-distant horror: Mass Violence in East Timor Joseph Nevins challenges the idea that external powers simply failed to act in the face of the brutal occupation of East Timor. Read more
Review: Verandah of violence Seattle, Singapore University Press, with University of Washington Press, 2006 ISBN 9789971693312 A$58.00 Read more
Moluccan separatism Richard Chauvel has written what must be the definitive study of the colonial history of Ambon. Read more
Soul painting A book that testifies to the burgeoning of the arts in Indonesia over the last thirty years. Read more
The army's single function Wing Commander Ian MacFarling has produced a well-researched book on the often misunderstood 'dual function' of Abri, the Indonesian Armed Forces. Read more
Nineteenth century nationalism Ahmat B. Adam, The vernacular press and the emergence of modern Indonesian consciousness (1855-1913), Cornell University, 1995. xiii, 206 pp. Read more
Two Sumatran films The National Library of Australia now has the most comprehensive collection of Indonesian films available outside of Indonesia. Two films in this collection come from Sumatra. Read more
Finger in the pie Audrey R. & George McT. Kahin, Subversion as foreign policy: The secret Eisenhower and Dulles debacle in Indonesia, New York: The New Press/ Petaling Jaya: Forum, 1995. Read more
Timor's betrayal James Dunn, East Timor: a people betrayed, Sydney: ABC Books, new edition 1996, 365 pp, RRP: AU$34.95. Read more
Recovering women's history Saskia Eleonora Wieringa, The politicization of gender relations in Indonesia: The Indonesian women's movement and Gerwani until the New Order state, Amsterdam: Universiteitsbibliotheek (PhD thesis), 1995. Read more
A democratic Asia? >Garry Rodan (ed.), Political oppositions in industrialising Asia Routledge Price, 1996, 338 pp. RRP: AU$36.95. Read more
Bali's other face Geoffrey Robinson, The dark side of Paradise: political violence in Bali, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1995, xxii, 341 pp. Read more
Pramudya film Bernie Ijdis (director), The Great Post Road, Pieter van Huystree Film & TV (producer), Netherlands, 1996, 16mm, 150 mins. Read more
Oh for democracy R. William Liddle, Leadership and culture in Indonesian politics, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1996, 314pp. Read more
Amungme dilemma The Amung way: the subsistence strategies, the knowledge and the dilemma of the Tsinga Valley people in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, PhD thesis, University of Hawaii; Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1995, 509 pages. Read more
Tolerant or opportunist? Greg Barton and Greg Fealy (eds), Nahdlatul Ulama, traditional Islam and modernity in Indonesia, Clayton: Monash University Asia Institute (http://www.monash.edu.a u/mai), 1996, 294+xxvi pp, Rrp AU$29.95. Reviewed by NELLY VAN DOORN Read more