Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia (Series)

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Karawitan

Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 1

An essential collection of writings on Javanese gamelan and vocal music

Karawitan

Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 2

An essential collection of writings on Javanese gamelan and vocal music

Boundaries of the Text

Epic Performances in South and Southeast Asia

Eight essays examine oral and textual practices in South and Southeast Asian epic performance traditions of the Mahabharata and Ramayana

Karawitan

Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 3

An essential collection of writings on Javanese gamelan and vocal music

Economic Exchange and Social Interaction in Southeast Asia

Perspectives from Prehistory, History, and Ethnography

Uncovers patterns of social interaction made visible through scenarios of economic exchange

Compadre Colonialism

Studies in the Philippines under American Rule

Cultural Values and Human Ecology in Southeast Asia

Gathers seventeen diverse perspectives on human ecology in Southeast Asia with a conceptual framework—cultural values—designed to bridge social and natural science paradigms

The Padaeng Chronicle and the Jengtung State Chronicle Translated

Provides a wealth of insight into the history of the Tai and the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar and Thailand

Puppet Theater in Contemporary Indonesia

New Approaches to Performance Events

Solid and accessible scholarship about a multifaceted form of art

Thai and Indic Literary Studies

Gedney discusses Thai Riddles, problems in translating Thai poetry, and historical development and Sanskrit influences in Thai verse forms

Tai Dialect Studies

Glossaries, Texts, and Translations

A study of the tai language family and dialects, inlcuding grammar notes, glossaries, texts, and translations

The Lue Language

Glossaries, Texts and Translations

Gedney, using several informants, compiled an extensive glossary of the Lue language, complete with texts and translations

Central Tai Dialects

Glossaries, Texts, and Translations

A monograph of Central Tai dialects that offers extensive glossaries, texts, and translations with additional notes

Southwestern Tai Dialects

Glossaries, Texts, and Translations

A thorough examination of Southwestern Tai Dialects, including an extensive glossary as well as texts and translations

The Saek Language

Glossary, Texts, and Translations

A thorough description of the Saek language, containing a 551 page glossary with around ten thousand lexical iterms as well as more than 300 pages of texts and translations

Independence and Democracy in Burma, 1945–1952

The Turbulent Years

The memoir of Balwant Singh, a civil servant under both the British and independent governments of Burma, provides a dramatic account of the turbulent years immediately following World War II.

The Tai Dialect of Lungming

Glossary, Texts, and Translations

Represents one of the most complete examinations yet undertaken of a dialect belonging to the Central Branch of the Tai language family

The Yay Language

Glossary, Texts, and Translations

Gedney’s work on Yay, published in this volume, consists of a lengthy glossary and a collection of folktales and traditional songs.

Writing on the Tongue

Six studies examine various forms of literature in Java, Bali, and Indonesia as a whole.

Philippine Society and the Individual

Selected Essays of Frank Lynch, 1949–1976

Seventeen articles by the late Frank Lynch, S.J., well-known anthropologist and pioneer in Philippine sociology.