Departing from Java: Javanese Labour, Migration and Diaspora Japan and how it has grown

and how it has grown to become a multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise

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

Laos | photography | anthropology | culture | ethnic minorities

and the fragile

and diplomatic aspects of colonial Indochina and the wars for modern Vietnam

Departing from Java: Javanese Labour, Migration and Diaspora Japan and how it has grownEdited 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