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Asia Tenggara telah lama dikenal memiliki, mengakui, dan melegitimasi tradisi gender dan seksualitas yang lebih beragam dan pluralistik daripada belahan dunia lainnya. Bukti-bukti sejarah dan etnografis menunjukkan bahwa praktik-praktik dan identitas transgender, serta berbagai macam seksualitas non-heteronormatif, mempunyai sejarah yang panjang dan terhormat di Asia Tenggara dan wilayah Asia Pasifik secara keseluruhan. Namun dalam tiga hingga empat abad terakhir, pluralisme gender ini mengalami banyak penyempitan dan erosi legitimasi.

Various theories and visual methodologies, emphasising the ubiquity of visual materials in today’s culture.

by Robert O. Paxton (2004)

A rather disappointing newcomer in this notorious field but nevertheless helpful for its up-to-date bibliography and sources.

And Other Tales from the American Underground
by Eric Schlosser (2003)

Three essays on different aspects of American underground — marijuana trade, migrant labourers and porn industry — offering general, if rather superficial and unsatisfying, view of ‘illicit’ industry.

Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption
by Laura J. Miller (2006)

Tracing the history of bookselling in the USA from the beginning of twentieth century to the era of superstore and amazon.com, Miller explores the independent-chain dynamic in a business that is fiercely conscious in its perceived status as an agent of cultural and human betterment.

Aspek Sosial & Simbolik Teater Rakyat Indonesia
by James L. Peacock (1968)

Studies the (pre-’65 gestapu) historical, social and artistic importance of this “proletarian drama”, ludruk.

since c.1200 (3rd ed.)
by M.C. Ricklefs (2001)

Designed as a stepping stone for those overwhelmed by the wealth of specialised information, or those wanting relatively detailed panoramic view of Indonesian history in English without the overemphasis on colonialism and exoticism.

How our animal heritage affects the way we live
by Jared Diamond (1991)

How the human species changed, within a short time, from just another species of big mammal to a world conqueror; and how we acquired the capacity to reverse all that progress overnight.

by Mark Mazower (2000).

A short but broad-ranging history book, it challenges the common one-dimensional stereotype of “the Balkans”

Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century
by Graham Robb (2003).

Challenges the common assumptions of the Victorian age as a tabloid image of homophobic hell populated by mean-spirited, fearful and envious ignoramuses from which gay people eventually liberated themselves.