Since the late 1960s the Indonesian land of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment converges with inexpensive land and labour. The book moves beyond these dichotomies to explore the experiences of migrants and tourists who pass through Batam.
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Johan A. Lindquist is assistant professor of social anthropology at Stockholm University.
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Map, black and white illustrations, 193pp, notes, references, index, inscription inside upper cover. Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory. "Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. Export processing zones such as Batam are both celebrated and vilified in contemporary debates on economic globalization. "The Anxieties of Mobility" moves beyond these dichotomies to explore the experiences of migrants and tourists who pass through Batam." (Publisher's description). Artikel-Nr. 176158
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