Crossroads, Volume 18, Number 1

This special issue of Crossroads, guest edited by Gerald Sullivan, features six peer-reviewed articles: a centerpiece essay by Robert Wessing, “A Community of Spirits: People, Ancestors and Nature Spirits in Java,” five companion commentaries by Bart Barendregt, F.K. Lehman (F.K.L. Chit Hlaing), Richard A. O’Connor, Gerald Sullivan, and Nicola Tannenbaum, followed by a response by Wessing. The issue also includes reviews of the following books: Clearing a Space: Postcolonial Readings of Modern Indonesian Literature; The Lao: Gender, Power, and Livelihood; Modern Dreams: An Inquiry into Power, Cultural Production, and the Cityscape in Contemporary Urban Penang, Malaysia; Crossroads: A Popular History of Malaysia and Singapore; Civil Society in Southeast Asia; Founders’ Cults in Southeast Asia: Ancestors, Polity, and Identity; Virtual Lotus: Modern Fiction of Southeast Asia; and Historical Sketch of Protestant Missions in Siam 1828-1928.