Senkesin Art from 1930s Singapore
To continue looking at advertisements for Senkesin. . . I have to admit that the artwork in a lot of these advertisements was really good. A long time ago on…
The Great Monkeys of Mercy in 1930s Singapore
I’ve written a few times on this blog about Senkesin (here, here and here) a kind of medicine that was sold in Southeast Asia that offered a cure for many…
Creating “Living Translations” for Vietnamese History
I’ve written quite a lot on this blog about the problem with using modern Vietnamese translations of historical materials that were originally written in classical Chinese (Hán). Recently in reading…
Thai and Chinese Attitudes Towards Administering Laxative Tablets in 1930s Southeast Asia
I came across this advertisement a few years ago in a Thai newspaper from the 1930s. It shows a woman “administering help” to her child. The child is unable to…
Drinking Laxative Lemonade in 1930s Singapore
Over three years ago I wrote a post about an advertisement I found in a newspaper from the Philippines from 1940 for “Feen-A-Mint, the tasty chewing gum laxative.” Since that…
A New Vietnamese History
A few days ago someone pointed out to me that a new general history called A History of the Vietnamese by Keith Taylor is now listed on Amazon, and is…
Critiquing Monographs, Encyclopedias and Dissertations
I’ve been in situations where I have been amazed at what I see as an almost encyclopedic knowledge that many Vietnamese scholars have about the work of other Vietnamese scholars.…
Sinicization, Localization and Big-Same-Small-Different
As is well known, during the colonial period, various European scholars came to envision a process in the past where Southeast Asia came to be influenced by outside forces. In…
The “Lush Life” in 1930s Singapore
The “Lush Life” is a jazz standard that was written during the 1930s. In the song, the singer expresses how tired he is of the night life. He sings about…
On Not Rocking the Boat in Colonial Southeast Asia
The period of the 1930s was a relatively calm period in Southeast Asia. There are at least a couple of reasons for why this was the case. First, many anti-colonial…
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