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index Photos are listed in bold type. Notes are abbreviated as “n.” and (in the case of multiple notes), “nn.” Aceh, 1, 10, 29, 47; Acehnese migrants, 128–129 Anderson, Benedict, 30 Appadurai, Arjun, 84, 107 Asian economy: borderland formations, 4, 20, 42, 117, 121; colonial (entrepôt) economy, 22, 23–24; economic crisis, 5, 9, 16, 132–136; feminization of labor, 16, 63, 69, 74, 120, 121, 155n.18; offshore capitalism, 2, 8–9, 101, 155n.18; postcolonial, 24–26; transnational growth projects, 2, 6. See also global cities; offshore capitalism ; peripheral cities; Singapore Asian values: and capitalist development, 102–103, 114–116, 166n.4 Barker, Joshua, 13, 69, 104, 155n.20 Batam, 1, 3, 4–6, 16–17, 61, 158n.22; as an export-processing zone, 2, 8, 32, 33, 162n.17; as a “fantasy island,” 98–99, 99; frontier or transitional culture, 22, 40–42, 41, 117, 147–148; imagined development of, 39–40, 43, 49, 68–69; as an “island of sin,” 15, 104, 117; as a peripheral city, 10, 34, 148, 159; promises of economic development often not actualized in, 28–29, 36, 39–40, 51, 56, 75, 148; tourists in, 4–5, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 42, 87, 99–101, 108–109, 147–148, 149, 166n.3; transformation of economy on, 32–34, 52, 117 Batam Industrial Development Authority (BIDA), 21, 31, 117, 144, 153n.2 Batamindo Industrial Park, 1, 2, 15, 18, 39, 44–46, 44, 50, 64, 101, 129; as a development enclave, 44–46, 52; a gated space, 44–45; management, 44, 49–50 Belakang Sony, 4, 45, 61, 62, 70 belonging, 7, 87, 125, 149; liar as not belonging, 7 belum (“not yet”), 7, 12, 19, 52, 151; as not yet developed, 39, 117, 147–148. See also temporality Bernstein, Elizabeth, 113 bigamy, 111, 115 Boellstorff, Tom, 12, 13, 14, 37 “booking” (in prostitution), 74, 83, 162n.3 border control, 120–123, 132–133 border crossing: appearance facilitating , 126–127; strategies of entry, 124–130 borderland formations, 4, 20, 42, 117, 121; postcolonial, 24–26 “borderless world,” 6–9, 22, 24, 34–36; subjectivity in, 14, 105, 114–117, 142–143 Bourgois, Philippe, 84 Brenner, Suzanne, 58, 59 bribery. See corruption bronces (man who lives on the earnings of a woman), 1, 15–16, 74, 90, 94–95, 165n.26 brothel areas, 67, 75–76, 158n.29, 163n.6 brothels, 4, 7, 56, 86, 121, 130–131, 164n.10 Burton, Kruhse-Mount, 164n.15 calo (middleman), 43, 58, 72, 79–80, 125 capitalism, 8, 51–52, 69, 107; and “Asian values,” 102–103, 114–115; the development enclave, 6, 18, 46, 188 : index 51–52, 74; and family forms, 112; offshore capitalism, 2, 8–9, 101, 155n.18; transnational corporations, 2, 6, 34, 44–45, 51–52. See also modal (capital) Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Singapore , 115–116 centralization of colonial power, 24 citizenship: “flexible citizenship,” 101, 125, 141; marginalization of, 21–22, 80, 117, 125 class structure, 30, 37, 59, 83, 92, 94–95; in Singapore, 102–103. See also underclass connections, 79–80 corruption: bribery, 64, 76, 80, 111, 136, 160; “envelopes” (amplop), 105, 111 crime, 10 debt-bondage labor, 135, 137, 163n.5 Department of Religious Affairs, 56–57 Department of Social Affairs, 75 deportation programs, 119, 123, 133, 135, 136–137, 140 “developing” and “developed” junctures, 10, 69, 116–117, 144. See also global cities development discourse, 39–40, 43, 49, 68–69 development enclave, 6, 18, 46, 51–52, 74, 79; Batamindo Industrial Park as a, 44–46, 52 disco: as a global form, 18, 74, 82–85. See also Ozon; Titanic disorder, 36, 98, 117; liar (“wild”) spaces, 101, 116; vs. order, 76 divorce, 118 domestic service. See maid industry domestic violence, 93 drug sanctions, in Singapore, 115–116 economic crisis, 5, 9, 16, 17, 132–136 economic development, 1, 6, 10, 14, 32– 37, 146, 159n.31; Asian, 114–115, 166n.4; promised but not actualized, 28–29, 36, 39–40, 51, 56, 75, 148. See also emotional economy of merantau economy of the night, 74 Ecstasy, 71, 79, 82, 165n.19; circulation of, 72, 82–83, 84, 104, 163n.3, 164n.17; transforming subjective experiences, 84–86, 95, 99; and transnational economy, 84, 86, 105; tripping, 71, 82, 103–104, 164n.18; used to forget malu, 38, 75, 85, 86, 105 education: higher, 47, 48–49, 63, 102; lack of, 79–80, 94–95 electronics industry, 2, 11, 43, 44; female...

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