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From 'sumandak' to beauty queen: constructing Kadazandusun gendered identity in Sabah's Unduk Ngadau pageant

Somiah, V. SOUTH EAST ASIA RESEARCH. 2025.

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Weaving flexible gender scripts and cultural transmission: maternal agency in Kampung Chetti

Wong, Y.V., Lai, S.Y., Somiah, V. GENDER PLACE AND CULTURE. 2025

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Everyday Precarities and Systemic Exploitations: Indonesian Migrant Workers in Sarawak's Palm Oil Industry

Somiah V., Hashim H., Annuar A.M.K., Hanip F.I. International Journal of Business and Society. 2025.

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Education, class, and female bodily autonomy in Ahdaf Soueif’s In the eye of the sun and Fadia Faqir’s My name is Salma

Al-Mohammedi, G., Osman, S. A., & Somiah, V. SARJANA. 2025.

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Triangulating Data to Investigate The E-Cigarette and Vape Phenomenon in The Klang Valley: A Mixed Methods Approach

Chin, C., Nordin, A. S. A., Thambiah, S., & Somiah, V. SARJANA. 2025

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Contemporary Readings of Colonial Borders of the Indo-Pacific.
Jayawardena, P., Somiah, V., Phuttivanich, K., & Bonofer, A. INDO-PACIFIC REVIEW. 2025.

 

The Dilemma Of Dual Heritage: Nationality Selection Among Japanese - Singaporean Multinational Children​
Matsumura, K., Paidi, R., & Somiah, V. WILAYAH: The International Journal of East Asian Studies. 2025.
 

Unmoored Boundaries: Bajau Laut and Mobility Perspectives in Maritime Southeast Asia.
Somiah, V. INDO-PACIFIC REVIEW. 2025.​
 

Divine Mandates and Political Realities: Exploring Power, Religion and Transition in the Gambia, Africa
Agyemang D., Somiah V., Ying Hooi K. Spectrum. Feb 14, 2024


The Right to Cyberbully? A Gendered Analysis During COVID-19 in Malaysia
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Low B.Y.H., Somiah V., Nie K.S. Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication. 2023

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"Leaderless" resistance? An anatomy of female leadership in Orang Asli grassroots movements
Padzil R.B., Somiah V. Wacana. 2023.
 

The Sea is Indigenous ‘Land’ Too: Negotiating Presence and Rights of Indigenous Maritime Communities in Sabah, Malaysia.
Somiah, V. SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia. 2022.
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​Views from the Ground: Reflections on Studying Indigeneity in Southeast Asia
Idrus R., Chua L., Bala P., Buadaeng K., Egay K., Leepreecha P., Lumenta D., Man Z., Mitot K., Paredes O., Thambiah S., Somiah V. Sojourn. 2022.
 

Shame and shamelessness: Changing discourses in Najib Razak's social media campaign,
Loh B.Y.H., Somiah V., Ali S. SEARCH Journal of Media and Communication Research. 2022
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©2025 by Vilashini Somiah

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