Heryanto, Ariel2015-12-101367-8779http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55132References to area studies occasionally appear in cultural studies discourses, and vice versa, but most of them consist of terse comments made in passing. This article attempts a more substantive enquiry into a possible convergence of cultural and area stKeywords: area studies; cultural studies; post-Cold War; Southeast Asia201310.1177/13678779124745412016-02-24