Volume 66; Issue 4

The Journal of Asian Studies

Volume 66; Issue 4

1

Tracking the Goddess: Religion, Community, and Identity in the Durga Puja Ceremonies of Nineteenth-Century Calcutta

Bhattacharya, Tithi

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.38 MB

english, 2007

2

Reproductive Health in India: History, Politics, and Controversiesby Sarah Hodges

Review by: Sunil K. Khanna

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 402 KB

english, 2007

3

Journey to the East: The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579-1724by Liam Matthew Brockey

Review by: John Delury

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 311 KB

english, 2007

4

Tracking the Goddess: Religion, Community, and Identity in the Durga Puja Ceremonies of Nineteenth-Century Calcutta

Tithi Bhattacharya

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 5.21 MB

english, 2007

5

Writing Taiwan: A New Literary Historyby David Der-wei Wang; Carlos Rojas

Review by: Kuei-fen Chiu

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 415 KB

english, 2007

6

The OSS and Ho Chi Minh: Unexpected Allies in the War against Japanby Dixee R. Bartholomew-Feis

Review by: David J. Ulbrich

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 300 KB

english, 2007

7

Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippinesby Warwick Anderson

Review by: Smita Lahiri

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 433 KB

english, 2007

8

Việt Nam: Borderless Historiesby Nhung Tuyet Tran; Anthony Reid

Review by: Ann Marie Leshkowich

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

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english

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9

James B. Palais (1934-2006)

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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10

Donald Howard Shively (1921-2005)

Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen and Edwin A. Cranston

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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Editorial Foreword

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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12

Bandits and Kings: Moral Authority and Resistance in Early Colonial India

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 1.63 MB

english, 2007

13

History in Poetry: Nabinchandra Sen's "Palashir Yuddha" and the Question of Truth

Rosinka Chaudhuri

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 2.15 MB

english, 2007

14

Out of Tradition: Master Artisans and Economic Change in Colonial India

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 3.03 MB

english, 2007

15

Taxes, the Local Elite, and the Rural Populace in the Chinju Uprising of 1862

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 4.17 MB

english, 2007

16

Masculinizing the Nation: Gender Ideologies in Traditional Korea and in the 1890s-1900s Korean Enlightenment Discourse

Vladimir Tikhonov

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 3.75 MB

english, 2007

17

Law and Custom under the Chosŏn Dynasty and Colonial Korea: A Comparative Perspective

Marie Seong-Hak Kim

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 3.10 MB

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18

Another Asia: Rabindranath Tagore and Okakura Tenshinby Rustom Bharucha

Review by: Ketu H. Katrak

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 396 KB

english, 2007

19

The Anthropology of Christianityby Fenella Cannell

Review by: Deirdre de la Cruz

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 412 KB

english, 2007

20

Contact and Exchange in the Ancient Worldby Victor H. Mair

Review by: Bo Lawergren

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 407 KB

english, 2007

21

Excavating Asian History: Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology and Historyby Norman Yoffee; Bradley L. Crowell

Review by: Rowan Flad

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 404 KB

english, 2007

22

Taiwan in the 21st Century: Aspects and Limitations of a Development Modelby Robert Ash; J. Megan Greene

Review by: Murray Rubinstein

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 297 KB

english, 2007

23

Between Heaven and Modernity: Reconstructing Suzhou, 1895-1937by Peter J. Carroll

Review by: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 403 KB

english, 2007

24

Exotic Commodities: Modern Objects and Everyday Life in Chinaby Frank Dikötter

Review by: Joshua Goldstein

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 404 KB

english, 2007

25

Everyday Modernity in Chinaby Madeleine Yue Dong; Joshua Goldstein

Review by: Rebecca Nedostup

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 305 KB

english, 2007

26

Corruption and Realism in Late Socialist China: The Return of the Political Novelby Jeffrey C. Kinkley

Review by: Weijie Song

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 317 KB

english, 2007

27

Selfless Offspring: Filial Children and Social Order in Medieval Chinaby Keith Nathaniel Knapp

Review by: Maram Epstein

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 416 KB

english, 2007

28

Working in China: Ethnographies of Labor and Workplace Transformationby Ching Kwan Lee

Review by: Mark W. Frazier

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 308 KB

english, 2007

29

The Way and the Word: Science and Medicine in Early China and Greeceby Geoffrey Lloyd; Nathan Sivin

Review by: Mark Csikszentmihalyi

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 311 KB

english, 2007

30

The Pristine Dao: Metaphysics in Early Daoist Discourseby Thomas Michael

Review by: James Miller

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 405 KB

english, 2007

31

Displacing Desire: Travel and Popular Culture in Chinaby Beth E. Notar

Review by: David J. Davies

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 403 KB

english, 2007

32

Crimson Rain: Seven Centuries of Violence in a Chinese Countyby William T. Rowe

Review by: John W. Dardess

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 304 KB

english, 2007

33

The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozangby Kristofer Schipper; Franciscus Verellen

Review by: Brook Ziporyn

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 318 KB

english, 2007

34

Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC): The Archaeological Evidenceby Lothar von Falkenhausen

Review by: Edward L. Shaughnessy

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 536 KB

english, 2007

35

Personal Matters: Women's Autobiographical Practice in Twentieth-Century Chinaby Lingzhen Wang

Review by: Christopher Lupke

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 524 KB

english, 2007

36

Shanghai Love: Courtesans, Intellectuals, and Entertainment Culture, 1850-1910by Catherine Yeh

Review by: Alexander Des Forges

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 466 KB

english, 2007

37

State and Religion in China: Historical and Textual Perspectivesby Anthony C. Yu

Review by: Blaine Gaustad

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 312 KB

english, 2007

38

An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937by Zhang Zhen

Review by: Yiman Wang

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 324 KB

english, 2007

39

Teaching and Learning in Tibet: A Review of Research and Policy Publicationsby Ellen Bangsbo

Review by: Emily T. Yeh

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 302 KB

english, 2007

40

The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China: "My Service in the Army," by Dzengšeoby Nicola Di Cosmo; Dzengšeo

Review by: David A. Graff

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 316 KB

english, 2007

41

Tibetan Treasure Literature: Revelation, Tradition, and Accomplishment in Visionary Buddhismby Andreas Doctor

Review by: Alexander Gardner

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 414 KB

english, 2007

42

Holy War in China: The Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-1877by Hodong Kim

Review by: Gardiner Bovingdon

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 414 KB

english, 2007

43

Soufisme et politique entre Chine, Tibet et Turkestan: Étude sur les Khwajas Naqshbandis du Turkestan orientalby Alexandre Papas

Review by: Nathan Light

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 632 KB

english, 2007

44

Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderlandby S. Frederick Starr

Review by: Ildikó Bellér-Hann

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 313 KB

english, 2007

45

The Phonology of Mongolianby Jan-Olof Svantesson; Anna Tsendina; Anastasia Karlsson; Vivan Franzén

Review by: Mikael Thompson

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 415 KB

english, 2007

46

Fairness, Globalization, and Public Institutions: East Asia and Beyondby Jim Dator; Dick Pratt; Yongseok Seo

Review by: Benny Teh Cheng Guan

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 315 KB

english, 2007

47

Spirit Matters: The Transcendent in Modern Japanese Literatureby Peter Gabriel

Review by: Gérard Siary

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 646 KB

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48

Radicals and Realists in the Japanese Nonverbal Arts: The Avant-Garde Rejection of Modernismby Thomas R. H. Havens

Review by: Yoshikuni Igarashi

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 417 KB

english, 2007

49

Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identityby Karen Nakamura

Review by: Douglas C. Baynton

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 739 KB

english, 2007

50

Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600by Haruo Shirane

Review by: Sarah M. Strong

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 395 KB

english, 2007

51

A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, Together with an Annotated Translation of the Paekche Annals of the Samguk Sagiby Jonathan W. Best

Review by: Richard D. McBride, II

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 298 KB

english, 2007

52

Everlasting Flower: A History of Koreaby Keith Pratt;A Concise History of Korea: From the Neolithic Period through the Nineteenth Centuryby Michael J. Seth

Review by: Michael E. Robinson

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 401 KB

english, 2007

53

Lamentation as History: Narratives by Koreans in Japan, 1965-2000by Melissa L. Wender

Review by: Janice C. H. Kim

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 399 KB

english, 2007

54

Sorrow and Joy among Muslim Women: The Pukhtuns of Northern Pakistanby Amineh Ahmed

Review by: Karuna Sharma

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 400 KB

english, 2007

55

Make Me a Man! Masculinity, Hinduism, and Nationalism in Indiaby Sikata Banerjee

Review by: Deepa S. Reddy

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 406 KB

english, 2007

56

Poetics, Plays and Performances: The Politics of Modern Indian Theatreby Vasudha Dalmia;Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India since 1947by Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker

Review by: Nandi Bhatia

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 642 KB

english, 2007

57

Popularizing Buddhism: Preaching as Performance in Sri Lankaby Mahinda Deegalle

Review by: Ryan R. Overbey

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 307 KB

english, 2007

58

The Life of Hinduismby John Stratton Hawley; Vasudha Narayanan

Review by: Robin Rinehart

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 405 KB

english, 2007

59

South Asian Folklore: A Handbookby Frank J. Korom

Review by: Sally Steindorf

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 403 KB

english, 2007

60

Bards, Ballads and Boundaries: An Ethnographic Atlas of Music Traditions in West Rajasthanby Daniel Neuman; Shubha Chaudhuri; Komal Kothari

Review by: Joan L. Erdman

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 409 KB

english, 2007

61

Mobilizing India: Women, Music, and Migration between India and Trinidadby Tejaswini Niranjana

Review by: Tina K. Ramnarine

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 435 KB

english, 2007

62

Imagined Hinduism: British Protestant Missionary Construction of Hinduism, 1793-1900by Geoffrey A. Oddie

Review by: Richard King

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 427 KB

english, 2007

63

Zenana: Everyday Peace in a Karachi Apartment Buildingby Laura A. Ring

Review by: Maggie Ronkin

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 414 KB

english, 2007

64

The Birth of the Khalsa: A Feminist Re-Memory of Sikh Identityby Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

Review by: Gene Thursby

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 411 KB

english, 2007

65

Learning Politics from Sivaram: The Life and Death of a Revolutionary Tamil Journalist in Sri Lankaby Mark P. Whitaker

Review by: Michele Ruth Gamburd

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 305 KB

english, 2007

66

Art as Politics: Re-Crafting Identities, Tourism and Power in Tana Toraja, Indonesiaby Kathleen Adams

Review by: Janet Hoskins

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 419 KB

english, 2007

67

The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesiaby Tom Boellstorff

Review by: Carla Jones

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 532 KB

english, 2007

68

The Komedie Stamboel: Popular Theater in Colonial Indonesia, 1891-1903by Matthew Isaac Cohen

Review by: Budi Susanto

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The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 411 KB

english, 2007

69

Book Review Correspondence

Hazel Smith, C. Kenneth Quinones and Kenneth M. George

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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70

Walther Heissig (1913-2005)

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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71

Back Matter

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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72

Front Matter

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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PDF, 872 KB

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The Birth of the Khalsa: A Feminist Re-Memory of Sikh Identity. By Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. xxvi, 230 pp. $78.50 (cloth); $25.95 (paper).

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 213 KB

english, 2007

74

The Komedie Stamboel: Popular Theater in Colonial Indonesia, 1891–1903. By Matthew Isaac Cohen. Ohio University Research in International Studies Southeast Asia Series No. 112. Athens, Oh.: Ohio University Press, 2006. 473 pp. xviii, $30.00 (paper).

S. J., Budi Susanto

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 218 KB

english, 2007

75

Teaching and Learning in Tibet: A Review of Research and Policy Publications. By Ellen Bangsbo. Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, 2004. viii, 150 pp. $23.00 (paper).

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 207 KB

english, 2007

76

Bards, Ballads and Boundaries: An Ethnographic Atlas of Music Traditions in West Rajasthan. By Daniel Neuman and Shubha Chaudhuri, with Komal Kothari. Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2006. xx, 320 pp. $370.00/Rs 1495 (cloth).

Erdman, Joan L.

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 211 KB

english, 2007

77

Excavating Asian History: Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology and History. Edited By Norman Yoffee and Bradley L. Crowell. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006. vi, 352 pp. $55.00 (cloth).

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 215 KB

english, 2007

78

Out of Tradition: Master Artisans and Economic Change in Colonial India

Roy, Tirthankar

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 376 KB

english, 2007

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Learning Politics from Sivaram: The Life and Death of a Revolutionary Tamil Journalist in Sri Lanka. By Mark P. Whitaker. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Pluto Press, 2006. xiv, 251 pp. $90.00 (cloth); $28.95 (paper).

Gamburd, Michele Ruth

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 206 KB

english, 2007

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Writing Taiwan: A New Literary History. Edited by David Der-wei Wang and Carlos Rojas. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2006. x, 412 pp. $89.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 217 KB

english, 2007

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The Anthropology of Christianity. Edited by Fenella Cannell. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2006. ix, 373 pp. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).

de la Cruz, Deirdre

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 211 KB

english, 2007

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Holy War in China: The Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864–1877. By Hodong Kim. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2004. 320 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Bovingdon, Gardiner

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 215 KB

english, 2007

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Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000–250 BC): The Archaeological Evidence. By Lothar von Falkenhausen. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006. xxiii, 555 pp. $70.00 (cloth); $40.00 (paper).

Shaughnessy, Edward L.

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 223 KB

english, 2007

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Shanghai Love: Courtesans, Intellectuals, and Entertainment Culture, 1850–1910. By Catherine Yeh. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006. x, 430 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Forges, Alexander Des

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 214 KB

english, 2007

85

The Book of Korean Poetry: Songs of Shilla and Koryŏ. Translated and edited by Kevin O'Rourke. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2006. 122 pp. $15.95 (paper).

Pettid, Michael J.

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 210 KB

english, 2007

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Popularizing Buddhism: Preaching as Performance in Sri Lanka. By Mahinda Deegalle. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. xiii, 241 pp. $65.00 (cloth), $21.95 (paper).

Overbey, Ryan R.

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 212 KB

english, 2007

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Taxes, the Local Elite, and the Rural Populace in the Chinju Uprising of 1862

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 947 KB

english, 2007

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Zenana: Everyday Peace in a Karachi Apartment Building. By Laura A. Ring. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. 211 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 213 KB

english, 2007

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History in Poetry: Nabinchandra Sen's Palashir Yuddha and the Question of Truth

Chaudhuri, Rosinka

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

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PDF, 322 KB

english, 2007

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Between Heaven and Modernity: Reconstructing Suzhou, 1895–1937. By Peter J. Carroll. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2006. xvi, 325 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N.

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 214 KB

english, 2007

91

Lamentation as History: Narratives by Koreans in Japan, 1965–2000. By Melissa L. Wender. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2005. 272 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Kim, Janice C. H.

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 220 KB

english, 2007

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Poetics, Plays and Performances: The Politics of Modern Indian Theatre. By Vasudha Dalmia. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006. xiii, 366 pp. $39.95/Rs1080 (cloth).

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 224 KB

english, 2007

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South Asian Folklore: A Handbook. By Frank J. Korom. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2006. vii, 223 pp. $55.00 (cloth).

Steindorf, Sally

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 209 KB

english, 2007

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Journey to the East: The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579–1724. By Liam Matthew Brockey. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007. xi, 496 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 209 KB

english, 2007

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The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China: “My Service in the Army,” by Dzengšeo. Translated and edited by Nicola Di Cosmo. London: Routledge, 2006. x, 140 pp. $140.00 (cloth).

Graff, David A.

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 215 KB

english, 2007

96

Mobilizing India: Women, Music, and Migration between India and Trinidad. By Tejaswini Niranjana. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2006. x, 271 pp. $74.95 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

Ramnarine, Tina K.

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

Year:

2007

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 217 KB

english, 2007

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A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, Together with an Annotated Translation of the Paekche Annals of the Samguk Sagi. By Jonathan W. Best. Harvard East Asian Monographs 246. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University East Asia Center, 2007. 555 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

McBride, Richard D.

Journal:

The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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Exotic Commodities: Modern Objects and Everyday Life in China. By Frank Dikötter. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. xv, 382 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Goldstein, Joshua

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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99

Everyday Modernity in China. Edited by Madeleine Yue Dong and Joshua Goldstein. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006. vii, 344 pp. $30.00 (paper).

Nedostup, Rebecca

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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100

Editorial Foreword

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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101

The OSS and Ho Chi Minh: Unexpected Allies in the War against Japan. By Dixee R. Bartholomew-Feis. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006. x, 435 pp. $34.95 (cloth).

Ulbrich, David J.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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102

Fairness, Globalization, and Public Institutions: East Asia and Beyond. Edited by Jim Dator, Dick Pratt, and Yongseok Seo. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006. x, 399 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper).

Guan, Benny Teh Cheng

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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103

Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. Edited by S. Frederick Starr. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 2004. 484 pp. $99.95 (cloth); $37.95 (paper).

Bellér-Hann, Ildikó

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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104

Art as Politics: Re-Crafting Identities, Tourism and Power in Tana Toraja, Indonesia. By Kathleen Adams. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2006. xi, 286 pp. $57.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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105

Book Review Correspondence

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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106

Contact and Exchange in the Ancient World. Edited by Victor H. Mair. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006. ix, 310 pp. $57.00 (cloth).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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107

Bandits and Kings: Moral Authority and Resistance in Early Colonial India

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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108

State and Religion in China: Historical and Textual Perspectives. By Anthony C. Yu. Chicago: Open Court Books, 2006. xiv, 192 pp. $18.95 (paper).

Gaustad, Blaine

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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109

Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600. Edited by Haruo Shirane. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. 1,392 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

Strong, Sarah M.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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110

In Tribute

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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111

Masculinizing the Nation: Gender Ideologies in Traditional Korea and in the 1890s–1900s Korean Enlightenment Discourse

Tikhonov, Vladimir

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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112

Taiwan in the 21st Century: Aspects and Limitations of a Development Model. Edited by Robert Ash and J. Megan Greene. New York: Routledge, 2007. xvi, 304 pp. $145.00 (cloth).

Rubinstein, Murray

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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113

Crimson Rain: Seven Centuries of Violence in a Chinese County. By William T. Rowe. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2007. xiii, 437 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Dardess, John W.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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114

Personal Matters: Women's Autobiographical Practice in Twentieth-Century China. By Lingzhen Wang. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2004. xii, 280 pp. $58.00 (cloth).

Lupke, Christopher

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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115

Selfless Offspring: Filial Children and Social Order in Medieval China. By Keith Nathaniel Knapp. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press. 2005. x, 300 pp. $52.00 (cloth).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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116

The Phonology of Mongolian. Edited by Jan-Olof Svantesson, Anna Tsendina, Anastasia Karlsson and Vivan Franzén. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. xix, 314 pp. $192.00 (paper).

Thompson, Mikael

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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117

Make Me a Man! Masculinity, Hinduism, and Nationalism in India. By Sikata Banerjee. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. ix, 181 pp. $71.50 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

Reddy, Deepa S.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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118

Dialectical Practice in Tibetan Philosophical Culture: An Ethnomethodological Inquiry into Formal Reasoning. By Kenneth Liberman. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004. xiii, 323 pp. $34.95 (paper).

McClellan, Joseph

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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119

Spirit Matters: The Transcendent in Modern Japanese Literature. By Peter Gabriel. Honolulu: Hawai'i University Press, 2006. 224 pp. $ 48.00 (cloth).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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120

An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896–1937. By Zhang Zhen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. xxxiii, 488 pp. $75.00 (cloth); $30.00 (paper).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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121

Radicals and Realists in the Japanese Nonverbal Arts: The Avant-Garde Rejection of Modernism. By Thomas R. H. Havens. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 312 pp. $38.00 (cloth).

Igarashi, Yoshikuni

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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122

The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia. By Tom Boellstorff. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005. xiii, 282 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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123

Displacing Desire: Travel and Popular Culture in China. By Beth E. Notar. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006. vii, 186 pp. $57.00 (cloth); $21.00 (paper).

Davies, David J.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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124

Imagined Hinduism: British Protestant Missionary Construction of Hinduism, 1793–1900. By Geoffrey A. Oddie. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2006. 376 pp. $79.95 (cloth); $36.95 (paper).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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125

The Way and the Word: Science and Medicine in Early China and Greece. By Geoffrey Lloyd and Nathan Sivin. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002. xvii, 348 pp. $27.00 (paper).

Csikszentmihalyi, Mark

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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126

Law and Custom under the Chosŏn Dynasty and Colonial Korea: A Comparative Perspective

Kim, Marie Seong-Hak

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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127

Soufisme et politique entre Chine, Tibet et Turkestan: Étude sur les Khwajas Naqshbandis du Turkestan oriental. By Alexandre Papas. Paris: Librarie d'Amérique et d'Orient, Jean Maisonneuve successeur, 2005. iii, 291 pp. €48.00.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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128

Working in China: Ethnographies of Labor and Workplace Transformation. Edited by Ching Kwan Lee. New York: Routledge, 2007. xii, 251 pp. $135.00 (cloth); $35.95 (paper).

Frazier, Mark W.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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129

The Pristine Dao: Metaphysics in Early Daoist Discourse. By Thomas Michael. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. xii, 170 pp. $64.50 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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130

The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang. 3 vols. Edited by Kristofer Schipper and Franciscus Verellen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. 1637 pp. $175.00 (cloth, boxed set).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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131

Tibetan Treasure Literature: Revelation, Tradition, and Accomplishment in Visionary Buddhism. By Andreas Doctor. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2005. 245 pp. $24.95 (cloth).

Gardner, Alexander

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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132

Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity. By Karen Nakamura. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2006. 248 pp. $59.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Baynton, Douglas C.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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133

Everlasting Flower: A History of Korea. By Keith Pratt. London: Reaktion Books, 2006. 320 pp. $34.95 (cloth); $27.00 (paper).

Robinson, Michael E.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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134

Sorrow and Joy among Muslim Women: The Pukhtuns of Northern Pakistan. By Amineh Ahmed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xix, 199 pp. $90.00 (cloth).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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135

The Life of Hinduism. Edited by John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2006. xiii, 324 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Rinehart, Robin

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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136

Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines. By Warwick Anderson. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2006. ix, 355 pp. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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137

Corruption and Realism in Late Socialist China: The Return of the Political Novel. By Jeffrey C. Kinkley. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2007. viii, 304 pp. $55.00 (cloth).

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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138

Reproductive Health in India: History, Politics, and Controversies. Edited by Sarah Hodges. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2006. ix, 264 pp. Rs 620 (cloth).

Khanna, Sunil K.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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139

Another Asia: Rabindranath Tagore and Okakura Tenshin. By Rustom Bharucha. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006. xxiv, 236 pp. $35.00/Rs 820 (cloth).

Katrak, Ketu H.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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140

Việt Nam: Borderless Histories. Edited by Nhung Tuyet Tran. and Anthony Reid. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. ix, 386 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Leshkowich, Ann Marie

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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141

Dialectical Practice in Tibetan Philosophical Culture: An Ethnomethodological Inquiry into Formal Reasoningby Kenneth Liberman

Review by: Joseph McClellan

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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142

The Book of Korean Poetry: Songs of Shilla and Koryǒby Kevin O'Rourke

Review by: Michael J. Pettid

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The Journal of Asian Studies

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2007

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english

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