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Editorial

 
 

Editorial Foreword

KMG

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 1-2
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000095 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Research Articles

 
 

Music in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: Drama, Gramophone, and the Beginnings of Tamil Cinema

Stephen Putnam Hughes

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 3-34
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000034 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

A Tamil Modernist's Account of India's Past: Ram Raj, Merchant Raj, and British Raj

Paula Richman

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 35-62
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000058 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Activism and Identities in an East Kalimantan Dayak Organization

Anne Schiller

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 63-95
doi:10.1017/S002191180700006X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Democracy and Democratization among Tibetans in Exile

Ann Frechette

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 97-127
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000022 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Resurrecting Prostitutes and Overturning Treaties: Gender Politics in the “Anti-American” Movement in South Korea

Katharine H. S. Moon

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 129-157
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000046 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Taipei Park: Signs of Occupation

Joseph R. Allen

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 159-199
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000010 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Book Reviews—Asia: Comparative and Transnational

 
 

Religious Organizations and Democratization: Case Studies from Contemporary Asia. Edited by Tun-jen Cheng and Deborah A. Brown. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 2006. x, 306 pp. $73.95 (cloth); $26.95 (paper).

Robert W. Hefner

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 201-203
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000071 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Asian Women as Transitional Domestic Workers. Edited by Shirlena Huang, Brenda S. A. Yeoh, and Noor Abdul Rahman. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2005. xvii, 428 pp. $35.00 (paper).

Stacey G. H. Yap

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 203-205
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000101 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Multiculturalism in Asia. Edited by Will Kymlicka and Baogang He. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. xi, 364 pp. $99.00 (cloth); $35.00 (paper).

Hjorleifur Jonsson

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 205-208
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000113 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Beyond Metropolis: The Planning and Governance of Asia's Mega-Urban Regions. By Aprodicio A. Laquian. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. xxxii, 488 pp. $58.00 (cloth).

Yeong-Hyun Kim

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 208-210
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000125 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Archaeology of Asia. Edited by Miriam T. Stark. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2006. xvi, 364 pp. $34.95 (paper).

Li Feng

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 210-213
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000137 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Innovative Communities: People-Centered Approaches to Environmental Management in the Asia-Pacific Region. Edited by Jerry Velasquez, Makiko Yashiro, Susan Yoshimura, and Izumi Ono. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2005. xvii, 341 pp. $35.00 (paper).

Joel T. Heinen

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 213-215
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000149 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Global Media: The Television Revolution in Asia. By James D. White. New York: Routledge, 2005. xx, 286 pp. $90.00 (cloth).

Judy Polumbaum

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 215-217
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000150 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Book Reviews—China

 
 

Mencius on Becoming Human. By James Behuniak Jr. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. xxviii, 186 pp. $40.00 (cloth).

Erin M. Cline

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 217-219
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000162 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Opium and the Limits of Empire: Drug Prohibition in the Chinese Interior, 1729–1850. By David Anthony Bello. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2005. xxi, 361 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

James A. Millward

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 219-221
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000174 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Blood and History in China: The Donglin Faction and Its Repression, 1620–1627. By John W. Dardess. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2002. vii, 232 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Kathryn Lowry

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 221-223
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000186 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Dushi yueshi liushi nian. By Ping-ti Ho. Hong Kong: Commercial Press, 2005. vii, 494 pp. HK$118.00.

Kwang-Ching Liu

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 223-224
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000198 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

The Politics of Piracy: Intellectual Property in Contemporary China. By Andrew Mertha. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2005. xvii, 241 pp. $32.50 (cloth).

Randy Peerenboom

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 225-226
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000204 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema. Edited by Meaghan Morris, Siu Leung Li, and Stephen Chan Ching-kiu. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press; Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2005. xvi, 343 pp. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).

Robert Chi

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 227-228
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000216 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

The Canton Trade: Life and Enterprise on the China Coast, 1700–1845. By Paul A. Van Dyke. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2005. xviii, 280 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Robert Gardella

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 228-230
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000228 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty: His Life, Times, and Legacy. By Victor Cunrui Xiong. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. xiii, 357 pp. $24.95 (paper).

Scott Pearce

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 230-232
doi:10.1017/S002191180700023X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Book Reviews—Inner Asia

 
 

Mongols, Turks, and Others: Eurasian Nomads and the Sedentary World. Edited by Reuven Amitai and Michal Biran. Leiden: Brill, 2005. xx, 550 pp. $156.00 (cloth).

Michael C. Brose

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 232-234
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000241 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Lhasa: Streets with Memories. By Robert Barnett. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. xxix, 219 pp. $24.50 (cloth).

Emily T. Yeh

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 234-236
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000253 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History: Between China and the Islamic World. By Michal Biran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. xvi, 279 pp. $80.00 (cloth).

Johan Elverskog

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 236-238
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000265 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Afghanistan: A Bibliography. Compiled by Heather Bleaney and María Ángeles Gallego. Leiden: Brill, 2006. xii, 398 pp. $188 (cloth).

Thomas Barfield

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 238-240
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000277 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Marco Polo's China: A Venetian in the Realm of Khubilai Khan. By Stephen G. Haw. London: Routledge, 2006. 224 pp. $115.00 (cloth).

Bettine Birge

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 240-242
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000289 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on the Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel. By Donald S. Lopez Jr. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. xiv, 258 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Derek F. Maher

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 242-244
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000290 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

A Grammar of Mangghuer: A Mongolic Language of China's Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund. By Keith W. Slater. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. xviii, 382 pp. $150 (cloth).

Arienne M. Dwyer

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 244-246
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000307 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China. By Gray Tuttle. New York: Columbia University Press. 2005. xviii, 337 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Yudru Tsomu

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 246-247
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000319 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Book Reviews—Japan

 
 

Revealed Identity: The Noh Plays of Komparu Zenchiku. By Paul S. Atkins. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies. 2006. xiii, 293 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Eric C. Rath

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 248-249
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000320 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Gender and Human Rights Politics in Japan: Global Norms and Domestic Networks. By Jennifer Chan-Tiberghien. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. 2004. x, 220 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Ross Mouer

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 249-251
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000332 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Rural Economic Development in Japan: From the Nineteenth Century to the Pacific War. By Penelope Francks. New York: Routledge, 2006. xvi, 312 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Dimitri Vanoverbeke

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 251-253
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000344 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Shadows on the Screen: Tanizaki Jun'ichirō on Cinema and “Oriental” Aesthetics. By Thomas Lamarre. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 2005. xiv, 408 pp. $30.00 (paper).

Rachael Hutchinson

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 253-254
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000356 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Final Days: Japanese Culture and Choice at the End of Life. By Susan Orpett Long. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005. xi, 287 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Satsuki Kawano

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 255-256
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000368 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Reading a Japanese Film: Cinema in Context. By Keiko I. McDonald. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006. ix, 292 pp. $20.00 (paper).

Timothy Iles

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 256-258
doi:10.1017/S002191180700037X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Developing Zeami: The Noh Actor's Attunement in Practice. By Shelley Fenno Quinn. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2005. xi, 479 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Jonah Salz

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 258-260
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000381 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

The Body in Postwar Japanese Fiction. By Douglas N. Slaymaker. New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. x, 205 pp. $70.00 (cloth).

Linda M. Flores

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 260-262
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000393 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

The Lost Wolves of Japan. By Brett L. Walker. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2005. xvii, 331 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Jon T. Coleman

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 262-263
doi:10.1017/S002191180700040X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Book Reviews—Korea

 
 

Everything Yearned For: Manhae's Poems of Love and Longing. Trans. Francisca Cho. Somerville, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 2005. xvii, 170 pp. $15.00 (cloth).

Ann Y. Choi

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 264-266
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000411 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

A Moment of Crisis: Jimmy Carter, the Power of a Peacemaker, and North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions. By Marion V. Creekmore. New York: Public Affairs, 2006. xxvi, 406 pp. $27.50 (cloth).

C. Kenneth Quinones

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 266-267
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000423 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Japan's Colonization of Korea: Discourse and Power. By Alexis Dudden. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2005. x, 215 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Soon-Won Park

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 267-269
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000435 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

The Korean Struggle for International Identity in the Foreground of the Shufeldt Negotiation, 1866–1882. By Woong Joe Kang. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2005. vii, 225 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Robert R. Swartout

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 269-271
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000447 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Book Reviews—South Asia

 
 

The Story of Asia's Lions. By Divyabhanusinh. Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2005. 259 pp. $49.00 (cloth).

K. Sivaramakrishnan

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 271-273
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000459 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Guests at God's Wedding: Celebrating Kartik among the Women of Benares. By Tracy Pintchman. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. xii, 241 pp. $86.50 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).

Karen Pechilis

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 273-275
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000460 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Dealing with Deities: The Ritual Vow in South Asia. Edited by Selva J. Raj and William P. Harman. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. xix, 287 pp. $85.00 (cloth).

June McDaniel

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 275-277
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000472 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Fragmented Memories: Struggling to Be Tai-Ahom in India. By Yasmin Saikia. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2004. xviii, 327 pp. $84.95 (cloth).

Jayeeta Sharma

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 277-279
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000484 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Missionary Tropics: The Catholic Frontier in India, 16th–17th Centuries. By Ines G. Županov. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. xii, 374 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

Mary Schaller Blaufuss

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 279-281
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000496 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

 
 

Bridges to the Ancestors: Music, Myth, and Cultural Politics at an Indonesian Festival. By David D. Harnish. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2006. x, 260 pp. $57.00 (cloth).

Susan Rodgers

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 281-283
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000502 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Staging Nation: English Language Theatre in Malaysia and Singapore. By Jacqueline Lo. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2004, xi, 227 pp. $49.50 (cloth).

Michael H. Bodden

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 283-285
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000514 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

The Kingdom of Siam: The Art of Central Thailand, 1350–1800. Edited and curated by Forrest McGill; co-curated by Pattaratorn Chirapravati. Asian Art Museum, Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, and Peabody Essex Museum. Ghent: Snoeck Publishers; Chicago: Art Media Resources; Bangkok: Buppha Press, 2005. 200 pp. $29.95 (paper).

Robert L. Brown

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 285-287
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000526 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

The Indonesian Supreme Court: A Study of Institutional Collapse. By Sebastiaan Pompe. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program, 2005. ix, 494 pp. $48.00 (cloth); $24.00 (paper).

Cliff Thompson

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 287-289
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000538 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
 

Books Received

 
 

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The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 66, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 291-306
doi:10.1017/S0021911807000083 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 27 Feb 2007
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