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The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02

The Journal of Asian Studies ( JAS ) has played a defining role in the field of Asian studies for over 65 years. JAS publishes the very best empirical and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning the arts, history, literature, the social sciences, and cultural studies. Experts around the world turn to this quarterly journal for the latest in-depth scholarship on Asia's past and present, for its extensive book reviews, and for its state-of-the-field essays on established and emerging topics. With coverage reaching from South and Southeast Asia to China, Inner Asia, and Northeast Asia, JAS welcomes broad comparative and transnational studies as well as essays emanating from fine-grained historical, cultural, political, or literary research and interpretation. The journal also publishes clusters of papers representing new and vibrant discussions on specific themes and issues.

Editorial Foreword 72.2 (May 2013)

Editorial

The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 229-232

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Dialogue about Elections in Japan and South Korea

Research Articles
David C. Kang, David Leheny, Victor D. Cha,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 233-250

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Peter Hessler: Teacher, Archaeologist, Anthropologist, Travel Writer, Master Storyteller

Research Articles
Paul A. Cohen,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 251-272

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Nationalism, Modernity, and the “Woman Question” in India and China

Research Articles
Sanjay Seth,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 273-297

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Warlord Colonialism: State Fragmentation and Chinese Rule in Kham, 1911–1949

Research Articles
Joseph D. Lawson,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 299-318

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Blazing Pelts and Burning Passions: Nationalism, Cultural Politics, and Spectacular Decommodification in Tibet

Research Articles
Emily T. Yeh,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 319-344

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Beyond Flattery: Legitimating Political Participation in a Ming Living Shrine

Research Articles
Sarah Schneewind,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 345-366

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Ethnicity, Violence, and Khmer-Vietnamese Relations: The Significance of the Lower Mekong Delta, 1757–1954

Research Articles
Shawn McHale,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 367-390

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Convict Carpets: Jails and the Revival of Historic Carpet Design in Colonial India

Research Articles
Abigail McGowan,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 391-416

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Pogrom in Gujarat, 2002: Neighborhood Perspectives

Review Articles
Howard Spodek,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 417-421

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South Thailand: Politics, Identity, and Culture

Review Articles
Raymond Scupin,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 423-432

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Western Queers in China: Flight to the Land of Oz . By D. E. Mungello. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012. x, 199 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
John Whittier Treat,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 433-434

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Between the Lines: Yang Lian's Poetry through Translation . By Cosima Bruno. Leiden: Brill, 2012. xii, 177 pp. $122.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Paul Manfredi,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 434-436

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East Wind: China and the British Left, 1925–1976 . By Tom Buchanan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. xxvi, 250 pp. $125.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Fabio Lanza,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 436-437

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Considering the End: Mortality in Early Medieval Chinese Poetic Representation . By Timothy Wai Keung Chan. Leiden: Brill, 2012. xii, 239 pp. $156.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Fusheng Wu,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 437-439

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Social Protest and Contentious Authoritarianism in China . By Xi Chen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. xiii, 241 pp. $95.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Dingxin Zhao,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 439-440

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Culture and History in Post-Revolutionary China: The Perspective of Global Modernity . By Arif Dirlik. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2012. 356 pp. $42.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Prasenjit Duara,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 440-441

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Shunjū Sengoku jidai seidō kahei no seisei to tenkai 春秋戦国時代青銅貨幣の生成と展開 [Genesis and development of bronze currencies in the spring and autumn and Warring States periods] . By Emura Haruki 江村治樹. Tokyo: Kyūko shoin, 2011. 6, 472 pp. ¥15,000 (cloth). Chūgoku kodai kahei keizai shi kenkyū 中国古代貨幣経済史研究 [Historical studies of the monetary economy in ancient China] . By Kakinuma Yōhei 柿沼陽平. Tokyo: Kyūko shoin, 2011. viii, 433, 71 pp. ¥13,000 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Richard von Glahn,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 442-445

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Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual . By Jiren Feng. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2012. xiv, 304 pp. $53.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Delin Lai,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 445-447

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After the Event: The Transmission of Grievous Loss in Germany, China, and Taiwan . By Stephan Feuchtwang. New York: Berghahn Books, 2011. 240 pp. $95.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Perry Link,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 447-448

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Childbirth in Republican China: Delivering Modernity . By Tina Phillips Johnson. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011. xliv, 221 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Shao Dan,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 448-450

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Developmental Fairy Tales: Evolutionary Thinking and Modern Chinese Culture . By Andrew F. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2011. 259 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Leon Antonio Rocha,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 450-452

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A Passion for Facts: Social Surveys and the Construction of the Chinese Nation-State, 1900–1949 . By Tong Lam. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. xiii, 263 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Fa-ti Fan,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 452-453

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Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong . By Gordon Mathews. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. xi, 242 pp. $62.00 (cloth); $19.00 (paper).

Book Reviews
Sebastian Veg,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 453-455

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Creativity and Its Discontents: China's Creative Industries and Property Rights Offenses . By Laikwan Pang. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2012. ix, 299 pp. $89.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Book Reviews
Carlos Rojas,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 455-457

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How Buddhism Acquired a Soul on the Way to China . By Jungnok Park. Edited for publication by Richard Gombrich. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 2012. x, 246 pp. $99.95 (cloth); $34.95 (paper).

Book Reviews
Michael Radich,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 457-458

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The Religion of Falun Gong . By Benjamin Penny. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. xiii, 262 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Raoul Birnbaum,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 458-460

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Cultures of Knowledge: Technology in Chinese History . Edited by Dagmar Schäfer. Leiden: Brill, 2012. vii, 394 pp. $182.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Peter Lorge,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 460-462

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Visionary Journeys: Travel Writings from Early Medieval and Nineteenth-Century China . By Xiaofei Tian. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2012. xii, 381 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Marion Eggert,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 462-464

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A Path for Chinese Civil Society: A Case Study on Industrial Associations in Wenzhou, China . By Jianxing Yu, Jun Zhou, and Hua Jiang. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2012. xi, 212 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $64.99 (ebook).

Book Reviews
Shawn Shieh,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 464-465

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The Mongol Conquests in World History . By Timothy May. London: Reaktion Books-Globalities, 2012. 319 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Michal Biran,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 465-467

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Queer Japanese: Gender and Sexual Identities through Linguistic Practices . By Hideko Abe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. x, 199 pp. $85.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 467-468

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Intimate Distance: Andean Music in Japan . By Michelle Bigenho. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2012. xii, 248 pp. $79.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

Book Reviews
Taku Suzuki,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 468-470

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Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture . By Steven T. Brown. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. ix, 256 pp. $95.00 (cloth); $28.00 (paper).

Book Reviews
James Welker,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 470-472

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The Demimonde in Japanese Literature: Sexuality and the Literary Karyūkai . By Cynthia Gralla. Amherst, N.Y.: Cambria Press, 2010. 300 pp. $114.99 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Ann Sherif,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 472-473

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Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism . By Mark Rowe. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. xv, 258 pp. $91.00 (cloth); $29.00 (paper).

Book Reviews
Raji C. Steineck,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 473-475

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Pilgrimages to the Ancient Temples in Nara: Koji junrei . By Watsuji Tetsurō. Translated by Hiroshi Nara. Portland, Maine: MerwinAsia, 2012. xxxv, 202 pp. $35.00 (paper).

Book Reviews
Laura Nenzi,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 476-477

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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West . By Blaine Harden. New York: Viking, 2012. xvi, 205 pp. $26.95 (cloth). The Orphan Master's Son . By Adam Johnson. New York: Random House, 2012. 443 pp. $26.00 (cloth); $15.00 (paper).

Book Reviews
John Cussen,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 477-480

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Transnational Sport: Gender, Media, and Global Korea . By Rachael Miyung Joo. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2012. 336 pp. $42.95 (cloth); $25.95 (paper).

Book Reviews
Jin-kyung Park,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 480-482

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Beyond North Korea: Future Challenges to South Korea's Security . Edited by Byung Kwan Kim, Gi-Wook Shin, and David Straub. Stanford, Calif.: Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center at Stanford University; Baltimore, Md.: Brookings Institution (distributor), 2011. 281 pp. $28.95 (paper). The US-South Korea Alliance: Meeting New Security Challenges . Edited by Scott Snyder. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012. vii, 293 pp. $59.95 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Ji-young Lee,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 482-484

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The Quest for Statehood: Korean Immigrant Nationalism and U.S. Sovereignty, 1905–1945 . By Richard S. Kim. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. xii, 223 pp. $99.00 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

Book Reviews
Christine Kim,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 484-486

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Women and Confucianism in Chosŏn Korea: New Perspectives . Edited by Youngmin Kim and Michael J. Pettid. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2011. viii, 170 pp. $70.00 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).

Book Reviews
Sookja Cho,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 486-487

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Militants or Partisans: Labor Unions and Democratic Politics in Korea and Taiwan . By Yoonkyung Lee. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2011. xvi, 184 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Hwasook Nam,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 488-489

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Microfinance and Its Discontents: Women in Debt in Bangladesh . By Lamia Karim. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. xxxiii, 255 pp. $75.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper).

Book Reviews
Anne Hardgrove,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 489-491

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Race, Religion, and Law in Colonial India: Trials of an Interracial Family . By Chandra Mallampalli. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. xviii, 268 pp. $95.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Michael H. Fisher,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 491-492

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Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India . By Ananya Vajpeyi. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2012, xxiv, 290 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

Book Reviews
Arvind Elangovan,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 493-494

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Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam . By James G. Hershberg. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2011. xix, 890 pp. $39.50 (cloth).

Book Reviews
George Dutton,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 495-497

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Glimpses of Freedom: Independent Cinema in Southeast Asia . Edited by May Adadol Ingawanij and Benjamin McKay. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2012. viii, 258 pp. $46.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper). Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art: An Anthology . Edited by Nora A. Taylor and Boreth Ly. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2012. viii, 262 pp. $51.95 (cloth); $31.95 (paper).

Book Reviews
Pamela Nguyen Corey,
The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 72 Issue 02, pp 497-500

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