Asian Folklore Studies articles from April 1 1998

Asian Folklore Studies archives from April 1 1998

The metamorphosis of the kappa: transformation of folklore to folklorism in Japan.
April 1, 1998... The Nihon Shoki, one of the earliest extant written documents in Japanese history, records that in the year 379 a mizuchi (water snake) living in the Kahashima River in the Province of Kibi was harassing people: "Now when travelers were passing...

Shashthi's land: folk nursery rhyme in Abanindranath Tagore's 'The Condensed-Milk Doll.'.
April 1, 1998... The folk do not transcribe their own rhymes (or tales) nor disseminate them widely in a modern urban world, and thus the reception, recording, and propagation of the rhymes takes many forms. Antiquarian scholars record and comment on the...

Rivalry, reliance, and resemblance: siblings as metaphor for Hindu-Christian relations in Kerala State.
April 1, 1998... Anand Patwardhan's recent film, Father, Son and Holy War, documents, among other things, north Indian communal violence at its worst. In one compelling scene, an annual temple festival procession in Ahmadabad makes its customary passage through...

May you be shot with greasy bullets: curse utterances in Turkish.
April 1, 1998... This article on Turkish curse utterances has two closely related purposes. The first is to help fill a gap in our knowledge of speech acts. Earlier studies have examined speech acts such as requesting, apologizing, and complimenting, but thus...

Miao Feng Shan.(personal account of pilgrimage to Chinese temple)
April 1, 1998... On a rocky cliff, known as Miao Feng Shan (Mountain of the Beautiful Peak), amid the mountains about 30 miles northwest of Peking, stands Ling Kung Kuan (Temple of Divine Response). It is not a large temple but a very important one, for every...

Mon music for Thai deaths: ethnicity and status in Thai urban funerals.
April 1, 1998... When I was growing up," a Thai music professor said to me,(1) "performers used to joke that if they needed to find a musician friend, they would just look at the sky and see which temple crematory towers had smoke coming out of them." ...

In memoriam: Chen Wulou: 1923-1998.(poem)
April 1, 1998... No titles for me let me trust the forces of goodness Let me strive for the highest ideals and never smear the dignity of man Prometheus, boldly despising evil, I honor and carry in my heart Professor Chen Wulou of Yangzhou, died on...

Old questions discussed anew on 'huaben.'.(storybook)
April 1, 1998... The article "On 'huaben'[storybook]" by Professor Shi Zhecun, published in Wenshi zhishi (1988, no. 10), was written in reaction to an article on the definition of huaben by the Japanese scholar MASUDA Wataru, published in 1965. Masuda Wataru's...

Performing Arts of Asia: The Performer as (Inter) Cultural Transmitter
April 1, 1998... BRAKEL, CLARA, editor. Working Papers Series 4. Leiden: International Institute for Asian Studies, 1996. 107 pages. Illustrations. Paper Fl.30.-; ISBN 90-74917-15-1. This book contains edited versions of the papers presented by renowned...

Narratives in Society: A Performer-Centered Study of Narration
April 1, 1998... DEGH, LINDA. FF Communications CXI, No. 255. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1995. 401 pages. Notes, bibliography. Cloth n.p., ISBN 951-41-0748-9. Narratives in Society is "a narrator-centered approach to narrative performance" (7)....

World Mythology: An Annotated Guide to Collections and Anthologies
April 1, 1998... SIENKEWICZ, THOMAS J. Magill Bibliographies. Landham MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996. ix + 469 pages. Indexes. Hardcover US$49.50; ISBN 0-8108-3154-6. A passage of Plato (Republic, 394) may serve as a keynote for introducing Thomas Sienkewicz's...

Marketing the Menacing Fetus in Japan
April 1, 1998... HARDACRE, HELEN. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xx + 310 pages. Plans, maps, figures, tables, bibliography, character list, index. Cloth US$35.00; ISBN 0-520-20553-7. Mizuko kuyo - ritual services for those that die in the...

Puppets of Nostalgia: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Japanese Awaji Ningyo Tradition
April 1, 1998... LAW, JANE MARIE. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997. xiii + 322 pages. Maps, line drawings, photographs, bibliography, index. Cloth US$35.00; ISBN 0-691-02894-X. What is a puppet? Why are puppets or effigies used in ritual? What...

Zenkoji and Its Icon: A Study in Medieval Japanese Religious Art
April 1, 1998... MCCALLUM, DONALD F. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. xviii + 268 pages. Maps, plates, glossary, bibliography, index. Cloth US$39.50; ISBN 0-691-03203-3. At first glance, a study of a single Japanese Buddhist temple - in...

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea
April 1, 1998... HABOUSH, JAHYUN KIM, translation, introduction and annotations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xii + 372 pages. Map, illustrations, appendices, glossary, index. Cloth US$50.00; ISBN 0-520-20054-3. Paper US$17.95; ISBN...

From Deluge to Discourse: Myth, History, and the Generation of Chinese Fiction
April 1, 1998... PORTER, DEBORAH LYNN. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. xviii + 284. Figures, bibliography, index. Paper US$24.95 pages; ISBN 0-7914-3034-0. The author, an assistant professor in the Department of Languages and Literature...

Elunchunzu minjian gushixuan (Selection of Orochon Folktales)
April 1, 1998... SUI SHUJIN (Selection of Orochon Folktales). Zhongguo Shaoshuminzu Minjian Wenxue Congshu. Shanghai: Shanghai Wenyi Chubanshe, 1988. 386 pages. Illustrations. Paper 4.50 Yuan; ISBN 7-5321-0020-0/I.33. (In Chinese) This is the most complete...

Mvuh hpa, mi hpa: Creating Heaven, Creating Eart: An Epic Myth of the Lahu People in Yunnan
April 1, 1998... WALKER, ANTHONY R, editor. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 1995. vi + 105 pages. Map, illustrations. Paper n.p.; ISBN 974-7047-65-9. The Lahu speak a Tibeto-Burmese language, so that they are related at least linguistically to the Tibetans, the...

Concord and Conflict: The Hui Communities in Yunnan Society in a Historical Perspective
April 1, 1998... WANG, JIANPING. Lund Studies in African and Asian Religions, vol. 11. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1996. 292 pages. Glossary, bibliography. Paper, n.p.; ISBN 91-22-01718-6; ISSN 0284-8651. (Distributed by Almqvist & Wiksell International, S-116 91...

Phya Khankhaak, the Toad King: A Translation of an Isan Fertility Myth into English Verse
April 1, 1998... WAJUPPA TOSSA, translator. Original transcription by Phra Ariyanuwat. Cranbury, NJ: Bucknell University Press, 1996. xii + 164 pages. Indices, glossary, illustrations, bibliography. Cloth US$29.50; ISBN 0-8387-5306-X. Phya Khankhaak is...

Poetique du theatre Indien: Lectures du Natyasastra
April 1, 1998... BANSAT-BOUDON, LYNE. Publications de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, volume 169. Paris: Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 1993. 519 pages. Plates, tables, figures, indices. Paper, n.p.; ISBN 2-85539-769-3. (In French) So far, studies...

The Taste of Laughter: Aspects of Tamil Humor
April 1, 1998... EICHINGER FERRO-LUZZI, GABRIELLA. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1992. xx + 218 pages. Illustrations, bibliography, index, glossary. Paper DM76.00; ISBN 3-447-03195-6. Gabriella Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi's work is more than just a taste of...

Structural Analysis of Kashmiri Folktales
April 1, 1998... HANDOO, LALITA. CIIL Silver Jubilee Publication Series. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, 1994. xiii + 230 pages. Map, tables, bibliography. Rs. 82.00; ISBN 81-7342-007-6. The aim of Structural Analysis of Kashmiri Folktales is...

The Folk Theatre of North Karnataka
April 1, 1998... NAIKAR, BASAVARAJ S. Dharwad, India: Prasranga Karnataka University, 1996. v + 116 pages. Select bibliography, b/w illustrations. Paper US$10.00. The northern region of Karnataka State, India, includes the districts of Dharwad, Belgaum,...

Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia 2: The Story of a Desert Knight
April 1, 1998... KURPERSHOEK, P. MARCEL, editor and translator. The Legend of Slewih al-Atawi and Other Utaybah Heroes. Studies in Arabic Literature, SAL, 017/2. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995. xiv + 512 pages. Map, plates, appendices of examples of scansion,...

Yurupari: Studies of an Amazonian Foundation Myth
April 1, 1998... REICHEL-DOLMATOFF, GERARDO. Cambridge, Mass.: Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, 1995. xxxviii + 300 pages. Photographs, summary, bibliography, index. Cloth US$24.95; ISBN 0-945454-08-2 This book consists of four...

Hopi Basket Weaving: Artistry in Natural Fibers
April 1, 1998... TEIWES, HELGA. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1996. xxvi + 200 pages. Figures and color plates, glossary, bibliography, index. Cloth US$45.00; ISBN 08165-1613-8. Paper US$19.95; ISBN 0-8165-1615-4. The author of Hopi Basket...