Asian Folklore Studies articles from December 2000

Asian Folklore Studies archives from December 2000

Holy Cow! The Apotheosis of Zebu, or Why the Cow is Sacred in Hinduism [*].
December 1, 2000... Abstract This essay revisits a debate that took place in the social sciences over the "sacred-cow controversy" for the purpose of ecological musing. The debate was stimulated largely by Marvin Harris, whose cultural materialist position...

The Oral and Ritual Culture of Chinese Women: Bridal Lamentations of Nanhui.(Critical Essay)
December 1, 2000... East China Normal University, Shanghai [*] Abstract This is the first study in a Western language on bridal lamentations of the Yangtze River delta region of China. It is also the first to examine Han Chinese lamentations as examples...

The Annual Round of Agricultural Tasks in Dongyang County: Synoptic Illusion or Symbolic Capital?
December 1, 2000... Abstract This paper examines the annual round of agricultural tasks in Dongyang County, Zhejiang Province, as synopsized by rural farmers in the twenty-four solar terms jieqi. Such an examination inevitably entails a review of Chinese...

The Appeal of Kaidan Tales of the Strange.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Kaidan are tales of the strange and mysterious, often considered by contemporary Japanese to be frightening ghost stories. During the Edo period (1600-1867), kaidan enjoyed great popularity. Gatherings called hyakumonogatari...

Miyata Noboru: The Folklorist and His Scholarship Watching the Tide, Knowing the Time.
December 1, 2000... AN 'ACADEMIC FUNERAL" The purpose of this essay is to examine what we can learn from the folklore scholarship of Miyata Noboru [CHINESS CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] who suddenly passed away on 10 February 2000 at the relatively...

Religion, Gender, and Okinawan Studies.(Review)
December 1, 2000... NORIKO KAWAHASHI [*] ROKKUM, ARNE. Goddesses, Priestesses, and Sisters: Mind, Gender and Power in the Monarchic Tradition of the Ryukyus. Oslo Studies in Social Anthropology. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1998. viii + 281 pages....

FRANCE.(Yi nationality conference to be held)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Re: "Music OF ASIA COLLECTION": SEVENORIENTS A young Parisian company, SevenOrients, has begun an ambitious program of collecting and publishing Asian music, in particular the music of South East Asia. The CDs of its Music of Asia...

CORRESPONDENCE.(response to Jan-Ojvind Swahn, Asian Folklore Studies, vol. 58, p.238, 1999)(Critical Essay)
December 1, 2000... Re: REJOINDER TO JAN-OJVIND SWAHN'S REVIEW OF PROVERBS, SONGS, EPIC NARRATIVES, FOLKTALES OF EAST ASIA: SELECTED TEXTS, PARALLEL ANALYSIS AND COMPARATIVE APPROACH. Jan-Ojvind Swahn reviewed my book Proverbs, Songs, Epic Narratives,...

The Games of Gods and Man: Essays in Play and Performance.(Review)
December 1, 2000... KOPPING, KLAUS PETER, Editor. The Games of Gods and Man: Essays in Play and Performance. Studies in Social and Ritual Morphology, volume 2. Hamburg: LIT Verlag, 1997. xii + 290 pages. Paper, n.p.; ISBN 3-8258-3467-0. This volume--one much...

Gods and Goblins: Japanese Folk Paintings from Otsu.(Review)
December 1, 2000... MCARTHUR, MEHER. Gods and Goblins: Japanese Folk Paintings from Otsu. Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum, 2000. 96 pages. Color illustrations, bibliography, exhibition checklist, appendices. Paper US$28.00; ISBN 1877921-16-5. (Distributed by...

The Rousing Drum: Ritual Practice in a Japanese Community.(Review)
December 1, 2000... SCHNELL, SCOTT. The Rousing Drum: Ritual Practice in a Japanese Community. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. xi + 363 pages. Maps, illustrations, tables, bibliography, index. Paper US$33.95; ISBN 0-8248-2141-6. I often talk to...

Light Verse from the Floating World: An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu.(Review)
December 1, 2000... UEDA, MAKOTO. Compiler, Translator. Light Verse from the Floating World: An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. ix + 273 pages. List of sources, selected bibliography. Cloth US$49.50/[pound]31.50;...

The Money Demon: An Autobiographical Romance.(Review)
December 1, 2000... CHEN DIEXIAN. The Money Demon: An Autobiographical Romance. Translated by Patrick Hanan. Fiction from Modern China. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998. 294 pages. Frontispiece. Cloth US$42.00; ISBN 0-8248-2096-7. Paper US$19.95; ISBN...

Folk Music of China: Living Instrumental Traditions.(Review)
December 1, 2000... JONES, STEPHEN. Folk Music of China: Living Instrumental Traditions. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. xxvii + 428 pages. Illustrations, figures, musical examples, appendices, bibliography, glossary-index, descriptive notes to CD, 15-track CD...

Naxi and Moso Ethnography: Kin, Rites, Pictographs.(Review)
December 1, 2000... OPPITZ, MICHAEL and ELLISABETH HSU, Editors. Naxi and Moso Ethnography: Kin, Rites, Pictographs. Zurich: Volkerkundemuseum Zurich, 1998. 396 pages. Maps, b/w photographs, pictographs (by Mu Chen), bibliography, index, names of ceremonies,...

Chinese Folk Songs and Folk Singers: Shan'ge Traditions in Southern Jiangsu.(Review)
December 1, 2000... SCHIMMELPENNINCK, ANTOINET. Chinese Folk Songs and Folk Singers: Shan'ge Traditions in Southern Jiangsu. Leiden: CHIME Foundation, 1997. xvi + 442 pages. Illustrations, musical notations, appendices, bibliography, glossary, index, CD. Paper,...

Festins d'ames et robes d'esprits. Les objets chamaniques siberiens du Musee de l'Homme.(Review)
December 1, 2000... BEFFA, MARIE-LISE and LAURENCE DELABY. Festins d'ames et robes d'esprits. Les objets chamaniques siberiens du Musee de l'Homme. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Tome 181, Ethnologie. Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Museum...

The Guritan of Radin Suane: A Study of the Besemah Oral Epic from South Sumatra.(Review)
December 1, 2000... COLLINS., WILLIAM A. The Guritan of Radin Suane; A Study of the Besemah Oral Epic from South Sumatra. Biblioteca Indonesica 28. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1998. vii + 548 pages. Glossary, appendix, bibliography, indexes, (principal narrative formulas...

Nias--eine eigene Welt: Sagen, Mythen, Uberlieferungen.(Review)
December 1, 2000... HAMMERLE, JOHANNES MARIA. Nias--eine eigene Welt: Sagen, Mythen, Uberlieferungen. Collectanea Instituti Anthropos, Band 43. Sankt Augustin, Germany: Academia Verlag, 1999. 407 pages. Illustrations, plates, bibliography, list of informants....

Glimpses of the Indian Village in Anthropology and Literature.(Review)
December 1, 2000... EICHINGER FERRO-LUZZI, GABRIELLA, Editor. Glimpses of the Indian Village in Anthropology and Literature. Series Minor LVI. Napoli, Italy: Istituto Universitario Orientale, 1998. xiii + 225 pages. Glossary. Paper Lira 50,000. (Distributed by...

Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits.(Review)
December 1, 2000... HILTEBEITEL, ALF. Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. xiv + 560 pages. Maps, tables, illustrations, bibliography, index. Cloth...

The Carpenter-Heretic: A Collection of Buddhist Stories about Christianity from 18th-Century Sri Lanka.(Review)
December 1, 2000... YOUNG, F. R. and G. S. B. SENANAYAKA. The Carpenter-Heretic: A Collection of Buddhist Stories about Christianity from 18th-Century Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Karunaratne & Sons, Ltd., 1998. ix + 249 pages. Facsimile of text, indexes. Paper...

The Voice of the Khene: Enchanted Airs from the Lao Pan Flute.(Review)
December 1, 2000... The Voice of the Khene: Enchanted Airs from the Lao Pan Flute. Music of Asia Collection. SevenOrients 777. CDM.LT1 (December 1998). Compact disk. The music of Laos is still one of the least well-known musics in the world, with no upland...