Asian Folklore Studies articles from December 2003

Asian Folklore Studies archives from December 2003

Guest editors' introduction: revitalizing Japanese folklore.
December 1, 2003... THIS SPECIAL ISSUE of Asian Folklore Studies is intended to promote a new direction in Japanese folklore-oriented research. The papers included in this volume address some of the most important theoretical issues that have emerged across the...

Cultural diversity and folklore studies in Japan: a multiculturalist approach.
December 1, 2003... IT IS BECOMING increasingly accepted within the academic realm that such categories as "pure races," pure ethnic groups, and pure cultures" do not exist anywhere in the world. * Of course, Japan is no exception. In comparing Japan with other...

Between preservation and tourism: folk performing arts in contemporary Japan.
December 1, 2003... JAPAN'S FOLK PERFORMING ARTS (minzoku geino [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.]) have long been considered as important cultural properties that must be preserved. Surprisingly, however, their relationship to tourism has not been considered in...

Folktale research after Yanagita: development and related issues.
December 1, 2003... THE PURPOSE OF this article is to trace the history of folktale research in Japan, and to examine its achievements and current issues surrounding it. * Firstly, I will examine historical research that focused on analyzing the structure and the...

A female shaman's mind and body, and possession.
December 1, 2003... YANAGITA KUNIO can possibly be considered the first Japanese scholar to try his hand at the study of female shamans. * In Fujoko [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.], a work he wrote from 1913 to 1914 (1990) he identified two kinds of female...

On cognitive aspects of rhetorical time reckoning: metaphor and image-schema in calendrical divination in Okinawa.
December 1, 2003... THIS ARTICLE ADDRESSES a system of calendrical divination, called p'yuri-tui (J. hi yori tori [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.]), which was widely observed in the islands of Okinawa until quite recently and continues to be familiar to elder...

Announcements.(Communications)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... CHINA Re: 7TH CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SHAMANISTIC RESEARCH From Beijing we received news that the 7th Conference of the International Society for Shamanistic Research will be held from 21 to 25 August in Changchun,...

Honko, Lauri, editor. The Kalevala and the World's Traditional Epics.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... HONKO, LAURI, editor. The Kalevala and the World's Traditional Epics. Studia Fennica Folkloristica 12. Helsinki: Suomalainen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2002. 487 pages. Paper 32.00 [euro]; ISBN 951-746-422-3; ISSN 1235-1946. Themes prominent in...

Fritsch, Ingrid. Wax Cylinder Recordings of Japanese Music (1901-1913).(Sound Recording Review)
December 1, 2003... FRITSCH, INGRID. Wax Cylinder Recordings of Japanese Music (1901-1913). The Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv, New Series Historical Sound Documents, CD 1. Artur Simon, Series Editor; Susanne Ziegler, Coeditor. Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,...

Gonick, Gloria Ganz. Matsuri! Japanese Festival Arts.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... GONICK, GLORIA GANZ. Matsuri! Japanese Festival Arts. With contributions by Yo-ichiro Hakomori, Hiroyuki Nagahara, Herbert Plutschow. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Textile Series, No. 6. Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural...

Honda Katsuichi. Harukor: an Ainu Woman's Tale. Voices from Asia.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... HONDA KATSUICHI. Harukor: An Ainu Woman's Tale. Voices from Asia. Translated by Kyoko Selden. Foreword by David L. Howell. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. xxxv + 315 pages. Maps, line drawings, photographs, diagrams, glossary,...

Dell'Orto, Alessandro. Place and Spirit in Taiwan: Tudi Gong in the Stories, Strategies and Memories of Everyday Life.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... DELL'ORTO, ALESSANDRO. Place and Spirit in Taiwan: Tudi Gong in the Stories, Strategies and Memories of Everyday Life. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002. xix + 300 pages. Tables, maps, photographs, glossary, bibliography, index....

Li Fuqing [Boris Riftin]. Guan Gong chuanshuo yu Sanguo yanyi [Kuan Kung and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms].(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... LI FUQING [Boris Riftin]. Guan Gong chuanshuo yu Sanguo yanyi [Kuan Kung and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms]. Taipei: Han Chung Book Co., 1997. Paper. ISBN 957-99290-9-2. This sumptuously illustrated volume is the most comprehensive...

Strassberg, Richard E., Editor, Translator, Commentator. A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... STRASSBERG, RICHARD E., Editor, Translator, Commentator. A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways through Mountains and Seas. (A Phillip E. Lilienthal Book) Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. xxii + 314 pages....

Pegg, Carole. Mongolian Music, Dance, and Oral Narrative: Performing Diverse Identities.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... PEGG, CAROLE. Mongolian Music, Dance, and Oral Narrative: Performing Diverse Identities. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2001. xvii + 376 pages. Maps, line drawings, plates, glossary, list of interviews, bibliography, index, CD....

Medina, Carlos K., Compiler, Annotator, and Editor. 106 Ifugao Abu'Wab Tales Documented by Frans Lambrecht, C.I.C.M. from 1932 to 1957.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... MEDINA, CARLOS K., Compiler, Annotator, and Editor. 106 Ifugao Abu'Wab Tales Documented by Frans Lambrecht, C.I.C.M. From 1932 to 1957. Baguio City: Saint Louis University, Cordillera Research and Development Foundation Inc., 2001. 564 pages....

Sather, Clifford. Seeds of Play, Words of Power: an Ethnographic Study of Iban Shamanic Chants.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... SATHER, CLIFFORD. Seeds of Play, Words of Power: An Ethnographic Study of Iban Shamanic Chants. The Borneo Classics Series, Volume 5. Kuching, Sarawak: The Tun Jugah Foundation, 2001. (In Cooperation with the Borneo Research Council, Inc.)....

Sellato, Bernard. Innermost Borneo: Studies in Dayak Cultures.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... SELLATO, BERNARD. Innermost Borneo: Studies in Dayak Cultures. Paris: SevenOrients/Singapore: Singapore University Press. 221 pages. Maps, tables, b/w photographs, references. Paper 24.00 [euro]/S$42.00; ISBN 2-914936-02-8. Bernard...

Dubianski, Alexander M. Ritual and Mythological Sources of the Early Tamil Poetry.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... DUBIANSKI, ALEXANDER M. Ritual and Mythological Sources of the Early Tamil Poetry. Gonda Indological Studies, Volume VIII. Groningen, The Netherlands: Egbert Forsten Publishing, 2000. xxi + 224 pages. Tables, bibliography, glossary of plant...

Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, Gabriella. The Maze of Fantasy in Tamil Folktales.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... EICHINGER FERRO-LUZZI, GABRIELLA. The Maze of Fantasy in Tamil Folktales. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2002. x + 190 pages. Paper 51.00 [euro]; Sfr. 88.00; ISBN 3-447-04568-X. Generations of folklorists and literary scholars have worked...

Woerkens, Martine Van. The Strangled Traveler: Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... WOERKENS, MARTINE VAN. The Strangled Traveler: Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India. Translated by Catherine Tihanyi. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002. xvi + 360 pages. Map, illustrations, thug lexicon, references, index....

Kurpershoek, P. Marcel. Oral Poetry and Narrative from Central Arabia, 4. A Saudi Tribal History: Honour and Faith in the Traditions of the Dawasir.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... KURPERSHOEK, P. MARCEL. Oral Poetry and Narrative From Central Arabia, 4. A Saudi Tribal History: Honour and Faith in the Traditions of the Dawasir. Studies in Arabic Literature 17/4. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2002. 1022 pages....