Asian Folklore Studies articles from June 2000

Asian Folklore Studies archives from June 2000

The Arts of the Gannin.
June 1, 2000... Abstract Popular religion in Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) was supported by the efforts of many mendicant monk-like figures who provided the populace with prayers, invocations, and talismans, as well as with dancing, music, and recitation....

A Stinger in the Tale: The "Sudden Awakening" Ending in East Asian Folktales.
June 1, 2000... Abstract This study explores category-formation in narrative analysis of folktales by arguing that a new motif be recognized in what it calls the "sudden awakening" episode found in a number of tales from China and Japan. It summarizes a...

Papercut Stories of the Manchu Woman Artist Hou Yumei.
June 1, 2000... Abstract Searching for ginseng is an avocation of peasants in northeast China that has had an important influence on local popular culture. It can be found in folktales, popular songs, proverbs, popular performing arts, embroideries, and...

The Social Significance of the Shaman among the Chinese Reindeer-Evenki.
June 1, 2000... Abstract Today, approximately 200 Reindeer-Evenki live in the Greater Khingan Range of northeast China (Manchuria). Their ancestors, who around the end of the 1820s migrated from Siberia, already were nominally Russian Orthodox Christians...

Spotted Doves at War: The Praak Sangkiil.
June 1, 2000... Abstract Scnoi Semai of Malaysia have a reputation as one of the most peaceable peoples in the world. But their nonviolence seems not to stem from "cultural tradition" but from a realistic accommodation to a violent political ecology. Epic...

Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World: The Poetics of Community.(Review)
June 1, 2000... BEISSINGER, MARGARET, JANE TYLUS, and SUSANNE WOFFORD, Editors. Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World: The Poetics of Community. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. ix + 314 pages. Index. Cloth US$48.00 ([pounds]35.00); ISBN...

Proverbs, Songs, Epic Narratives, Folktales of East Asia: Selected Texts, Parallel Analysis and Comparative Approach.(Review)
June 1, 2000... YEN PING-CHIU. Proverbs, Songs, Epic Narratives, Folktales of East Asia: Selected Texts, Parallel Analysis and Comparative Approach. New York: University Press of America, Inc., 1997. The material for this book was mainly taken from China,...

Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays.(Review)
June 1, 2000... BRAZELL, KAREN, Editor. Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays. New York, Columbia University Press, 1998. xiv + 562 pages. Illustrations, glossary, bibliography. Hardcover US$57.00/[pounds]39.95; ISBN 0-231-10872-9. Recent...

Japanese Historians and the National Myths, 1600-1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jinmu.(Review)
June 1, 2000... BROWNLEE, JOHN S. Japanese Historians and the National Myths, 1600-1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jinmu. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1997. ix + 256 pages. Bibliography, index. Cloth, [yen]8,000; ISBN 4-13-027031-1. Historians...

Japans blinde S[ddot{a}]nger im Schutz der Gottheit My[bar{o}]on-Benzaiten.(Review)
June 1, 2000... FRITSCH, INGRID. Japans blinde S[ddot{a}]nger im Schutz der Gottheit My[bar{o}]on-Benzaiten. M[ddot{u}]nchen: Iudicium Verlag, 1996. 311 pages. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Paper, DM 62; ISBN 3-89129-311-9. (In German) In recent...

Folk Art Potters of Japan: Beyond an Anthropology of Aesthetics.(Review)
June 1, 2000... MOERAN, BRIAN. Folk Art Potters of Japan: Beyond an Anthropology of Aesthetics. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1997. xiv + 272 pages. Maps, photographs, figures, charts, bibliography, index. Cloth US$45.00; ISBN 0-7007-0605-4. In 1927,...

Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China.(Review)
June 1, 2000... BRAY, FRANCESCA. Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China. A Philipp E. Lilienthal Book. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xvi + 419 pages. Map, illustrations, glossary, references, index. Cloth US$50.00;...

Taiwan Zou zu minjian geyao.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Pu, ZHONG-YONG. [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]. Taiwan Zou zu minjian geyao [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] [Folksongs of the Tsou of Taiwan]. Fongyuan: Taizhong xianli wenhua zhongxin, 1993. 256 pages....

Drawing Shadows to Stone.(Review)
June 1, 2000... KENDALL, LAUREL, BARBARA MATHE, and THOMAS ROSS MILLER. Drawing Shadows to Stone: The Photography of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1897-1997. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1997. 112 pages. Generally speaking, the...

Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.(Review)
June 1, 2000... R[ddot{u}]diger SCHUMACHER MILLER, TERRY E. and JARERNCHAI CHONPAIROT. A History of Siamese Music Reconstructed from Western Documents, 1505-1932. Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 8(2), 1994, 1-192. ...

Theatres indiens.(Review)
June 1, 2000... BANSAT-BOUDON, L., Editor. Th[acute{e}][hat{a}]tres indiens. Collection Purus[bar{a}]rtha 20. Paris: [acute{E}]ditions de l'[acute{E}]cole des Hautes [acute{E}]tudes en Sciences Sociales, 1998. 368 pages. Illustrations. Paper 195F; ISBN...

Untying the Knot: On Riddles and Other Enigmatic Modes.(Review)
June 1, 2000... HASAN-ROKEM, GALIT and DAVID SHULMAN, Editors. Untying the Knot: On Riddles and Other Enigmatic Modes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. x + 329 pages. Author and subject index. Paper [pounds]25.00; ISBN 0-19-510856-6. Cloth [pounds]65.00;...

Tamang Ritual Texts II: Ethnographic Studies in the Oral Tradition and Folk-Religion of an Ethnic Minority in Nepal.(Review)
June 1, 2000... ANDR[acute{A}S] H[ddot{O}]FER. Tamang Ritual Texts II: Ethnographic Studies in the Oral Tradition and Folk-Religion of an Ethnic Minority in Nepal. Beitrage zur Sudasienforschung, Bd. 66. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1997. ISBN...

Volkskunde und Brauchtumspflege im Nationalsozialismus in Salzburg: Referate, Diskussionen, Archivmaterial.(Review)
June 1, 2000... HAAS, WALBURGA, Editor. Volkskunde und Brauchtumspflege im Nationalsozialismus in Salzburg: Referate, Diskussionen, Archivmaterial. Bericht zur Tagung am 18. und 19. November 1994 in der Salzburger Residenz. Salzburger Beitr[ddot{a}]ge zur...