Asian Folklore Studies articles from June 2002

Asian Folklore Studies archives from June 2002

Tales, tanks, and temples: The creation of a sacred center in seventeenth-century Bengal.
June 1, 2002... VISHNUPUR, IN MODERN West Bengal, eastern India, was pivotal in sustaining the Gaudiya (Bengali) Vaishnava devotional movement at the end of the sixteenth century (Figure 2). (1) This religious community had emerged under the inspiration of the...

The revival of folksongs in South Korea: The case of Tondollari.(Critical Essay)
June 1, 2002... IN SOUTH KOREA, traditional (1) folksongs have been influenced by many social and technological changes throughout the twentieth century. Ever since the 1930s, when folksongs first began to appear on recordings, local amateur, and...

Jingu Kogo ema in Southwestern Japan: reflections and anticipations of the seikanron debate in the late Tokugawa and early Meiji period.
June 1, 2002... JAPANESE-KOREAN RELATIONS have evolved over a long and often contentious history. (1) The record of nearly two thousand years of contact between Japan and Korea includes the introduction of Buddhism into Japan through Korea; the exchange of...

From Constantinople to Istanbul two sources on the historical folklore of a city.(Critical Essay)
June 1, 2002... THIS PAPER EXPLORES the folklore of Istanbul at the end of the nineteenth century, based on two written sources, which are both out of print. One of these sources is in French, Folklore de Constantinople (Folklore of Constantinople), which was...

Folk medicinal plants in the Sikkim Himalayas of India. (Research Material).
June 1, 2002... THE HIMALAYAN REGION is rich in biodiversity due to its varied geographical, physiological, topographical, climatic, and ecological zones (KHOSHOO 1991). The northeastern region of the Himalayas is more luxurious in vegetation and thus is...

Epic and Asian folklore. (Review Article).(Textualization of Oral Epics)(Ethnography in China Today. A Critical Assessment of Methods and Results)(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... HONKO, LAURI, Editor. Textualization of Oral Epics. Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs 128. Series editor, Werner Winter. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2000. viii + 390 pages. Index. Hardcover. ISBN 3-11-016928-2. ...

Communications.(Calendar)
June 1, 2002... Announcements CHINA Re: XTH CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SHAMANISTIC RESEARCH, BEIJING AUGUST 2003 (Rejoinder and corrections) In the preceding issue of Asian Folklore Studies (volume 61 [2002], p. 171) we announced...

Pelerinage et societe dans le Japon des Tokugawa. Le pelerinage de Shikoku entre 1598 et 1868. (Book Reviews: Japan).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... KOUAME, NATHALIE. Pelerinage et societe dans le Japon des Tokugawa. Le pelerinage de Shikoku entre 1598 et 1868. Paris: Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 2001. 317 pages. Maps, tables, glossary, chronology, Japanese text of sources,...

Chinese Storytellers: Life and Art in the Yangzhou Tradition. (Book Reviews: China).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... BORDHAL, VIBEKE and JETTE Ross. Chinese Storytellers: Life and Art in the Yangzhou Tradition. Boston: Cheng and Tsui Company, 2002. 432 pages, b/w illustrations and photographs, VOD set. Paper US$45.00; ISBN 0-88727-356-4. Chinese...

To Live As Long As Heaven and Earth: A Translation and Study of Ge Hong's Traditions of Divine Transcendents. (Book Reviews: China).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... CAMPANY, ROBERT F. To Live As Long As Heaven and Earth: A Translation and Study of Ge Hong's Traditions of Divine Transcendents. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. 607 pages. Cloth US$85.00. ISBN 0- 5200-23034-5. This...

I Ching: An Annotated Bibliography. (Book Reviews: China).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... HACKER, EDWARD, STEVE MOORE, LORRAINE PATSCO. I Ching: An Annotated Bibliography. New York and London: Routledge, 2002. xvii + 336 pages. Index. Hardcover [pounds sterling]55.00; ISBN 0-415-93969-0. Compiled on the basis of earlier...

The Haunting Fetus: Abortion, Sexuality, and the Spirit World in Taiwan. (Book Reviews: China).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... MOSKOWTIZ, MARC L. The Haunting Fetus: Abortion, Sexuality, and the Spirit World in Taiwan. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. viii + 206 pages. Plates, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index. Paper US$24.95; ISBN 0-8248-2428-8. ...

Briefe aus Shanghai 1946-1952. Dokumente eines Kulturschocks. (Book Reviews: China).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... SCHNELL, RENE. Briefe aus Shanghai 1946-1952. Dokumente cines Kulturschocks. Das volkskundliche Taschenbuch 23. Zurich: Limmat Verlag, 2000. 268 pages. Maps, photos, index. Paper n. p.; ISBN 3-85791-310-X. (In German) Life histories and...

The Animal and the Daemon in Early China. (Book Reviews: China).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... STERCKX, ROEL. The Animal and the Daemon in Early China. SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002. ix + 375 pages. Bibliography, index. Cloth US$92.50; ISBN 0-7914-5269-7. Paper US$34.95;...

A Study of Brunei Dusun Religion: Ethnic Priesthood on a Frontier of Islam. (Book Reviews: Southeast Asia).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... KERSHAW, EVA MARIA. A Study of Brunei Dusun Religion: Ethnic Priesthood on a Frontier of Islam. Borneo Research Council Monograph Series No. 4. Phillips, ME 04966: Borneo Research Council, Inc., 2000. x + 287 pages. Photographs, map, glossary,...

Oral History in Southeast Asia: Theory and Method. (Book Reviews: Southeast Asia).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... LIM, P. PUI HUEN, JAMES H. MORRISON, KWA CHONG GUAN, Editors. Oral History in Southeast Asia: Theory and Method. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1998. xii + 172 pages. Hardcover S$69.90/US$44.90; ISBN 981-3055-77-4. Oral...

Rethinking the Mahabharata: A Reader's Guide to the Education of the Dharma King. (Book Reviews: India).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... HILTEBEITEL, ALF. Rethinking the Mahabharata: A Reader's Guide to the Education of the Dharma King. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2001. x + 365 pages. Bibliography, index. Paper US$25.00/[pounds sterling] 16.00; ISBN...

Semiosis in Hindustani Music. (Book Reviews: India).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... MARTINEZ, JOSE LUIZ. Semiosis in Hindustani Music. Performing Arts Series, IX. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2001. xxiv +396 pages. Figures, tables, musical examples, bibliography, index. Cloth Rs. 495; ISBN 81-208-1801-6. ...

Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal: Narratives and Rituals of Newar Buddhism. (Book Reviews: Nepal).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... LEWIS, TODD T. Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal: Narratives and Rituals of Newar Buddhism. Translations in collaboration with Subarna Man Tuladhar and Labh Ratna Tuladhar. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2000. xviii + 236...

Vostocnoslavjanskie bylicki o zmeje i zmejah. Mificeskij ljubounik. (Book Reviews: Eastern Europe).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... KOZLOVA, N[ATAL'JA] K. Vostocnoslavjanskie bylicki o zmeje i zmejah. Mificeskij ljubounik. Ukazatel' sjuzetov i teksti [East Slavic demonic legends about the dragon and snakes. The mythic lover. Type index and texts]. Omsk: Omskij...

Blessings, Curses, Hopes and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish. (Book Reviews: Eastern Europe).(Book Review)
June 1, 2002... MATISOFF, JAMES A. Blessings, Curses, Hopes and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish (Contraversions--Jews and other differences). Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000. xxxi n 160 pages. Bibliography. Paper US$15.95; ISBN...