Asian Folklore Studies articles from October 2003

Asian Folklore Studies archives from October 2003

The increase of Shamans in contemporary Ladakh: some preliminary observations.
October 1, 2003... THIS PAPER WILL FOCUS on a remarkable "proliferation of shamanism" in the western Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. The dramatic increase in shamanic folk healers, known as lha-mo (female) or lha-pa (male), in this very remote part of...

Shadow theaters of the world.
October 1, 2003... SCHOLARS STUDYING VARIOUS shadow theater traditions of the world have advanced theories concerning origins and influences within specific regions, but a comprehensive study has never been done. The origin of the shadow theater, the...

The storyteller's manner in Chinese storytelling.(Critical Essay)
October 1, 2003... THE EARLY CHINESE NOVEL (zhanghui xiaoshuo [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]) and short story (huaben [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]), handed down in printed editions from the Ming (1368 1644) and Qing (1644-1911) periods, are characterized by...

May the Gods strike you dead! Healing through subversion in shamanic narratives.(Choson dynasty Korea)
October 1, 2003... TRADITIONS OF THE SET of practices commonly grouped under the label of shamanism (musok [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]) in Korea have historically had diverse uses and functions. We often think, and rightly so, of shamanic ceremonies as...

Transformation of the oni: from the frightening and diabolical to the cute and sexy.(Japan)
October 1, 2003... IN POPULAR THOUGHT, the oni immediately conjures up images of a hideous supernatural creature emerging from hell,,s abyss to terrify wicked mortals. According to Anesaki, Japanese oni belong to a purely Buddhist mythology" (ANESAKI and FERGUSON...

Dayak Tales.(King Siliman and other Bidayuh Folk Tales; Suket: Penan Folk Stories; Apai Alui Becomes a Shaman and Other Iban Comic Tales)(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... RIDU, Robert Sulis, Ritikos JITAB, Jonas NOEB, compilers. King Siliman and other Bidayuh Folk Tales. Dayak Studies, Oral Literature Series, No. 1. 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, The Institute of East Asian Studies,...

Foley, John Miles. How to Read an Oral Poem.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2002. xviii + 256 pages. Illustrations, bibliography, index, web links. Paper US$19.95; ISBN 0-252-02770-1. Cloth US$44.95; ISBN 0-252-07082-8. How to Read an Oral Poem (HROP) is the latest work...

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney. Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Chicago: The University of" Chicago Press, 2002. xvii+411 pages. Illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index. Paper US$20.00/14.00 [pounds sterling]; ISBN 0-226-62091-3. Cloth US$45.00/31.50 [pounds sterling]; ISBN 0-226-62090-5. To learn...

Bamo Qubumo [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (2001). Yingling yu shihun, Yizu gudai jingji shixue yanjiu [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] [Golden Eagle Spirit and Soul of Poetry: a Study of Yi Nationality Ancient Poetic Texts].(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Beijing: Shehui kexue yuan chubanshe. 702 pages. Appendices, bibliography. The Yi nationality (Yizu [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]) is one of the largest ethnic minority groups in southwest China, numbering over six million members,...

Ronald G. Knapp, China's Walled Cities.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Images of Asia Series. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 2000. vi + 110 pages. Line drawings, numerous photographs, bibliography, index. Hardcover, n.p.; ISBN 0-19-590605-5. Cities and urban centers are symbols of civilizations....

Helliwell, Christine. "Never Stand Alone": A Study of Borneo Sociality.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Borneo Research Council Monograph No. 5. Phillips, ME: Borneo Research Council, Inc., 2001. xiv + 279 pages. Maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. Cloth US$35.00; ISBN 1-929900-02-3. One of the key choices made in anthropological...

Blackburn, Stuart. Moral Fictions: Tamil Folktales from Oral Tradition.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Folklore Fellows Communications 278. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2001. 338 pages. Maps, appendices, glossary, illustrations, bibliography, index. Hardcover, 33 [euro]; Paper 29 [euro]. ISBN 951-41-0898-1; ISSN 0014-5815. Stuart...

Handoo, Jawaharlal, editor. Folklore in Modern India; Honko, Lauri, Jawaharlal Handoo, and John Miles Foley, editors. The Epic: Oral and Written.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... HANDOO, JAWAHARLAL, editor. Folklore in Modern India. ISFNR XIth Congress Papers, volume 3. Mysore, India: Central Institute of Indian Languages, 1998. viii + 232 pages. Cloth, n.p.; ISBN 81-7342-053-X. HONKO, LAURI, JAWAHARLAL HANDOO, AND...

Marzolph, Ulrich. Narrative Illustrations in Persian Lithographed Books.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Handbook of Oriental Studies, Volume 60. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2001. xii + 302 pages. Illustrations, list of sources, indexes of names mentioned in the sources, bibliography. Cloth 93 [euro]/US$109.00; ISBN 90-04-12100-5; ISSN...

Frembgen, Jurgen W. Kleidung and Ausrustung islamischer Gottsucher. Ein Beitrag zur materiellen Kultur des Derwischwesens.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Studies in Oriental Religions 45. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1998. xi + 276 pages. B/w illustrations, bibliography, indexes. Cloth 75.67 [euro]; ISBN 3-447-04184-6. (In German) Mysticism in Islam is a well-known and well-studied...

Sipos, Janos. In the Wake of Bartok in Anatolia.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Bibliotheca Traditionis Europeae, vol. 2. Budapest: European Folklore Institute, 2000. 221 pages. Photographs, musical examples, references. Paper, n.p.; ISBN 963-00-3672-X; ISSN 1419-7901. (With CD) It has long been known that Turkic...