Asian Folklore Studies articles from October 2004

Asian Folklore Studies archives from October 2004

Hmong instructions to the dead: what the mouth organ qeej says (Part two).
October 1, 2004... Guide to the symbols used in the transliteration and translation 1. {} indicates words or sections that Seng Thao later deemed to be incorrect. 2. Underlined words were added later by Seng Thao and are not heard on the recording. ...

Oral competition narratives of Muslim and Hindu saints in the Deccan.
October 1, 2004... STORIES OF competitions between rival saints are a feature of many of the world's oral traditions. * They are often found preserved in hagiographies relating to the early history and proselytization of religions into areas in which pre-existing...

The long-tailed rat.
October 1, 2004... Nothing is lost, only transformed (RAMANUJAN 1989, 250). * I FIRST heard the story of the long-tailed rat over twenty years ago in Ghatiyali, a village in Rajasthan, North India, where I have lived and worked on and off since 1979. As it is...

Interpreting untouchability: the performance of caste in Andhra Pradesh, South India.
October 1, 2004... IN THE Indian state of Andhra Pradesh members of a small caste, Chindu by name, act out a confrontation between Jambava, the first ancestor of Madigas, and "Brahman." * Madigas are one of the two major, formerly "Untouchable" caste clusters or...

Folklores of sacred Khecheopalri Lake in the Sikkim Himalaya of India: a plea for conservation.
October 1, 2004... THE NATURAL beauty of the Himalayas, including snow-capped mountains, huge biodiversity, crystal clear high altitude lakes, a clean soothing environment, and pilgrimage sites frequently draws the interest of both local and international...

Btsisi', Blandas, and Malays: ethnicity and identity in the Malay Peninsula based on Btsisi' folklore and ethnohistory.( )
October 1, 2004... HMA' BTSISI', a South Aslian speaking people, reside along the mangrove coasts of the Kelang and Kuala Langat Districts of Selangor, West Malaysia. (1) * Numbering approximately two thousand (RASHID 1995, 9), Btsisi' are unique among Aslian...

Announcements.(9th Interdisciplinary Congress on Women)
October 1, 2004... KOREA Re: THE 9TH INTERDISCIPLINARY CONGRESS ON WOMEN (WW05) The WOMEN'S WORLDS CONGRESS is an international interdisciplinary Congress on women held every three years. The 2005 meeting will be the first to be held in Asia. Its main...

Reports.(Communications)
October 1, 2004... SCOTLAND Re: INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE SIEF WORKING GROUP ON THE RITUAL YEAR In Scotland an initiative has been launched in order to form a working group especially concerned with studying the ritual year. Below we publish a report...

Reider, Noriko. Tales of the Supernatural in Early Modern Japan: Kaidan, Akinari, Ugetsu Monogatari.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... JAPAN REIDER, NORIKO. Tales of the Supernatural in Early Modern Japan: Kaidan, Akinari, Ugetsu Monogatari. Japanese Studies Volume 16. Lewiston, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2002. v + 182 pages. Japanese and Chinese names and terms,...

Grayson, James Huntley, Myths and Legends from Korea: an Annotated Compendium of Ancient and Modern Materials.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... KOREA GRAYSON, JAMES HUNTLEY, Myths and Legends from Korea: An Annotated Compendium of Ancient and Modern Materials. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2001. xvi + 454 pages. Appendices, index. Hardcover US$114.95; ISBN 0-7007-1241-0. This...

Bender, Mark. Plum and Bamboo: China's Suzhou Chantefable Tradition.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... CHINA BENDER, MARK. Plum and Bamboo: China's Suzhou Chantefable Tradition. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2003. xiii + 259 pages. Photos, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index. Cloth US$44.95; ISBN 0-252-02821-x. The...

Du, Shanshan. "Chopsticks Only Work in Pairs": Gender Unity and Gender Equality among the Lahu of Southwest China.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... Du, Shanshan. "Chopsticks Only Work in Pairs": Gender Unity and Gender Equality among the Lahu of Southwest China. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. xvii + 237 pages. Illustrations, maps, figures, bibliography, index. Cloth...

Ge Liangyan, Out of the Margins: the Rise of Chinese Vernacular Fiction.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... GE Liangyan, Out of the Margins: The Rise of Chinese Vernacular Fiction. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press 2001. ix + 293 pages. Glossary, bibliography, index. Cloth us$47.00; ISBN 0-8248-2370-2. Shuihu zhuan ("Water Margin") first...

Huntington, Rania. Alien Kinds: Foxes and Late Imperial Chinese Narrative.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... HUNTINGTON, RANIA. Alien Kinds: Foxes and Late Imperial Chinese Narrative. Harvard East Asian Monographs 222. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2004. 370 pages. Illustrations, bibliography, title and author index, subject index....

Le Blanc, Charles, et Remi Mathieu, Dir., Philosophes Taoistes II: Huainan zi.
October 1, 2004... LE BLANC, CHARLES, et REMI MATHIEU, Dir., Philosophes Taoistes II: Huainan zi. Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Paris: Gallimard, 2003. lxxxiii + 1182 pages. Maps, illustrations, bibliography, index of names, analytical index. Hardcover 56,90...

Matusky, Patricia, and Tan Sooi Beng. The Music of Malaysia: the Classical, Folk and Syncretic Traditions.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... MATUSKY, PATRICIA, and TAN SOOI BENG. The Music of Malaysia: The Classical, Folk and Syncretic Traditions. SOAS Musicology Series. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate, 2004. xx + 473 pages. Map, drawings, photographs, music examples,...

Symonds, Patricia V. Calling in the Soul: Gender and the Cycle of Life in a Hmong Village.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... SYMONDS, PATRICIA V. Calling in the Soul: Gender and the Cycle of Life in a Hmong Village. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004. xlix + 326 pages. Drawings, photographs, appendices of texts, bibliography, index. Cloth US$45.00; ISBN...

Kaushal, Molly, ed. Chanted Narratives: the Living 'Katha-Vachana' Tradition.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... INDIA KAUSHAL, Molly, ed. Chanted Narratives: The Living 'Katha-Vachana' Tradition. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts, 2001. vii + 290 pages. Tables, illustrations, plates. Hardcover Rs. 900; ISBN 81-246-0182-8....

Raj, Selva J., and Corinne G. Dempsey. Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... RAJ, SELVA J., and CORINNE G. DEMPSEY. Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines. SUNY Series in Hindu Studies. Albany, State University of New York Press, 2002. xix + 284 pages. Figures, index. Hardcover US$75.50; ISBN...