Asian Folklore Studies articles from October 2005

Asian Folklore Studies archives from October 2005

Is it clothes that make the man? Cross-dressing, gender, and sex in pre-twentieth-century Zhu Yingtai Lore.
October 1, 2005... IN CHINESE LITERATURE, women who disguise as men figure quite prominently. (1) The two most famous cases are those of the female cross-dressers Zhu Yingtai [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and Hua Mulan [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] The Hua...

Shuten Doji "drunken demon".(Author abstract)
October 1, 2005... IN ONE OF Japan's most renown and gruesome oni [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (demon/ogre) legends, Shuten Doji [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], a demon, kidnaps, enslaves, and cannibalizes young Kyoto maidens. Transcending time and place,...

Shuten Doji.(Translation)
October 1, 2005... ALONG TIME AGO in Japan, a divine country from the time heaven and earth were divided, and where Buddhism thrived, imperial rule from the time of the first emperor (1) to the Engi era (901-923) (2) was endowed with righteous authority, sincere...

Religious revival as reaction to the hegemonization of power in Siberia in the 1920s to 1940s.
October 1, 2005... THERE IS A strong tendency in anthropology to consider sacred religious aspects of culture to be among the most important and completely different from profane, everyday, or "natural realities (ELIADE 1987, 10-12). Discussing the role of ritual...

Staging a ritual dance out of its context: the role of an individual artist in transforming the Alevi Semah.
October 1, 2005... A CORE PROBLEM of dance ethnography has often been the distinguishing of the dance event from its ritual context. * Where does the dance begin and end becomes a significant question within the ritual context. Dance ethnographers prefer not to...

The historical relationship between the Shawls of Gurun and Iran.
October 1, 2005... TURKS, THE CUSTODIANS and bearers of Central Asian before the culture advent of Islam, played an important role in this cultures movement from east to west. They upheld their sovereignty for a long time as they invaded country after country...

A shaman's ritual songs.(RESEARCH MATERIAL)
October 1, 2005... EDITOR'S INTRODUCTORY NOTE In the summer 0f 2002 in a village in the grassland of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, the shaman Who had prepared her disciple to become a new shaman had invited me to attend his initiation ritual. However, she did...

Research on Buddhist nuns in Japan, past and present.(Engendering Faith: Women and Buddhism in Premodern Japan)(Art by Buddhist Nuns: Treasures from the Imperial Convents of Japan Area)(Special Exhibition: Women and Buddhism)(Book review)
October 1, 2005... RUCH, BARBARA, General Editor. Engendering Faith: Women and Buddhism in Premodern Japan. Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies, NO. 43- Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2002. lxxviii + 706 pages. Map,...

Folktale types of the Arab world.(Types of the Folktale in the Arab World)(Book review)
October 1, 2005... EL-SHAMY, HASAN, M. Types of the Folktale in the Arab World. A Demographically Oriented Tale-Type Index. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004, xxviii + 1255 pages. Bibliography and sources, registers of tale-types, motifs, and countries,...

Hungary.(Announcement)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... RE: THE 8TH CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SHAMANISTIC RESEARCH (ISSR) The General Assembly of the 7th Conference of the International Society for Shamanistic Research held in Changchun, China, decided that the 8th Conference...

China.(Reports)
October 1, 2005... CHINA RE: THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON YI STUDIES The 4th International Conference on Yi Studies was held 19-24 August 2005 in the town of Meigu [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] located in the eastern part of the Liangshan Yi...

Estonia.(Reports)(International Society for Folk Narrative Research)
October 1, 2005... RE: THE 14TH CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR FOLK NARRATIVE RESEARCH (ISFNR) Established in 1959 in Copenhagen, the International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR) is a scientific organization whose objectives are to...

Distelrath, Gunther and Peter Kleinen, Editors. Fundamentalismus versus Wissenschaft? Zur Identitat des Orients in ostlichen und westlichen Diskursen.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... DISTELRATH, GUNTHER and PETER KLEINEN, Editors. Fundamentalismus versus Wissenschaft? Zur Identitat des Orients in ostlichen und westlichen Diskursen. Edition Asien 1. Bonn: Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt, 2002. viii + 211 pages. ISBN 3-936366-00-4....

Mieder, Wolfgang, Editor. The Netherlandish Proverbs: An International Symposium of the Pieter Brueg(h)els.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... MIEDER, WOLFGANG, Editor. The Netherlandish Proverbs: An International Symposium of the Pieter Brueg(h)els. Supplement Series of Proverbium Vol. 16. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, 2004. xii +241 pages. Color plates, b/w illustrations,...

Susan L. Burns. Before the Nation: Kokugaku and the Imagining of Community in Early Modern Japan.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... SUSAN L. BURNS. Before the Nation: Kokugaku and the Imagining of Community in Early Modern Japan. Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 2003. x +282 pages. Appendix,...

Loftus, Ronald P.: Telling Lives: Women's Self-Writing in Modern Japan.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... LOFTUS, RONALD P. Telling Lives: Women's Self-Writing in Modern Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2004. xi +310 pages. Photographs, bibliography, index. Paper US$25.00; ISBN 0-8248-2834-8. Ronald P Loftus's Telling Lives:...

Bordahl, Vibeke, Fei Li, and Huang Ying, Editors. Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling: Full-Length Repertoires of Yangzhou Storytelling on Video ([TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]).(Book review)
October 1, 2005... BORDAHL, VIBEKE, FEI LI, and HUANG YING, Editors. Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling: Full-Length Repertoires of Yangzhou Storytelling on Video ([TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]). Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), 2004....

Fan Pen Li Chem. Visions for the Masses: Chinese Shadow Plays from Shaanxi and Shanxi.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... FAN PEN LI CHEM. Visions for the Masses: Chinese Shadow Plays from Shaanxi and Shanxi. Cornell East Asia Series No. 121. Ithaca, N.Y.: East Asia Program, Cornell University, 2004. xvi +268 pages. Plates, bibliography (in European languages and...

Giskin, Howard and Bettye S. Walsh, Editors. An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... GISKIN, HOWARD and BETTYE S. WALSH, Editors. An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family. SUNY Series in Asian Studies Development. New York: State University of New York Press, 2001. xii +237 pages. Figures, selected annotated...

Jones, Stephen. Plucking the Winds: Lives of Village Musicians in Old and New China.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... JONES, STEPHEN. Plucking the Winds: Lives of Village Musicians in Old and New China. Chime Studies in East Asian Music Volume 2. Leiden: Chime European Foundation for Chinese Music Research, 2004. X + 426 pages. Maps, illustrations, genealogy,...

Livia Kohn, Monastic Life in Medieval China: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... LIVIA KOHN, Monastic Life in Medieval China: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2003. xiv + 300 pages. Illustrations, tables, appendix of sources, glossary, bibliography, index. Cloth, US$42.00; ISBN...

Schipper, Kristofer, and Franciscus Verellen, editors., The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... SCHIPPER, KRISTOFER, and FRANCISCUS VERELLEN, Editors., The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. xix + 1637 pages. Illustrations, indices. Set of 3 vols. Cloth US$150.00. ISBN...

Nguyen Van Huy and Laurel Kendall, Editors. Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... NGUYEN VAN HUY and LAUREL KENDALL, Editors. Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. x + 294 pages. Map, photographs, index. Cloth US$65.00, 45.00 [pounds sterling]; ISBN 0520-23871-0. Paper...

Harvilahti, Lauri in collaboration with Zoja Sergeevna Kazagaceva. The Holy Mountain. Studies in Upper Altay Oral Poetry.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... HARVILAHTI, LAURI in collaboration with Zoja Sergeevna KAZAGACEVA. The Holy Mountain. Studies in Upper Altay Oral Poetry. Communications No. 282. Helsinki: Academia Scientariarum Fennica, 2003. 166 pages. Map, figures, illustrations,...

Walker, Anthony R. Merit and the Millennium: Routine and Crisis in the Ritual Lives of the Lahu People.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... WALKER, ANTHONY R. Merit and the Millennium: Routine and Crisis in the Ritual Lives of the Lahu People. New Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corporation, 2003, xxxii + 907 pages. Maps, figures, numerous b/w plates, glossaries of Lahu words, Chinese...

Wilder, William D., Editor. Journeys of the Soul: Anthropological Studies of Death, Burial and Reburial Practices in Borneo.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... WILDER, WILLIAM D., Editor. Journeys of the Soul: Anthropological Studies of Death, Burial and Reburial Practices in Borneo. Borneo Research Council, Monograph Series No. 7. Phillips, Maine 04966: Borneo Research Council, Inc., 2003. xiv + 366...

Rodrigues, Hillary Peter. Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess: The Liturgy of the Durga Puja with Interpretations.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... RODRIGUES, HILLARY PETER. Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess: The Liturgy of the Durga Puja with Interpretations. McGill Studies in the History of Religions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003. xvi + 417 pages. Illustrations,...