Asian Ethnology [formerly Asian Folklore Studies]
Number 73, Volume 1-2, 2014
Editors’ Note
Korom, Frank J., and Benjamin Dorman
Guest Editors’ Introduction: Indigeneity,
Performance, and the State in South Asia and Beyond
[1–18]
Wolf, Richard K., and Frank Heidemann
Dimensions of Indigeneity in Highland Odisha, India
[19–37]
Berger, Peter
Placing Indigeneity: Betta Kurumba Narratives of
Territory and Clan Structure [39–60]
Coelho, Gail
Tribal and Modern Voices in South Indian Kota
Society [61–89]
Wolf, Richard K.
Objectification and Social Aesthetics: Memoranda and
the Celebration of “Badaga Day” [91–109]
Heidemann, Frank
The Poetics and Politics of Practical Reason:
Indigenous Identity, Ritual Discourse, and the
Postcolonial State in the Northern Nilgiris (South
India) [111–137]
Demmer, Ulrich
The Social Life of an Ethnonym: The “Kattu Nayaka”
of South India [139–153]
Bird-David, Nurit
Fertility or Indigeneity? Two Versions of the Santal
Flower Festival [155–180]
Schulte-Droesch, Lea
VCD Crossovers: Cultural Practice, Ideas of
Belonging, and Santali Popular Movies [181–200]
Schleiter, Markus
The “Bison Horn” Muria: Making it “More Tribal” for
a Folk Dance Competition in Bastar, Chhattisgarh
[201–231]
Prévôt, Nicolas
Contact Zone: Ethnohistorical Notes on the
Relationship between Kings and Tribes in Middle
India [233–257]
Schnepel, Burkhard
Ethnographies of States and Tribes in Highland
Odisha [259–279]
Pfeffer, Georg
Afterword [281–291]
Hockings, Paul
Review of: Kent Flannery and Joyce Marcus, “The
Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric
Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and
Empire” [293–295]
Shankman, Paul
Review of: Sam Gill, “Dancing Culture Religion”
[295–299]
Shay, Anthony
Review of: Laura Hirvi, “Identities in Practice: A
Trans-Atlantic Ethnography of Sikh Immigrants in
Finland and in California” [299–301]
Leonard, Karen
Review of: John Baily, “Songs from Kabul: The
Spiritual Music of Ustad Amir Mohammad” [302–304]
Sumits, William
Review of: Beth Szczepanski, “The Instrumental Music
of Wutaishan’s Buddhist Monasteries: Social and
Ritual Contexts” [304–307]
Stock, Jonathan P. J.
Review of: Emily Chao, “Lijiang Stories: Shamans,
Taxi Drivers, and Runaway Brides in Reform-Era
China” [307–309]
Jinba, Tenzin
Review of: Anne Murphy, “The Materiality of the Past:
History and Representation in Sikh Tradition”
[309–311]
Rinehart, Robin
Review of: Akhil Gupta, “Red Tape: Bureaucracy,
Structural Violence, and Poverty in India” [312–313]
Gamburd, Michele Ruth
Review of: Teena Purohit, “The Aga Khan Case:
Religion and Identity in Colonial India” [314–317]
Shodhan, Amrita
Review of: Jeanne Hein and V. S. Rajam, “The
Earliest Missionary Grammar of Tamil: Fr. Henriques’
Arte da Lingua Malabar: Translation, History and
Analysis” [321–323]
Tschacher, Torsten
Review of: Amitabh SenGupta, “Scroll Paintings of
Bengal: Art in the Village” [321–323]
Ghosh, Pika
Review of: Smita Tewari Jassal, “Unearthing Gender:
Folksongs of North India” [324–326]
Davis, Coralynn V.
Review of: Satsuki Kawano, Glenda S. Roberts, and
Susan Orpett Long, eds., “Capturing Contemporary
Japan: Differentiation and Uncertainty” [327–330]
Métraux, Daniel A.
Review of: Yasui Manami, “Shussan kankyō no
minzokugaku: “Dai san ji osan kakumei” ni mukete”
[330–332]
Reider, Noriko T.
Review of: Ian Condry, “The Soul of Anime:
Collaborative Creativity and Japan’s Media Success
Story” [333–335]
Morisawa, Tomohiro
Review of: Peter Haskel, “Sword of Zen: Master
Takuan and His Writings on Immovable Wisdom and The
Sword Tale” [335–337]
Amano, Yuka
Review of: Merry White, “Coffee Life in Japan”
[337–339]
Creighton, Millie
Review of: Ian Harper, “Development and Public
Health in the Himalaya: Reflections on Healing in
Contemporary Nepal” [340–341]
McKay, A. C.
Review of: Jan-Olof Svantesson, Kàm Ràw (Damrong
Tayanin), Kristina Lindell and Håkan Lundström,
“Dictionary of Kammu Yùan Language and Culture”
[342–345]
Jähnichen, Gisa
Review of: Ronit Ricci, “Islam Translated:
Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of
South and Southeast Asia” [345–347]
Gupta, Radhika
Review of: Sharika Thiranagama, “In My Mother’s
House: Civil War in Sri Lanka” [348–349]
McGilvray, Dennis B.
Review of: Michele Ruth Gamburd, “The Golden Wave:
Culture and Politics after Sri Lanka’s Tsunami
Disaster” [350–352]
Feener, R. Michael
Review of: Dhana Hughes, “Violence, Torture and
Memory in Sri Lanka: Life after Terror, and Gordon
Weiss, The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the
Last Days of the Tamil Tigers” [352–356]
Gamburd, Michele Ruth
Review of: Emily T. Yeh, “Taming Tibet: Landscape
Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development”
[356–360]
Thurston, Timothy
Review of: Tanya Zivkovic, “Death and Reincarnation
in Tibetan Buddhism: In-between Bodies” [360–362]
McKay, A. C.
Review of: Lauren Meeker, “Sounding Out Heritage:
Cultural Politics and the Social Practice of Quan Ho
Folk Song in Northern Vietnam” [362–365]
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