ASIAN ETHNOLOGY Volume 48 (1)

AE / Volumes Asian Folklore Studies 48 (1)

This volume contains 25 articles.

Folklore and Folklife of Thailand: Foreword Anderson, Wanni Wibulswasdi

Different Family Roles, Different Interpretations of Thai Folktales Thitathan, Siraporn

The Jataka Stories and Laopuan: Worldview Wongthet, Pranee

Relevance of the Textual and Contextual Analyses in Understanding Folk Performance in Modern Society: A Case of Southern Thai Shadow Puppet Theatre Koanantakool, Paritta Chalermpow

Hmong Religion Tapp, Nicholas

Mental Template: The Case of the Tai Lao *Pha Sin* Suchitta, Pornchai

Cultures and Sports Preference Nakornkhet, Kasem

The "Ālu Kurumba Rāmāyana": The Story of Rāma as Narrated by a South Indian Tribe Kapp, Dieter B.

The Calendar of Village Festivals: Japan Mayer, Fanny Hagin

Review of: D. L. Ashliman, *A Guide to Folktales in the English Language: Based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System* Metevelis, Peter

Review of: John Miles Foley, *The Theory of Oral Composition* Heisig, James W.

Review of: John Miles Foley, *Comparative Research on Oral Traditions: A Memorial for Milman Parry* Hansen, Wm. F.

Review of: Reimund Kvideland and Rorum Selberg, *Papers III and IV: The 8th Congress for the International Society for Folk Narrative Research* Knecht, Peter

Review of: Kurosawa Fumiko, *Pfauendarstellungen in Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Japans* Mayer, David R.

Review of: Laurel Kendall, *The Life and Hard Times of a Korean Shaman* Choi Inhak

Review of: Janice R. MacKinnon and Stephen R. MacKinnon, *Agnes Smedley* Hsu Ting Lee-hsia

Review of: Thonevath Pou, Wolfgang Ulland, and Guechse Yim, *Kambodschanische Kultur*, No. 2, 1988 Knecht, Peter

Review of: Penelope Graham, *Iban Shamanism* Atkinson, Jane M.

Review of: Wanni Wibulswasdi Anderson, *Phun Thin-Phun Than: Miti Mai Khong Katichonwittaya Lae Withi Chiwit Saman Khong Phun Ban-Phun Muang* Thitathan, Siraporn

Review of: Jean Mulholland, *Medicine, Magic and Evil Spirits* Brun, Viggo

Review of: Daniel Dubuisson, *La légende royale dans l'Inde ancienne, Rāma et le Rāmāyana* Peterson, Indira Viswanathan

Review of: Lee Siegel, *Laughing Matters: Comic Tradition in India* Handelman, Don

Review of: Charlotte Vaudeville, *Bārahmāsā in Indian Literatures* Richman, Paula S.

Review of: Sekundar Amanolahi and W. M. Thackston, *Tales from Luristan (Matalyā Lurissu)* Wilks, Judith M.

Review of: Gail Kligman, *The Wedding of the Dead* Knecht, Peter