ASIAN ETHNOLOGY Volume 50 (1)

AE / Volumes Asian Folklore Studies 50 (1)

This volume contains

Folklore, Politics, and Nationalism Dow, James R.

Politics and Folktale in the Classical World Ruebel, James S.

Tungus Literary Language Shirokogoroff, S. M.

Concerning the Traditional Understanding of "Folk Culture" in the German Democratic Republic: A Scholarly-Historical Retrospective Jacobeit, Wolfgang

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Umbrella Organizations of German *Volkskunde* during the Third Reich Lixfeld, Hannjost

National Socialistic Folklore and Overcoming the Past in the Federal Republic of Germany Dow, James R. and Hannjost Lixfeld

Momotarō (The Peach Boy) and the Spirit of Japan: Concerning the Function of a Fairy Tale in Japanese Nationalism of the Early Shōwa Age Antoni, Klaus

Cultural Metaphors and Reasoning: Folklore Scholarship and Ideology in Contemporary China Tuohy, Sue

Thoughts on Ebersole's Allegations Metevelis, Peter

Review of: Christie Davies, *Ethnic Humor around the World: A Comparative Analysis* Mayer, David R.

Review of: Glenys Davies, *Polytheistic Systems* Swyngedouw, Jan

Review of: Alan Dundes, *Folklore Matters* Aðalsteinsson, Jón Hnefill

Review of: Alan Dundes, *Cinderella: A Casebook*; Alan Dundes, *Little Red Riding Hood: A Casebook* Mulhern, Chieko

Review of: James Jakób Liszka, *The Semiotic of Myth: A Critical Study of the Symbol* Heisig, James W.

Review of: Marianne Rumpf, *Rotkäppchen: Eine vergleichende Märchenuntersuchung* Scherf, Walter

Review of: Michael Jeremy and M. E. Robinson, *Ceremony and Symbolism in the Japanese Home* Zgusta, Richard

Review of: Clark W. Sorensen, *Over the Mountains are Mountains: Korean Peasant Households and Their Adaptation to Rapid Industrialization* Itō Abito

Review of: David Johnson, *Ritual Opera, Operatic Ritual* Cedzich, Ursula-Angelika

Review of: Ronald C. Knapp, *China's Vernacular Architecture: House Form and Culture* Zgusta, Richard

Review of: Alice M. Terada, *Under the Starfruit Tree: Folktales from Vietnam* Hartmann, John F.

Review of: José Maceda, *Drone and Melody: Musical Thought in Southeast Asia* Himeno, Midori D.

Review of: Martin Rössler, *Die soziale Realität des Rituals* Gröpper, Doris

Review of: Roxana Waterson, *The Living House: An Anthropology of Architecture in South-East Asia* Domenig, Gaudenz

Review of: Galen Rowell, *My Tibet*. By His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet Knecht, Peter

Review of: Stuart H. Blackburn, Peter J. Claus, Joyce B. Flueckiger, and Susan S. Wadley, *Oral Epics in India* Richman, Paula S.

Review of: Stephen Fuchs, *The Korkus of the Vindhya Hills* Kapp, Dieter B.

Review of: Alf Hiltebeitel, *The Cult of Draupadī, 1. Mythologies: From Gingee to Kuruksetra* Podgorski, Frank R.

Review of: Kirin Narayan, *Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels: Folk Narrative in Hindu Religious Teaching* Handelman, Don

Review of: Herman W. Tull, *The Vedic Origins of Karma. Cosmos as Man in Ancient Indian Myth and Ritual* Hercus, L. A.

Review of: Haim Schwarzbaum and Eli Yassif, *Jewish Folklore between East and West* Ben-Amos, Dan