ASIAN ETHNOLOGY Volume 57 (2)

AE / Volumes Asian Folklore Studies 57 (2)

This volume contains

Kejadian Manusia: An “histoire” of Malay/Semai Culture Contact Rawski, Frederick with Derus Knoon Ngah

To Be or Not to Be…: The Cultural Identity of the Jawi (Thailand) Le Roux, Pierre

Fasts, Feasts, and the Slovenly Woman: Strategies of Resistance among North Indian Potter Women Caughran, Neema

Sŏngha Sindang: The Tutelary Shrine of T’aeha Village, Ullŭng Island, Korea Grayson, James Huntley

Shamanic Dance in Japan: The Choreography of Possession in Kagura Performance Averbuch, Irit

The Magicality of the Hyena: Beliefs and Practices in West and South Asia Frembgen, Jürgen Wasim

Response of: Jason’s Review El-Shamy, Hasan

Response of: Naithani’s Review Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, Gabriella

Review of: Juha Pentikäinen, *Shamanism and Culture* Bender, Mark

Review of: Leander Petzoldt, *Folk Narrative and World View: Vortäge des 10. Kongresses der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Volkserzählungsforschung* Dow, James R.

Review of: Kathrin Pöge-Alder, *Märchen als mündlich tradierte Erzählungen des Volkes? Zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Entstehungs und Verbreitungstheorien von Volksmarchen von den Brildern Grimm bis zur Mdrchenforschung in der DDR* Schmitt, Christoph

Review of: Hiraizumi Kiyoshi 平泉澄, *The Story of Japan: History from the Founding of the Nation to the Height of Fujiwara Prosperity* Metevelis, Peter

Review of: Nishiyama Matsunosuke, *Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600–1868* Steele, M. William

Review of: Stephen Turnbull, *The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A Study of Their Development, Beliefs, and Rituals to the Present Day* Whelan, Christal

Review of: Li Shujiang and Karl W. Luckert., *Mythology and Folklore Hui, a Mulslim Chinese People* Riftin, Boris

Review of: Wu Zongxi, *Suzhou pingtan wenxuan, disan ce* Bender, Mark

Review of: Zhang Henshui, *Shanghai Express: A Thirties Novel* Bauer, Daniel J.

Review of: Walther Heissig, *Götter im Wandel. Gesammelte Aufsätze zum Synkretismus der mongolischen Volksreligion* Knecht, Peter

Review of: Walther Heissig, *Motiv und Wirklichkeit. Gesammelte Aufsätze* Knecht, Peter

Review of: Caroline Humphrey and Urgunge Onon, *Shamans and Elders: Experience, Knowledge, and Power Among the Daur Mongols* Bender, Mark

Review of: Gunnar Jarring, *The Moen Collection of Eastern Turki (New Uighur) Popular Poetry* Hahn, Reinhard F.

Review of: Andrea Schmitz, *Die Erzdhlung von Edige. Gehalt, Genese und Wirkung einer heroischen Tradition* Uray- Köhalmy, Käthe

Review of: Frank J. Korom, *Tibetan Culture in the Diaspora: Papers Presented at a Panel of the 7th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies* Kressing, Frank

Review of: James Jemut Masing, *The Coming of the Gods: An Iban Invocatory Chant (Timang Gawai Amat) of the BalehRiver Region, Sarawak* Metcalf, Peter

Review of: Penny Van Esterik, *Women of Southeast Asia* Aoki Eriko

Review of: Edward O. Henry, *Chant the Names of God: Music and Culture in Bhojpuri-Speaking India* Pillai-Vetschera, Traude

Review of: Barbara Stoler Miller, *Love Song of the Dark Lord: Jayadeva’s G‡tagovinda* Flick, Jr., Hugh M.

Review of: Sumathi Ramaswamy, *Passions of the Tongue: Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970* Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, Gabriella

Review of: E. Varghese, *Applied Ethnobotany: A Case Study Among the Kharias of Central India* Changkija, Sapu

Review of: Jürgen Ehlers, *Die Natur in der Bildersprache des Š„hn„me* Márkus-Takeshita, Kinga Ilona

Review of: Peter Heath, *The Thirsty Sword: Sīrat ‘Antar and the Arabic Popular Epic* Nasr, Ahmad A.