UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I PRESS FALL 2024 COVER ART: Block-print artwork by Volcano artist Caren Loebel-Fried shows an ‘ua‘u flying over the ocean at night. From her new children’s book, Finding Home, a Hawaiian Petrel’s Journey. See page 3.
DECEMBERDECEMBER20242024
296pages,6x9
Paper9780824899950$$28.0028.00s
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Hawai'iHawai'i//HistoryHistory//LanguageLanguage
BryanBryanKamaoliKamaoliKuwadaKuwadaisawriter,poet,and photographer.Anassistantprofessoratthe KamakakūokalaniCenterforHawaiianStudiesat theUniversityofHawaiʻiMānoa,heusesHawaiian traditionalknowledgeandstoriestonavigateand imagineHawaiianfutures.
NEWRELEASES TheManaofTranslation TranslationalFlowinHawaiianHistoryfrom theBaibalatotheMauna
BRYANKAMAOLIKUWADA In TheManaofTranslation:TranslationalFlowinHawaiian HistoryfromtheBaibalatotheMauna,BryanKamaoliKuwada makesvisibletheoftenunseenworkingsoftranslationinHawaiʻi fromtheadventofHawaiianalphabeticliteracytocontemporary strugglesoverlanguageandland.Translationhashadamassive impactonHawaiianhistory,bothasitunfoldedandhowitcame tobeunderstood,yetitremainsunderstudiedinHawaiianand Indigenousscholarship.Inanengagingandwide-ranging analysis,Kuwadaexaminesilluminativeinstancesoftranslation acrossthelasttwocenturiesthroughtheanalyticofmanaunuhi: themana(power/authority/branch/version)attainedorgiven throughtranslation.Translationhaslongbeenseenasatoolof colonialism,butexamininghistorythroughmanaunuhi demonstrateshowHawaiiansusedtranslationasapowerfultool toasserttheirownliterary,cultural,andpoliticalsovereignty, somethingHawaiiansthinkofintermsofea(life/breath/ sovereignty/rising).Translationalsogavemanatoparticular storiesaboutHawaiians—someempowering,others harmful—creatingaclashofnarrativesthatcontinuetothisday. DrawingonsourcesinHawaiianandEnglishthatspan newspapers,lettersandjournals,religiousandlegaldocuments, missionaryrecords,courttranscripts,traditionalstories,and more,thisbookmakeslegibletheutilityandimportanceof payingattentiontomanaunuhiinHawaiʻiandbeyond.
ThroughchaptersontranslatingtheHawaiianBible,therole oftranslationintheHawaiianKingdom’sbilinguallegalsystem, Hawaiians’powerfuldeploymentoftranslationin nineteenth-centurynūpepa(newspapers),theearly twentieth-centuryeraofextractivescholarlytranslation,andthe possibilitiesthatcomefromrefusingtranslationasdemonstrated inlegalproceedingsrelatedtotheprotectionofMaunakea, Kuwadaquestionsnarrativesabouttheinevitabilityofcolonial victoryandtheideathatthingscanonlybe“lostintranslation.” Writinginanaccessibleyetrigorousstyle,Kuwadafollowsthe flowsoftranslationanditsmaterialpracticestobringforththe powerdynamicsoflanguagesandhowthesedifferentialforces playoutonideologicalandpoliticalbattlefields.Specifically rootedinHawaiʻiyetbroadlyapplicabletoothercolonial situations, TheManaofTranslation providesuswitha transformativenewwayoflookingatHawaiianhistory.
NOVEMBERNOVEMBER20242024
376pages,8.13x9.25,70colorillustrations
Cloth9780824897567$$50.0050.00s
Hawai'iHawai'i//HistoryHistory
BornandraisedontheBigIslandofHawaiʻi, Dr.BillyBillyBerginBerginspentmorethansevendecades workingintheranchingindustry,firstasaranch handandlaterasaveterinarian.Heistheauthor ofsixbooksonthehistoryofranchinginHawaiʻi.
LoyaltotheLand TheLegendaryParkerRanch,1992–2022, Volume4,AnEnduringSenseofPlace
DR.BILLYBERGIN Waimea,Hawaiʻi,inhabitedbyhumankindformorethantwelve centuries,hasbeenhometoParkerRanchfor175storiedyears. Thehistoryofthislandislovinglychronicledinthebookseries, LoyaltoTheLand:TheLegendaryParkerRanch,writtenby longtimeranchveterinarianandkamaʻāina,Dr.BillyBergin.This fourthandfinalvolume, AnEnduringSenseofPlace,recountsthe evolutionofParkerRanchfromthepassingofvenerableowner RichardSmartin1992throughthefollowingthreedecades.The authorutilizesavarietyofuncommonsources—hisvastpersonal experience,interviews,directobservations,letters,newsstories, andParkerRanchannualreports,memos,andstrategicplans—to paintamultifacetedpictureofexecutiveoperationsaswellasthe interpersonalrelationsanddailylifeoftheranch ʻohana. ThisbookopenswiththefinalyearsofDr.Bergin’stenure. Atthattime,theranchwastransitioningfromsole-owner oversightbySmart,togovernancebytrusteeswhohadtodeal withaland-rich,cash-poor,sprawlingHawaiianranch.Asthe authorwitnessed,thechallengesconfrontingtheranchwere considerable.Theexodusofveteranemployeesunderthe VoluntarySeparationProgramleftayoungergenerationof cowboyswithoutmentorship,leadingtounintendedcattleloss, distrustinmanagement,andadeclineinmorale.Still,theranch endured.Intheensuingdecade,asenseoforganizationalcalm emergedwhentrusteeshipwasseparatedfrommanagement. CEOChrisKanazawa’sreceptivenesstofieldleadershipand communityengagementprovedtobeaneffectivebusiness strategy.Inmorerecenttimes,thehorseprogramandthePaniolo CattleCompanywitnessedprogressiveremodelingbyCEONeil “Dutch”Kuyper.ThePanioloPowerinitiativelookstowardsa sustainablefutureusingwind,sun,water,andgeothermalenergy sources.
Atitscore,thisvolumeisacelebrationofthemenand womenofParkerRanch,whoare,inthewordsofSmart,“the ranch’sgreatestassets”AnyonewhoeverworkedatParkerRanch remainsconnectedtothisspecialplaceattheheartofWaimea; thestoriespresentedhereareexpressionsoftheirenduring loyaltytotheland.
SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER20242024
120pages,7x10,colorandb&willustrations throughout.Ages8-12 Cloth9780824895716$$19.9919.99
Hawai'iHawai'i//ChildrenChildren
CarenCarenLoebel-FriedLoebel-Friedisanacclaimedauthorand artistfromVolcano,Hawaiʻi.Conservationandthe naturalworldarethefoundationsofherwork.She haswrittenandillustratedeightaward-winning storybookstodate,including Manu,theBoyWho LovedBirds (2020), APerfectDayforanAlbatross (2017),and HawaiianLegendsoftheGuardian Spirits (2002).
FindingHome,aHawaiian Petrel’sJourney CARENLOEBEL-FRIED Eleven-year-oldMakaniKealohaMortonadores ʻ ua ʻ u,Hawaiian petrels.Shegrewupmarvelingattheseabird’smagicalevening sky-danceandmurmursfromtheirundergroundburrows.Living overtheocean,glidingthousandsofmilesonthewindto whereverfoodwasabundant,theyreturnedyearlytotheir burrowsintheHawaiianIslands.Overthousandsofyears,their guanohelpedtomakeHawaiʻifertileandhabitableforhumans. Yethumansbroughtpredatorsandenvironmentalchangesthat caused ʻ ua ʻ u numberstoplummettonearextinction.
Makani’sbiologistmomandherteamdeviseaplantosave theseabirds.Ten ʻ ua ʻ u chicksareraisedwithinaprotectedplace. Thechicksleavefortheseaonebyone—butMakani’sfavoriteis verylatetofledge.Makaniworries:Willthisyoungpetrelsurvive atsea?Willshereturntotherefugetoraiseherownyoung?Will theplantosavethe ʻ ua ʻ u work?Bythestory’send,Makanifinds herownwaytomakeadifferencefortheseabirdsshelovesso dearly.
Basedonthetruestoryof ʻ ua ʻ u andthepeopleworkingto savethem, FindingHome,aHawaiianPetrel’sJourney isfilled withCarenLoebel-Fried’scolorfulblockprints,dynamic drawings,andmaps.Followingthestory,abacksectionprovides scientificfactsonthehabitatandlifestyleof ʻ ua ʻ u andtheir connectiontoHawaiiancultureandhistory.Thebook’s middle-gradecontentincludesplace-basedlearningthat incorporatesnaturalscience,wildlifeconservationbiology, literature,andart.Appealingtoallages,thishopeful, empoweringstorybringsawarenesstothethreatshumanshave broughtuponseabirds,andinspiresustofindwayswecanhelp themsurviveandthrive.
OCTOBEROCTOBER20242024
328pages,6x9,7b&willustrations Cloth9780824897611$$75.0075.00s
PacificPacific//MicronesiaMicronesia//Anthropology Anthropology
PhillipPhillipH.H.McArthurMcArthurisprofessorofanthropology, culturalsustainability,andintegratedhumanities, andaffiliatedfacultyofhistoryandPacificstudies atBrighamYoungUniversity–Hawai‘i.
NEWRELEASES DialogueswithaTrickster OntheMarginsofMythandEthnographyin theMarshallIslands
PHILLIPH.MCARTHUR
“Wejokedoften—laughedtothepointofcrying(thatdeep viscerallaughter)—notjustaboutthesubversiveanticsofLetao, buttoalltheallusionstohowhe,myfriend,andI,weretricksters inourownright,movingbetweenourculturalworlds, illuminatingambiguitiesandcelebratingthem.”Thisrich, experimentalethnographyplayswithinthemarginsofmythology andethnographicpracticetopursueadecolonizingmethodof inquiryandinterculturalengagement.Througharangeof mischievousnarrativesaboutthemythologicaltricksterLetao,a riMajel (IndigenousMarshallIslander)storytellertakesthe authoronajourneyintoadeepcosmologicalandepistemological pastandbackintothecolonialandimperialpresent.Transcribed inthisbook,thesimultaneouslyeffortlessandpointedly deliberateconversationsbetweenauthorPhillipH.McArthurand respectedriMajel elderKometoAlbōtsubvertanddismantle boundariesoftime,culture,andreligion.
Throughlighthearteddialogue,Kometoexploresserious historiesofimperialabuse,war,atomicbombtesting,ideologies ofsocialpower,decolonization,Christianity,magic,sex,and death.Heplaysuponarangeofambiguitiessuchasthe slipperinessofmythicdiscourse,ethnographicentanglements, ambivalentanalogiesaboutAmericans,cosmologicalmusings aboutWesternandIndigenousdeities,thecomplexitiesof matrilinealkinshipandmodernmanifestationsofpower,the interplayofmagicwithinpoliticsandreligion,thesocialefficacy ofideologiesofdeceptionandrevelationthroughdivination,the waybywhichriskytopicsandprofanestoriesbringthesacred intorelief,andpropheciesthatpresagetheendofcultureandthe deathofthetrickster.
Inthiswayofrelating,theboundariesblurbetween ethnographerandsubjectandthetheoriesofmythandfolklore; allbecomepartofthedialogicprocess.Theauthorcritically attendstohispositionality,aswellastohowKometoslyly positionsthemthroughhisjokesandindrawingtheauthorinto trickstermythologies.Writteninanarrativestylethatcombines transcribeddialogue,poeticethnographicdescriptions,applied theoryandsharpanalysis,andstorytelling,thisbookgrantsus insightintoadecade-longfriendshipandhonorsthewisdomofa trickster.
AUGUSTAUGUST20242024
232pages,6x9
Paper9780824896157$$28.0028.00s PacificPacific//LiteratureLiterature//PerformingPerformingArtsArts
VictoriaVictoriaNalaniNalaniKneubuhlKneubuhlisanaward-winning Hawaiʻiplaywrightandauthor.Hermanyplays havebeenperformedinHawaiʻi,thecontinental UnitedStates,Britain,Asia,andthePacific.She haswrittenandproducedseveralnovels,television series,anddocumentaries.
NavigatingIslands PlaysfromthePacific VICTORIANALANIKNEUBUHL NavigatingIslands:PlaysfromthePacific bringstogetherthree playsbydistinguishedplaywrightVictoriaNalaniKneubuhl.The islandsofSāmoa—oftencalledthe“NavigatorIslands”on nineteenthcenturymapsofthePacific—emergetothefore,fully dimensional,inthisdynamiccollection.OfbothHawaiianand Sāmoanancestry,Kneubuhlspentformativeyearsintheislands asayoungadult.HerloveofSāmoa,itscultureanditspeople,is wovenintothefabricofeveryscene.Inthefrontmatterofthis book,fansoftheauthor’stheatricalproductions,mediawork,and novelswillbepleasedtolearnabouthercreativeprocessandher broadinfluenceonPacificliteratureandstorytelling.
TwooftheplaysaresetatVailima,Sāmoa,theformerhome ofRobertLouisStevensonandhisfamily. AituFafine portraysthe finaldaysofStevenson’slifeinanunusualhistoricalfantasy. Throughmythandstagemagic,theplayexaminesthe demonizationofwomen,anauthor’sroleinshapingsocial attitudes,andthetimelesspowerofstory. FannyandBelle exploresthemother-daughterrelationshipofFannyStevenson andherdaughterBelleStrong,twointrepidbohemianwomen whodefiedtheconventionsoftheirtimeandliveddaringand adventurouslives.
SetinAmericanSāmoaintheearlytwentiethcentury, The HolidayofRain reimaginesSomersetMaugham’svisittoPago Pagowhenhewrotehisfamousshortstory“Rain.”Whiletheplay isasatiricalrompthatincludestimetravel,mistakenidentities, andaplaywithinaplay,itthematicallyreviewstheportrayalof PolynesianwomenbyWesternwriters,andthefictionalization PacificplacesandpeopleofcolortosuitperceivedWestern audiencedemands.
Allthreeplaysscrutinizehownon-Polynesiansinteractwith Polynesianswhenattemptingtonavigatethroughthesubtletiesof islandlife.Theyalsoaskreadersandviewerstothinkabouthow theoutsideworld’simpressionsofPolynesianswereshapedbythe perceptionsandstoriesofforeigners.Perhapstheplays’most compellingconnectionsinvolvewomenastheyfighttoachieve individualityinthefaceofunfairexpectations,negativesocietal projections,andhistoricalmisrepresentationsoffemale charactersinliterature.
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616pages,7x10
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JiayanJiayanLinLinisalearningadvisoratMassey University.
MargaretMargaretLeeLeetaughtChineseatthetertiarylevel formorethanthirtyyearsandwasaseniortutorat theUniversityofAuckland.
RobertRobertSandersSanderswasaprofessorofChinese languageandChineselinguisticsforthirty-five yearsatuniversitiesintheUnitedStates,New Zealand,andJapan.
NEWRELEASES FundamentalSpokenChinese SecondEdition,Teacher’sManual JIAYANLIN,MARGARETLEE,ANDROBERTSANDERS Thebilingualteacher’smanualprovidesdetailedinstructionson howthedifferenttypesofdrills,exercises,andactivitiesinthe FundamentalSpokenChineseExerciseBook reinforcestudents’ oralandauralproficiency.TheseCorePedagogicalInstructions arefollowed,whenappropriate,bybriefsummariesof grammaticalexplanationspresentedinthe FundamentalSpoken Chinese textbook,togetherwiththeirspecificgrammarnote numbersforeasyreference.
Theaccompanying FundamentalSpokenChineseExercise Book containsawidevarietyofexercisesandactivitiesspecifically designedtoreinforceasystematicprogressionthatfocuseson developingaccuracythenfluencyinconversations.
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FundamentalSpokenChinese:SecondEdition,ExerciseBook October2024
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FundamentalSpokenChinese:SecondEdition,ExerciseModel Answers October2024
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OCTOBEROCTOBER20242024
432pages,7x10,colorillustrations Paper9780824894115$$32.0032.00s ChineseChineseLanguageLanguage
RobertRobertSandersSanderswasaprofessorofChinese languageandChineselinguisticsforthirty-five yearsatuniversitiesintheUnitedStates,New Zealand,andJapan.
MargaretMargaretLeeLeetaughtChineseatthetertiarylevel formorethanthirtyyearsandwasaseniortutorat theUniversityofAuckland.
JiayanJiayanLinLinisalearningadvisoratMassey University.
NEWRELEASES FundamentalSpokenChinese SecondEdition ROBERTSANDERS,MARGARETLEE,ANDJIAYANLIN “TheessenceoftheFundamentalChinesetextbooksthat distinguishesthemfromallotherswidelyusedtodayistheirfocuson buildingaChineselanguageacquisitionfoundationinthelearner’s linguisticmind—onethatwillenablethemtoacquirenativeor near-nativeproficiency.Thisapproachformedthebasisofsomevery successfultextbooksproduceddecadesagobyteamsoftruly bilingual-biculturallinguistsfrombothsidesoftheEnglish-Chinese divide.Thesepioneersachievednativeproficiencyintheirsecond languageandknewintuitivelyhowtoguidestudentsonthepathto effectivelanguageacquisition. FundamentalSpokenChinese and FundamentalWrittenChinese areasynthesisoftheirtried-and-true methodologywithtwenty-first-centuryinnovations.”—VivianVivianLingLing, formerdirectoroftheChineseFlagshipProgram,IndianaUniversity
Likeitspredecessor,thesecondeditionof FundamentalSpoken Chinese placesprimaryimportanceonprovidingaclear, systematic,andgraduatedintroductiontothebasicgrammarand vocabularyofspokenMandarinChinesethroughchaptersthat centeronidentifiedsentencepatternsandvocabularyitems ratherthanparticularsocialfunctionsordailyactivities.The authorscontinuethetraditionofseparatingtheteachingoforal andwrittenskills,leavingtheinstructionofreadingandwriting inChinesecharactersexclusivelytotheaccompanying FundamentalWrittenChinese,alsoinitssecondedition.The lessonsinthetwotextbooks,however,arekeyedtoeachotherin termsofvocabularyandgrammar,sotheymaybeused simultaneouslyortheparallelwrittenskillsintroducedatalater time.Bothtextbooksweredevelopedforlearninginthe classroomandforindependentstudy.
Everychapterof FundamentalSpokenChinese beginswith keygrammarpointsandvocabularyarrangedbypartofspeech. Alistofsentencepatternsandafewshortdialoguesfollowto illustratecontextualuseofthelanguage—allnewandupdatedfor thesecondedition.Lessonsareintroducedinaplannedorder thatgivesstudentstimetoassimilateaconceptbeforelearning thenextone.Thematerialisexplainedinaconciseyetcomplete fashionthatalertsuserstothesimilaritiesanddifferences betweenChineseandEnglishgrammar.Nontechnical explanationsofeachgrammarpattern,writtenfromthe perspectiveofanEnglish-speakinglearnerandsupportedby ampleexamples,arepresentedtogetherwithvocabulary,culture, anddialectalnoteswhenappropriate.
Audio,exercisemodelanswers,andotherresourcesfor FundamentalSpokenChinese maybeaccessedat www.fundamentalchinese.com.
OCTOBEROCTOBER20242024
296pages,7x10
Paper9780824894153$$40.0040.00s ChineseChineseLanguageLanguage
JiayanJiayanLinLinisalearningadvisoratMassey University.
MargaretMargaretLeeLeetaughtChineseatthetertiarylevel formorethanthirtyyearsandwasaseniortutorat theUniversityofAuckland.
RobertRobertSandersSanderswasaprofessorofChinese languageandChineselinguisticsforthirty-five yearsatuniversitiesintheUnitedStates,New Zealand,andJapan.
NEWRELEASES FundamentalWrittenChinese SecondEdition,Teacher’sManual JIAYANLIN,MARGARETLEE,ANDROBERTSANDERS Thebilingualteacher’smanualprovidesdetailedinstructionson theunderlyingprinciplesbehindthedesignoftheexercisesin FundamentalWrittenChinese andhowbesttousethemto reinforcestudents’writtenproficiency.TheseCorePedagogical Instructionsarefollowedbyexplanationsonthepurposeofthe exercisesineachchapter.
Alsoavailable: FundamentalWrittenChinese:SecondEdition,ExerciseModel Answers October2024 80pages,PDF Digital9780824897109nocharge
OCTOBEROCTOBER20242024
480pages,7x10,colorillustrations Paper9780824894146$$28.0028.00s ChineseChineseLanguageLanguage
MargaretMargaretLeeLeetaughtChineseatthetertiarylevel formorethanthirtyyearsandwasaseniortutorat theUniversityofAuckland.
JiayanJiayanLinLinisalearningadvisoratMassey University.
RobertRobertSandersSanderswasaprofessorofChinese languageandChineselinguisticsforthirty-five yearsatuniversitiesintheUnitedStates,New Zealand,andJapan.
NEWRELEASES FundamentalWrittenChinese SecondEdition MARGARETLEE,JIAYANLIN,ANDROBERTSANDERS
“TheFundamentalChinesebooksareoriginal,innovative,andreplete withinsightfulobservationsonlanguageandculture.Thelessonsare systematicallylaidoutandincluderichandvariedexercises.Together thespokenandwrittenvolumesformacompletepackageforboth self-studyandclassroominstruction.”—Zheng-shengZheng-shengZhangZhang,professor ofChinese,SanDiegoStateUniversity
Likeitspredecessor,thesecondeditionof FundamentalWritten Chinese placesimportanceonaclear,systematic,andgraduated introductiontowrittenMandarin.Theauthorscontinuethe traditionofseparatingtheteachingofwrittenandoralskills, leavingtheinstructionofvocabularyandgrammarexclusivelyto FundamentalSpokenChinese,alsoinitssecondedition.The lessonsinthetwotextbooks,however,arekeyedtoeachotherin termsofvocabularyandgrammar,sotheymaybeused simultaneouslyortheparallelwrittenskillsintroducedatalater time.
FundamentalWrittenChinese beginsbyeducatingreaderson thebasicsoftheChinesewritingsystemsotheyare well-equippedforthepracticalapplicationofChinesecharacters. Chaptersincludelistsofvocabularyitems,exercises,charts explainingthecharacters’usage,mnemonicsandmemory suggestions,supplementarytexts,andspaceforwritingpractice. ThistextbookteachescomprehensionofwrittenChineseby methodicallyfocusingonstructuralregularitiessuchasradicals, phoneticcomponents,andstrokeorder.Thelessonsareorganized sostudentsbeginwithsimpleindependentcharactersbefore movingtothemorecomplexcompoundcharacters.
Audio,exercisemodelanswers,andotherresourcesfor FundamentalSpokenChinese maybeaccessedat www.fundamentalchinese.com.
SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER20242024
296pages,7x10,87colorillustrations
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EastEastAsiaAsia//AnthropologyAnthropology//Archaeology Archaeology
ChristopherChristopherJ.J.BaeBaeisapaleoanthropologistinthe DepartmentofAnthropologyattheUniversityof Hawai‘iatMānoa.
NEWRELEASES ThePaleoanthropologyof EasternAsia CHRISTOPHERJ.BAE “Thisengagingandauthoritativesynthesisofhumanbiologicaland culturalevolutioninEastAsiaweavestogetherthearchaeologicaland paleontologicalevidence.PaleoanthropologicalresearchinEastAsia haslongbeenovershadowedbyresearchinEuropeandAfrica,butin recentdecadesthepremierimportanceoftheregionhasgrown significantlyalongwithspectacularnewdiscoveries.Theauthor,one oftheleadingauthoritiesonpaleoanthropologicalresearchinAsia,is abletocontributepersonalexperiencesandfirst-handknowledgeto thelatestfindingsandcurrentdebates.Thissuperbbookisa must-haveacquisitionforanyoneinterestedinhumanevolutionand prehistory.”—TerryTerryHarrisonHarrison,ProfessorEmeritus,NewYorkUniversity
ResearchinhumanevolutioninAsiahaslongbeenthoughttolag farbehindsimilarresearchinAfricaandEurope.However,the limiteddisseminationoffindingsisoftentoblame,ratherthana lackofscholarship. ThePaleoanthropologyofEasternAsia attemptstorectifythismisconceptionbysynthesizingresearch onhumanevolutionineasternAsiaintoasingleauthoritative anddefinitivetext.Coveringthespanoftimefrommorethan twomillionyearsagototheendofthelastIceAge15,000years ago,thisbookexamineskeyevents,suchasthearrivalofthe earliesthomininsineasternAsiaandtheevolutionand interactionofvarioushomininspecies,including Homoerectus, Homosapiens,andafewmoreinbetween.
Whilefossilsrevealwhatthesehomininsmayhavelooked like,therichPaleolithicarchaeologicalrecordyieldsinsightsinto theirbehavior:HandaxeshavebeenfoundineasternAsiawhere theywerepreviouslybelievedtohavebeenabsent.Watercraftwas usedbyforagersasearlyas40,000yearsagotovoyagetothe Japanesearchipelago.InIndonesia,caveartpaintingsolderthan thosefromtheLascauxcavesinFrancehavebeenreported.Such newandimportantdiscoveriescontinuetoemerge.Providing comprehensivecoverageofpaleoanthropologicalresearchin easternAsia—fromthegroundbreakingfindsinacavenear Beijingintheearlytwentiethcenturytothediscoveryand identificationofnewhumanspeciesduringthetwenty-first century—thisbookwillcaptivateanyoneinterestedinthehuman evolutionaryrecord.
OCTOBEROCTOBER20242024
520pages,8.125x9.25,468color&b&w illustrations
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AsiaAsia//ArtArt//Anthropology Anthropology
LarsLarsKrutakKrutakisaresearchassociateattheMuseum ofInternationalFolkArt(SantaFe,NewMexico) andauthorof TattooTraditionsofNativeNorth America:AncientandContemporaryExpressions ofIdentity and SpiritualSkin:MagicalTattoosand Scarification,amongotherbooksonIndigenous tattoocultureandpractice.
NEWRELEASES TattooTraditionsofAsia AncientandContemporaryExpressionsof Identity LARSKRUTAK “TattooTraditionsofAsia tookmeonanextremelypowerfuland informativejourneyintothepastandpresentoftattooinginAsia. Readingitwasaneye-openingexperience,onethattouchedmysoul.” —KariKariBarbaBarba,tattooartistandownerofOuterLimitsTattoo,Long Beach,California
“LarsKrutakhasgivenusalandmarkpublication,ageographically wide-rangingandhistoricallyinformedsurveyoftattooingpracticesin Asia.Inadditiontobringingtogetherbeautifullyadiverserangeof sources,hesharesinsightsfromtwodecadesoffieldworkanddozens ofinterviewswithIndigenoustattooistsandtattooedpeople—all enrichedbyastunningcollectionofhistoricalprints,drawings,objects, andphotography.”—SeanSeanMallonMallon,coauthorof Tatau:AHistoryof SāmoanTattooing
“Thisisatremendousfeatofresearch,writing,anddecolonizationby arenownedscholarofindigenoustattooing.Krutak’spersonal engagementwiththecultureshechronicles—includingparticipationin initiationrites—allowedhimintimateaccesstovariedtattoopractices, manyofwhichareslippingaway.Writtenwithsensitivityandauthority, thebookmarksamajormilestoneintattooethnography.”—MargotMargot MifflinMifflin,authorof BodiesofSubversion:ASecretHistoryofWomen and TattooandTheBlueTattoo:TheLifeofOliveOatman
“Traditionalculturalpracticesarefastbecomingendangereddueto cross-pollinationandwesternization. TattooTraditionsofAsia isan importantresourceforboththoseinterestedinunderstandingthe foundationsoftattooingandthosewhoarecommittedtoreclaiminga practicethathasbeenignoredbydominantsocieties.Loheikanioka hāhau,oianōikaleohāwanawanaokekupuna—listentothesound ofthehāhau,itindeedisthewhisperoftheancestors.”—Sulu’apeSulu’ape KeoneKeoneNunesNunes,traditionalHawaiiantattoomaster
TattooTraditionsofAsia isthefirstsinglevolumededicatedtothe anthropologicalstudyofanancientculturalpracticeandartform thatspansmanycountriesandsocieties,ancestrallands,and contemporarycommunitiesacrossthecontinentanditsislands. Thisrichlyillustratedsurveybreaksnewgroundononeofthe least-understoodmediumsofIndigenousAsianexpressive culture—avitaltraditiontobecelebrated,aninspirationalstory toldinskinandink.
DECEMBERDECEMBER20242024
328pages,6x9,21b&willustrations Cloth9780824894061$$75.0075.00s
GlobalAsias:Method,Architecture,Praxis AsiaAsia//MultidisciplinaryMultidisciplinary//TransnationalTransnationalStudiesStudies
TinaTinaChenChenisthedirectorofPennState’sGlobal AsiasInitiativeandfoundingeditorof Verge: StudiesinGlobalAsias
CharlotteCharlotteEubanksEubanksisprofessorofcomparative literature,Japanese,andAsianstudiesatPenn State.
NEWRELEASES GlobalAsias Tactics&Theories EDITEDBYTINACHENANDCHARLOTTEEUBANKS
“GlobalAsias:Tactics&Theories isavisionaryvolume.Itencourages allofustoimaginedifferentapproachestoourresearch,teaching, andwritingwhileofferingwaystothinkbeyonddisciplinary constraints.”—ChristopherChristopherLeeLee,UniversityofBritishColumbia
“ChenandEubankshaveputtogetheraninnovative,exploratory, almostexperimentalbook.Thecontributors'orientations,research questions,areas,andmethodsparalleltheirinsistencethatGlobal Asiasisaquery,amethod,anapproachthatexceedstraditional paradigmsanddisciplinaryhomes.”—NitashaNitashaTamarTamarSharmaSharma, NorthwesternUniversity
“Thiscompendiumrepresentsafieldoutgrowingitsinitialfoundingto invitedeepconversationswithabroadaudience.Intheprocess,the bookreimaginesthenewfieldofGlobalAsiasanddoessowith passion,gravitas,andcapaciousness.Its‘dynamicpraxisof engagement’isnothingshortofinspirationalasitsimultaneously speaks,shouts,prods,andchallengeswithrichlyseductive possibilities.”—ChristineChristineR.R.YanoYano,UniversityofHawai‘i
GlobalAsias:Tactics&Theories istheinauguralvolumeinan excitingnewseriesthatexplorescriticalconcernsanimating GlobalAsiasscholarship.Itchallengesthesilosofacademic knowledgeformationthatcurrentlymakelegibleandorganize thestudyofAsiaanditsmultiplediasporas.Transits,Indigeneity, Epistemology,Language,andA/Geography:Thesekeywords highlightpotentialoverlapsandpointsofdisagreementbetween areastudies,ethnicstudies,anddiasporastudies.Throughan inventiveapproachandstructure,thebookexemplifieshowthe collaborativeethosofGlobalAsiaspraxiscancatalyzenew methodsofscholarshipandpedagogy—andcreateinnovative modelsofacademicknowledge-production.Theeditorsoffera substantiveoverviewoftheemergentmultidisciplinaryfieldof GlobalAsiasfollowedbyasetofcollaborativelyauthored researchforumsandpedagogicalmaterialsbyavariedgroupof scholarsworkingacrossranks,disciplines,fields,geographies, andlanguages.
Thisindispensableguideiscraftedtoprovideresourcesfor researchers,teachers,students,andadministrators.Thediversity andoriginalityofthematerialsandapproachesreflectabroad understandingofscholarlyworkthatresistsmasterybybuilding structuresofintellectualexperimentationthatembrace disagreementanddifferences.Readerswilldiscoverprovocative conversationsthatredefinewhatitmeanstoworkin,at,for,and aroundGlobalAsias.
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SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER20242024
210pages,6x9,10b&willustrations Cloth9780824897697$$75.0075.00s
BuddhismBuddhism//HealthHealth//Anthropology Anthropology
C.C.PiercePierceSalgueroSalgueroisprofessorofAsianhistoryand healthhumanitiesatPennsylvaniaState University’sAbingtonCollege.
KinKinCheungCheungisassociateprofessorofEastand SouthAsianreligionsatMoravianUniversity.
SusannahSusannahDeaneDeane(UniversityoftheWestof England)haswrittenwidelyonapproachesto mentalhealth,illness,andhealingwithinTibetan communitiesinIndiaandChina.
NEWRELEASES BuddhismandHealinginthe ModernWorld EDITEDBYC.PIERCESALGUERO,KINCHEUNG,ANDSUSANNAH DEANE ThisrichcollectionfocusesonthenexusbetweenBuddhismand healinginthemodernandcontemporaryworld,highlightingthe manywaysBuddhistshaveadaptedinresponsetoandin dialoguewithmodernscience,biomedicine,andotherfacetsof modernityfromthenineteenthcenturytotoday.
Buddhisthealingactivitiesaremuchmorediversethanthe narrowrangeofmindfulnesstechniquesthathavedominated scholarlyandpopularfocus.Fromthecommunity-basedhealing practicesofAsianAmericanBuddhistsandtransnationalTantric sextherapyretreatstoconcernsaboutbalancingbeing contemporarywithbeingauthenticallyBuddhist,contributors explorehowBuddhistshaverethoughtthemind-body relationshipagainstthebackdropofthemodernizationand globalizationofBuddhism.TheyexamineBuddhistsnavigating thedifferencesandcommonalitiesthatexistintheirpracticeand modernsystemsofmentalandphysicalhealthcare,paying attentiontohowtheyhavenegotiatedshiftingconfigurationsof legitimacy,authority,andauthenticity.Throughhistoricaland ethnographiccasestudies,theworkdetailstheserupturesand reconciliationsinJapan,SriLanka,Tibet,Korea,andtheUnited States,inadditiontomappingthetransnationalpathwaysof exchangeasknowledgeaboutBuddhismandmedicinehas traveledbetweenAsiaandtheWest.
BuddhismandHealingintheModernWorld encompassesa widerangeofBuddhistideasabouthealthandhealth-seeking practicesthatremainavitalpartoftheeverydaypracticeof modernBuddhismacrosstheglobe.
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Cloth9780824895730$$72.0072.00s
BuddhismBuddhism//EnvironmentEnvironment//HistoryHistory
JeffreyJeffreyMoserMoserisassociateprofessorofhistoryof artandarchitectureatBrownUniversity.
JasonJasonProtassProtassisassistantprofessorofreligious studiesatBrownUniversity.
NEWRELEASES CountlessSands MedievalBuddhistsandTheirEnvironments EDITEDBYJEFFREYMOSERANDJASONPROTASS
CountlessSands presentsengaginganalysesofthediverse relationshipsbetweenBuddhismandtheenvironmentthat existedinmedievalAsia.Recentyearshavewitnessedasurgein publicationsacrossthehumanitiesthatadvancepowerfulethical andpoliticalargumentstoaccountforthehumanfailureto respondeffectivelytoglobalclimatechange.Whilethe contributorstothisvolumeareattunedtothischallenge,rather thanpresentexplicitpoliticalarguments,theypursueasubtler efforttohistoricizetheenvironmentasasiteandsubjectof Buddhistpracticewhileprovidingresearchgroundedinrigorous analysisofcomplexandfragmentarysources.Thevolumethereby mitigatesagainsttheOrientalist,East-Westbinariesthathave longinformedtheinvocationofBuddhisminEuro-American environmentaldiscourses.Asthechapterscollectively demonstrate,therewasnosingular,consistently“Buddhist” understandingofthenaturalworld,butinnumerable,varied engagementspreservedindiscretetexts,images,andartifacts.We titlethevolume CountlessSands toechotheBuddhistmetaphor of“sandsoftheGanges”thatimpliesanuncountablenumber. Throughspecificcasestudies,theauthorsconsidersuch questionsas:HowdidpremodernBuddhistsunderstandwhatwe todaycall“theenvironment”?Howdidtheythinkabouttheir earth?How,when,andwheredidthevariousprocessesofthe earthactuallyimpingeonthepracticesofhistoricalBuddhists? Whatkindsof“environmentalimaginations”informedspecific Buddhistpractices?Insodoing,theauthorsexplorethe connectionsbetweenthewaysinwhichhistoricalBuddhist communitiesinteractedwiththeirenvironmentsandhowthey understoodthoseenvironments.InthebroaderfieldofBuddhist studies, CountlessSands contributestoongoingeffortstoexpand thelocusofinquiryfromtextuallybasedinvestigationsof Buddhistdoctrinetoabroaderexaminationofthecomplexand variedplaceofBuddhisminthelivesofhistoricalcommunities. Thebookfurthersthisbroaderprocessbycastingitin environmentaltermsandwillengagereaderslookingformodels ofthought-provokinghistoricalanalysisonenvironmental themes.
NOVEMBERNOVEMBER20242024
352pages,6x9,8color,30b&willustrations Cloth9780824897680$$75.0075.00s
JapanJapan//EnvironmentEnvironment//HistoryHistory
StefanStefanHuebnerHuebnerisseniorresearchfellowatthe AsiaResearchInstitute,NationalUniversityof Singapore.
NadinNadinHeéHeéisaprofessorintheGraduateSchoolof Humanities,OsakaUniversity.
IanIanJaredJaredMillerMillerisprofessorofhistoryatHarvard University.
WilliamWilliamM.M.TsutsuiTsutsuiischancellorandprofessorof historyatOttawaUniversity.
OceanicJapan TheArchipelagoinPacificandGlobalHistory
EDITEDBYSTEFANHUEBNER,NADINHEÉ,IANJ.MILLER,AND WILLIAMTSUTSUI
Japan’soceansdemandourattention.Violent,prolific,and changeful,theydefinelifeanddeathonthearchipelago:pushing theshoreundertherushoftsunami,chargingtyphoon circulation,feedingmillions,andseedingconflictsoverterritory andresources.Andyet,Japanstudiesremainslargelybeholdento aterrestrialviewoftheworldthatisatoddswiththeimportance ofthesea.This“terrestrialbias”alsomeansthatonthose occasionswhenoceansarerecognizedtheyaremostoften presentedasdividersorconnectors—spacesinbetweenrather thanrichecologiesandmeaningfulsites. OceanicJapan ismeant tohelpreadersre-envisionJapanesehistoryinordertoshowhow theseascreatedthecountrythatweknowtoday.
Thebookconvenesadiverse,multinational, multidisciplinarygroupofscholarstoexpandthescopeofJapan studiesandtheenvironmentalhumanities.Thechaptersdraw fromthebroaderturntothesea—characterizedbynewoceanic andterraqueousperspectives—developingwithinthesefieldsand inareassuchasPacifichistoryandIndianOceanstudies.The volumeeditors'visionisbifocal.Ontheonehand,theyaimto reorientEastAsianstudiesandJapanstudiestothesea, underlininghowoceanshaveshapeddynamicsfromthe TokugawaEraforwardintotheageofempireandthecrisisofthe Anthropocene.Ontheotherhand,theyargueforamore nuancedenvironmentalapproachwithintheburgeoningfieldof Oceanicstudies.Seeingoceanicspacesasmorethanentrepotsor politicalspheresrequiresthinkinginnew,oftenvertical, volumetricways.Thechaptersfollowhumanandnon-human actorstorecognizethevariegationofwateryecologiesthrough winds,tides,coasts,seabeds,andcurrentssuchasthe Kuroshio and Oyashio,whichhavealwaysshapedlifeonthearchipelago.
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224pages,6x9,8b&willustrations Cloth9780824897543$$75.0075.00s
JapanJapan//LanguageLanguage//HistoryHistory
IanIanRapleyRapleyisaseniorlecturerofEastAsianhistory inthehistorydepartmentofCardiffUniversity,UK.
NEWRELEASES GreenStarJapan EsperantoandtheInternationalLanguage Question,1880–1945 IANRAPLEY “GreenStarJapan offersaconcise,beautifullywrittenhistoryofthe EsperantomovementinJapan.Itisalsothefirsttreatmentofthetopic inEnglish.Rapleyaddresseshowgroupsacrossthepoliticaland culturalspectrumconfrontedthisconstructedinternationallanguage, fromsocialistsonthelefttofigures,suchasKitaIkki,onthefarright. And,asheshows,Esperantostillhasarelativelysmall,butardent, followinginJapan.Aselsewhereintheworld,Esperantoembodied (andcontinuestodoso)formanyJapanesesomethingfargreater thanlanguageitself.”—JoshuaJoshuaA.A.FogelFogel,YorkUniversity
Duringthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury,awiderangeofthe Japanesepopulacewasdrawntothepossibilitiesofferedbythe proposedlanguageknownasEsperanto.Createdinthe nineteenthcenturybyaEuropean,L.L.Zamenhof,Esperanto seemedanunlikelycandidateforJapaneseinterest,buttoits advocatesitwasapotentialsolutiontotheinternationallanguage problem:thequestionofhowtoeffectivelycommunicateacross linguisticandnationalborders.UsingthehistoryofJapanese EsperantouptotheendoftheSecondWorldWar,in GreenStar Japan IanRapleyarguesthatscholarsofmodernAsiashouldpay seriousattentiontobothEsperantoandtheinternational languageproblem.
OnekeyaspectofJapan’smodernizationwasitsgrowing contactwiththewiderworld,notjustwiththeWestbutwith countriesacrosstheglobe.Theincreasinglycomplexnetworksof thesetransnationalinteractionsinvolvedtrade,diplomacy,and intellectualflows;eachcontactrequiredtheidentificationofsome commonmediumofcommunication.Esperantowasdesignedto beaseasytolearnaspossible,withasimplegrammarandsystem ofwordformation,andnoneoftheidiosyncrasiesand irregularitiesthataccumulateovertimeinunplannednationalor regionallanguages.ThisappealedtomanyJapanesewho discoveredthattobemodernmeantbeingastudentofoneor moreforeignlanguages.
JapaneseEsperantistswereactiveattheLeagueofNations,in theSovietUnion,andinvillagesacrossJapan.Theywroteessays andletters,traveledinternationally,builtfriendships,taught classes,andmaderadiobroadcasts. GreenStarJapan offersanew approachtounderstandingJapan’sglobalmodernity,byclosely examiningtheeffortstospreadalanguagedesignedtobring peoplesoftheworldtogether.Thisworkwillinterestscholarsand studentsofmodernJapaneseandEastAsianhistory,and especiallywithinthevibrantfieldsoftransnational/globalhistory andthehistoryoflanguage.
JULYJULY20242024
264pages,6x9,12b&willustrations Cloth9780824872687$$68.0068.00s
JapanJapan//CulturalCulturalStudiesStudies//GenderGenderStudiesStudies
JamesJamesWelkerWelkerisprofessorintheDepartmentof Cross-CulturalStudiesatKanagawaUniversity, Yokohama,Japan.
TransfiguringWomeninLate Twentieth-CenturyJapan Feminists,Lesbians,andGirls‘Comics ArtistsandFans
JAMESWELKER TransfiguringWomeninLateTwentieth-CenturyJapan:Feminists, Lesbians,andGirls'ComicsArtistsandFans examinesthree dynamicandoverlappingcommunitiesofwomenandadolescent girlswhochallengedJapanesegenderandsexualnormsinthe 1970sand1980s.Thesespheresencompassedactivistsinthe ūmanribu (women’sliberation)movement,membersofthe rezubian (lesbian)community,andartistsandreadersofqueer shojo manga(girls’comics).Individuallyandcollectively,they foundthenormativeunderstandingofthecategory“women” untenableandworkedtoredefineandexpanditsmeaningby transfiguringideas,images,andpracticesselectivelyappropriated fromthe“West.”Theydidso,however,whileremainingfirmly fixedonthelocal.Thus,formany,thisostensiblyWesternfocus wasnotaturnawayfromJapanbutintegraltotheir understandingofbeingawomanwithinJapan.
Followingbroadhistoricaloverviewsofthe ūmanribu, rezubian,andqueer shōjo mangaspheres,thebooktakesadeeper lookthroughthelensesofterminology,translation,andtravelto offerawindowontohowactsoftransfigurationreshapedwhatit meanttobeawomaninJapan.Theworkdrawsonavastarchive thatencompassesearlytwentieth-centurydictionaries,sexology texts,andliterature;postwarwomen’sandmen’smagazinesand pornography;translatedfeministandlesbiantexts;comicsand animation;andnewsletters,fanzines,andotherheretoforelargely unexaminedephemera.Thevolume’scharacterizationoftheerais alsogreatlyenrichedbyinterviewswithmorethansixty individuals.
TransfiguringWomeninLateTwentieth-CenturyJapan demonstratesthatthetransfigurationofWesterncultureinto somethinglocallymeaningfulhadtangibleeffectsbeyondnewly (re)createdtexts,practices,images,andideaswithinthe ūman ribu, rezubian,andqueer shōjo mangacommunities.The individualsandgroupsinvolvedwerethemselvestransformed. Morebroadly,theireffortsforgednewunderstandingsof “women”inJapan,creatingspaceforagreaternumberofpublic rolesnotboundtobeingamotherorawife,aswellasagreater diversityofgenderandsexualexpressionthatreachedfarbeyond theJapaneseborder.
AUGUSTAUGUST20242024
236pages,6x9,44b&willustrations
Paper9780824898410$$28.0028.00s
Cloth9780824896164$$72.0072.00s
JapanJapan//AnthropologyAnthropology//CulturalCulturalStudiesStudies//ReligionReligion
LauraLauraMillerMillerisEi’ichiShibusawa-SeigoArai EndowedProfessorofJapaneseStudiesand professorofhistoryattheUniversityofMissouri-St. Louis.
NEWRELEASES OccultHuntingand SupernaturalPlayinJapan LAURAMILLER InJapantoday,womenaretheprimarydriversofreligious re-enchantment,andtheyareexertingpressureonshrines, temples,andthemediaindustriestoaccommodatetheirinterests andaesthetictastes.Employingasemanticallybroadmeaningof “occult”toincludethemysteriousorsupernatural,LauraMiller examineshowitmanifeststoofferavenuesofself-explorationand spiritualcapitalthatfundamentallyappealtowomen.Female seekershavehadamajorimpactonthefashioningandmarketing ofspiritualsites,texts,andobjects,oftenthroughencodingthe kawaii,orcute,aesthetic.Millermakesthecasethatthegendered natureofocculthuntinghasbeenneglectedinresearchandthat greaterattentiontogenderedperspectivesrevealssignificant facetsofsocialityandrecreation.
Writtenfromaninterdisciplinaryculturalstudies perspective, OccultHuntingandSupernaturalPlayinJapan interlaceshistory,art,literature,religion,mediastudies,and anthropologytoexploreubiquitousyetunderstudiedactivities suchashavingone’sfortunetold;visiting“powerspots,”locations thoughttoholdexceptionalsupernaturalenergy;andplaying withnewtypesoftarotdecks.Bookchaptersalsofocuson materialreligion,includingobjectslikegoodluckamuletsand votiveplaques,Taoistpapertalismans,pilgrimstamps,and ancientcurvedbeadscalled magatama.Tracingtheirhistories andtransformations,Millerinsiststhattheseformsofvisualand materialreligionandtheirrelatedactivitiesareneithertrivialnor simplycommercialgambits.Rather,theyprovideinsightsintothe realmsofcreativeexploration,pleasure,andspiritual developmentinthelivesofgirlsandyoungwomen.
DECEMBERDECEMBER20242024
544pages,7x10,22b/willustrations Cloth9798880701322$$52.0052.00s JapanJapan//ReligionReligion
MatthewMatthewD.D.McMullenMcMullenisseniorresearchfellowat theNanzanInstituteforReligionandCultureand AssociateProfessoratNanzanUniversity.
JolyonJolyonBarakaBarakaThomasThomasisassociateprofessorof religiousstudiesattheUniversityofPennsylvania.
TheNewNanzanGuideto JapaneseReligions EDITEDBYMATTHEWD.MCMULLENANDJOLYONBARAKA THOMAS Fornearlytwodecades,the NanzanGuidetoJapaneseReligions hasservedasavaluableresourceforstudentsandscholarsof religioninJapan.Thisexcitingupdateexpandstheaudienceto includenon-specialistsofJapanwhilealsocomplicatingthe notionsof“Japan”and“religion.”Askingtheprovocativequestion “whystudyJapanesereligions?”theeditorsarguethatstudying Japanisvitalfortheacademicstudyofreligionwritlargeand makeacaseforthecontinuedimportanceofreligioustopicsin Japanstudies,broadlyconceived.
Thevolumeaddressesthequestionofwhy—andhow—to studyJapanesereligionsinsevensections,eachoverseenbya leadingexpertinthatsubfield.Thesectionon“Knowledge Production”investigatesmedicine,sacredobjects,andthe politico-economicstructuresundergirdingacademia. “CosmologyandTime”revealshowreligionshapedworldviews inbothpremodernandmodernJapanbytakinguptopicssuchas theafterlife,divination,andrelationshipsbetweenscienceand religion.“SpaceandEnvironment”considersgeography, relationshipsbetweenthehumanandnonhumandenizensofthe Japanesearchipelago,andreligioninJapan’soverseascoloniesand amongdiasporicoutmigrants.“FeelingsandBelonging”focuses onaffectiverelationshipsgeneratedthroughconfraternities, homiletics,andcaringprofessions.“PoliticsandGovernance” describeslongstandingrelationshipsbetweenreligionandthe state,coveringeverythingfromsacredkingshiptocontemporary electoralpolitics.Thefinaltwosectionsincludepracticaladvice forconductingfieldworkandhelpfulintroductionstoseveral relevantarchives.
Overall,thevolumereflectstheimpactofrecentscholarly trendsinthestudyofJapanesereligions,includingmaterial religionstudies,affecttheory,environmentalhumanities,and criticalsecularismstudies.Thebreadthoftopicsaswellasthe accessibilityoftheindividualchaptersmakes TheNewNanzan GuidetoJapaneseReligions anindispensableresourceforthe classroom.ItwillbeusefulnotonlyforscholarsofJapan,butalso foranyoneinterestedintheacademicstudyofreligion.
SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER20242024
258pages,6x9,7b&willustrations Cloth9780824897666$$75.0075.00s
JapanJapan//ReligionReligion//SportsSports
ZacharyZacharyT.T.SmithSmithisassistantteachingprofessorin theSchoolofBehavioralSciencesandEducation atPennsylvaniaStateUniversity,Harrisburg.
DennisDennisJ.J.FrostFrostisWenChaoChenProfessorofEast AsianSocialSciencesatKalamazooCollege, Michigan.
StephenStephenG.G.CovellCovellischairoftheDepartmentof ComparativeReligionandMaryMeaderProfessor ofComparativeReligionatWesternMichigan University.
NEWRELEASES ReligionandSportinJapan EDITEDBYZACHARYT.SMITH,DENNISJ.FROST,ANDSTEPHENG. COVELL
Thesportsworld’sattentionwasfocusedonJapanfortheTokyo 2020SummerOlympicsandParalympics.Theyears-longbuildup toandaftermathofthegamesoccurredinthemidstoftheglobal pandemic,whichdelayedtheeventuntil2021.Givenallofthis, thereisperhapsnobettertimetodelveintoanoftenoverlooked butcriticalfacetofsportinJapan—namelyreligion.
ReligionhaslongbeenapartoftheJapanesesport tradition—fromShugendōpractitionersofferingsumoboutsto thegods,tosoccerplayersofallagesprayingforsuccessatShintō shrines;fromtheuseofmeditationandritualinmartialartsto gainfocusorsuperhumanabilities,toreligiousorganizations sponsoringsportingeventsandteamsandschoolsportsclubs. ReligionandSportinJapan bringstogetherhistoriansandsport andreligiousstudiesspecialistsfromJapan,theUS,andEurope toaddresssport’stiestocorporateandnationalidentity,politics, environmentalism,ritual,andsacredspace.Majorthemes discussedincludethespiritualgeographiesofsport,sportas inventedtradition,technologiesofself,materialculture,andcivil religion.
Thechaptersarewrittensothatsporthistorianswithno backgroundinthestudyofJapanorreligiousstudiesscholars whohaveneverbeforeexaminedtheworldofsportwillfindthe materialaccessible.Toprovidefurthergroundingfornon-field specialists,thevolumebeginswithtwobackgroundchaptersthat introducesportstudiesinJapanandthestudyofreligionand sport.
OCTOBEROCTOBER20242024
248pages,6x9 Cloth9780824897574$$75.0075.00s JapanJapan//BuddhismBuddhism
StephenStephenG.G.CovellCovellischairoftheDepartmentof ComparativeReligionandMaryMeaderProfessor ofComparativeReligionatWesternMichigan University.
TheTeachingandTeachingsof TempleBuddhismin ContemporaryJapan STEPHENG.COVELL
HowhaveBuddhistteachingscometobeinmodernand contemporaryJapanandhowaretheytaught?Thispioneering workseekstoanswerthesequestionsbyhighlightingthepublic teachingsofTempleBuddhisminstitutions,inparticularTemple BuddhismkindergartensandBuddhistsecondaryschoolsand colleges.ThecommunityoutreachprovidedbytheseBuddhist facilitiesisfargreaterthananyotherwiththepossibleexception offuneralsyetuntilnowithasreceivedlittleattentionfrom scholarsofJapanesereligion.
AfterdeterminingwhatistaughtinBuddhisteducationand how,StephenCovellintroducesreaderstoaselectgroupof monkswhoundergosomeofthemostgruelingpracticesin JapaneseTempleBuddhismtodetermineifthepublic-facing teachingsofBuddhisteducationareuniqueorsimilartothoseof eliteBuddhistpractitioners.Theteachingsandsitesofteaching examinedhereincludebutarenotlimitedtoclassicaldoctrinal studiesandtemplesfocusedontheeducationofBuddhistclergy. Covelluncoverstheargumentsmadebypriestsinvolvedin moralseducation,thedharmatalksoffamousascetics,andthe waysinwhichlawsandlegalcodeshavechangedBuddhist education.Helooksatwhatistaughtontheground,online,and inpopulartextstodiscussthecurrentteachingsembracedas BuddhismwithintheinstitutionsofTempleBuddhism.Among hisnumerousfindingsissuchteachingsandworldvieware remarkablysimilartothoseofNewReligionsandBuddhistlay movementsasoutlinedbyJapanreligionscholarsand governmentbodiesinchargeofeducation.
TheTeachingandTeachingsofTempleBuddhismin ContemporaryJapan willbewelcomedbystudentsandscholars inJapanesereligiousstudiesandearlychildhoodandhigher educationaswellasthoseinterestedincurrentBuddhistpractice andteachingsingeneral. NEWRELEASES
NOVEMBERNOVEMBER20242024
3232pages,6x9,8-volumeset Paper9780824899257$$250.00250.00s
PublishedinassociationwithSōtōshūShūmuchō ForsaleworldwideexcludingJapan JapanJapan//BuddhismBuddhism
Foundedin1995undertheauspicesofthe InternationalDepartment(Kokusaika 国際課)of theAdministrativeHeadquartersofSōtōZen Buddhism(SōtōshūShūmuchō 曹洞宗宗務庁),the SōtōZenTextProject(SōtōshūShūtenKyōten Hon’yakuJigyō 曹洞宗宗典経典翻訳事業)brings togetherteamsofscholarstoproduceEnglish translationsofthefoundationaltextsofthe JapaneseSōtōZenSchool.
NEWRELEASES TreasuryoftheTrueDharma Eye Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō,Eight-VolumeSet
ANANNOTATEDTRANSLATIONBYTHESŌTŌZENTEXTPROJECT
ThispublicationrepresentsanEnglishrenderingofoneofthe greatclassicsofJapaneseBuddhism,the Shōbōgenzō 正法眼藏, byDōgen 道元(1200–1253),founderoftheSōtōZenschool.The translationwasproducedbytheSōtōZenTextProject,ateamof scholarsworkingundertheauspicesoftheAdministrative HeadquartersofSōtōZenBuddhism.ItisbasedontheJapanese editionofthe Shōbōgenzō inKawamuraKōdō 河村孝道,ed., Dōgenzenjizenshū 道元禅師全集,volumes1–2,whichprovides whatarethoughttobethemostauthoritativecompilationsof Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō essays,inseventy-fiveandtwelvechapters, supplementedbysixteenadditionaltexts.
Thetranslations,insevenvolumes,areaimedatboth professionalandlayaudiences.Theyareaccompaniedbythe Japanesetextsandbyextensiveannotationonthelanguage, literarysources,andinterpretationsofthosetexts.Aneighth volumeprovidesalengthystudyofthehistoryandcontentsof the Shōbōgenzō,supplementarynotestothetranslation,andan extensivebibliographyofprimaryandsecondaryworks.
ThefollowingProjectmemberscontributedtothis publication:
•UrsApp,Professor,Emeritus,HanazonoUniversity: technicalsupport
•CarlBielefeldt,Professor,Emeritus,Stanford University:editor-in-chiefandtranslator
•WilliamM.Bodiford,Professor,Emeritus,UCLA: authorofIntroductionandtranslator
•T.GriffithFoulk,Professor,SarahLawrenceCollege: editorandtranslator
•SarahJ.Horton,independentscholar:copyeditor
•StanleyWeinstein(1929–2017),Professor,Emeritus, YaleUniversity:translator
JULYJULY20242024
342pages,6x9,45b&willustrations Cloth9780824897635$$75.0075.00s
OkinawaOkinawa//AnthropologyAnthropology//ArchaeologyArchaeology//HistoryHistory
GregoryGregorySmitsSmitsisprofessorofhistoryandAsian studiesatPennsylvaniaStateUniversity.
EarlyRyukyuanHistory ANewModel GREGORYSMITS TheRyukyuislandshavebeeninhabitedbyhumansforover 30,000years.Theirmodernpopulation,however,didnotcome fromstone-ageancestors,nordiddistinctiveformsofRyukyuan culture,suchassacredgrovesorstone-walledcastles,emerge fromwithintheislands.Instead,differentgroupsofpeoplelived intheRyukyuislandsatvariouspointsinhistory.Startingwith theearliestextanthumanremainsandendingwiththeformation ofacentralizedstateintheearly1500s, EarlyRyukyuanHistory tracesthepeople,culture,technologies,goods,andnetworksthat entereddifferentpartsofRyukyuovertime.Intheprocess,it synthesizesdecadesofresearchinarchaeologyandanthropology, recentadvancesingeneticevidence,andconventional documentarysourcestoadvanceanewmodelfortheearly developmentoftheRyukyuislands,thoroughlyrewritingearly Ryukyuanhistory.
Takingamultidisciplinaryapproachgroundedin archaeology,thisresourcepresentsanupdatedframeworkfor understandingearlyRyukyualongwithanewnarrativefeaturing afascinatingcastofcharacters.LinkedbytheoceanintotheEast ChinaSea,theearlyRyukyuislandswereneverisolated.People andtechnologiesarrivedfromacrosstheseaandbecamethe primemoversofearlyRyukyuansociety.Themostconsequential oftheseexternalagentswerewavesofimmigrants,mainlyfrom theJapaneseislands,whosettledtheRyukyuislandsduringthe eleventhandtwelfthcenturiesandreplacedtheislands’previous Jōmonpopulation.Whilethephysicalenvironmentofthe Ryukyuislandswasnotconducivetocerealagriculture,the islandswerewellsituatedfortradingandraiding,andtrade becamethedrivingforcebehindsocietaldevelopment.In Early RyukyuanHistory,GregorySmitsreappraisesthemost fundamentalquestionsandtopicsinearlyRyukyuanhistory, providingnewmodelsofmigrationandsettlement,regional trade,politicalgeography,warfare,andstateformation.
NOVEMBERNOVEMBER20242024
264pages,6x9,7b&willustrations Cloth9780824897598$$75.0075.00s KoreaKorea//BuddhismBuddhism
SeongSeongUkUkKimKimisassociateprofessorofKorean religionandcultureintheDepartmentofEast AsianLanguagesandCulturesatColumbia University.
NEWRELEASES MonksandLiterati TheTransformationofBuddhisminLate ChosŏnKorea
SEONGUKKIM “MonksandLiterati offersadynamicandcompellingportrayalof Buddhist-ConfucianinteractionduringthelateChosŏnperiod. Marshallingawidevarietyofevidence,SeongUkKimshowshow Buddhismfunctionedasanobjectofnotonlycontemptandridicule asiscommonlyassumedbutalsorespect,curiosity,andmagical utilityforlateChosŏnliterati.Thisisamust-readforanyoneinterested indevelopingamoreintricateunderstandingofBuddhismand ConfucianisminpremodernKorea.”—JuhnJuhnAhnAhn,UniversityofMichigan
“ThisvolumewillpromptscholarstothinkofChosŏnBuddhismina morecritical,comprehensive,andnuancedway.Itdeeplyengages withcurrentscholarshipthroughacriticalanalysisoftexts,votives, andpaintings.ThereisnocomparablebookonthistopicinEnglish, certainlynotintermsofdepthandinsightortheoreticaland interpretativecreativity.”—HwansooHwansooKimKim,YaleUniversity
ScholarshavelongdebatedtherelationshipbetweenBuddhist monksandConfucianliteratiduringthelateChosŏn (1700–1850),whentheKoreanstateadoptedanti-Buddhist policies.Ontheonehand,itisunderstoodthatliteratiopenly displayedhostilitytowardmonksandengineeredtheir persecution;ontheother,theywereknowntohaveprivately supportedBuddhism,helpingthereligionpersevere,eventhrive, intheConfuciansociety.In MonksandLiterati,SeongUkKim arguesthatsuchopposingviewsoveremphasizetheroleofliterati anddepictmonksaspassiveactors.KimappliessociologistAnn Swidler’sconceptofrepertoire—thesocial,cultural,andreligious inventoryofsymbols,rules,andskillsforconstructingstrategies ofaction—asananalyticaltooltoreconcilethetwonarratives andofferamorenuancedandcomprehensivepictureofthe complexliterati-monkrelationship.
Kimexaminesthewaysmonksinitiatedanddeveloped relationshipswithliteratiusingtheirrepertoireofculturaland religiousresources.Monksadoptedvariousroles,suchascultural companion,spiritualmentor,andritualofficiant,withinand beyondtheprivaterealmofConfuciansocietyand,insodoing, reaffirmedwhatitmeanttobeamonkandredefinedwhat Buddhismcouldbeatatimewhenmonks’religiousidentities andactivitieswereconstantlybeingchallenged.Byavoidingthe binaryframedescribingmonksaseithervictimsorbeneficiaries ofliterati, MonksandLiterati shedsnewlightonnotonlyKorean BuddhisminthelateChosŏnbutalsomoregenerallyEastAsian Buddhism,whereasimilarmonk-literatiparadigmhasoften beenapplied.
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SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER20242024
726pages,6x9,Two-volumeset Cloth9780824895211$$100.00100.00s KoreaKorea//HistoryHistory
HowardHowardKahmKahmisassociateprofessoratUnderwood InternationalCollege,YonseiUniversity.
JohnJohnB.B.DuncanDuncanisprofessoremeritusinthe DepartmentofAsianLanguagesandCultures, UCLA.
ParkParkJongkiJongkiisprofessoremeritusinthe DepartmentofHistory,KookminUniversity.
LeeLeeJungJungHoonHoonisresearchprofessoratthe InstituteofKoreanStudies,YonseiUniversity.
EdwardEdwardJ.J.ShultzShultzisprofessoremeritus,University ofHawai‘iatMānoa.
Koryŏsa TheHistoryofKoryŏ,AnnalsoftheKings, 918–1095(Two-volumeset)
EDITEDBYHOWARDKAHM,JOHNB.DUNCAN,PARKJONGKI,LEE JOUNGHOON,ANDEDWARDJ.SHULTZ
AmongtheKoreandynasties,theKoryŏdynasty(918–1392)on theKoreanpeninsulawasthefirsttohavecontactwiththe Westernworld.ItwasfromtheseinteractionswithKoryŏthatthe currentappellationof“Korea”wasderived.The Koryŏsa,orthe HistoryofKoryŏ,isoneofthemostsignificanthistoricaltextson theKoryŏdynasty.Astheprincipalsurvivinghistory,the Koryŏsaelucidatesthepolitics,society,economy,culture,andkey figuresofthisperiod.Althoughthe Koryŏsa wascompiledduring theChosŏndynasty(1392–1910),muchoftheknown informationaboutKoryŏiscontainedwithinthistext,makingit theprimaryresourceforunderstanding500yearsofpremodern Koreanhistory,culture,andcivilization.Thistranslationisthe firstfull-length,English-languagetranslationoftheintroductory sectionofthe TheHistoryofKoryŏ andthefirsttenvolumesof TheAnnalsoftheKings,rangingfromthedynasticfounder,T’aejo WangKŏn(r.918–943)tothefourteenthmonarch,Hŏnjong(r. 1095).ThenearlytwohundredyearsofKoryŏhistory encompassedwithintheseannalsprovideinvaluableinsightinto thebirthanddevelopmentofKoryŏstateandsociety,aswellas theritualsandpracticesofwarfare,diplomacy,andinternational relationswithneighboringterritories,includingtheKhitan, Jurchen,andSongChina.Thewealthofinformationprovidesa comprehensivesurveyofKorea’spast,offeringlessonsfrom historythatarerelevanttounderstandingmodern-dayKorea. MadeaccessibleforanEnglish-languageaudience,this translationwillinterestresearchersacrossEastAsianhistoryin variousfieldsincludingreligion,philosophy,andculture.
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288pages,6x9,9b&willustrations
Paper9780824898427$$28.0028.00s Cloth9780824896140$$72.0072.00s
JapanJapan//KoreaKorea//SociologySociology//MigrationMigrationStudiesStudies
HwajiHwajiShinShinisassociateprofessorinthe DepartmentofSociologyattheUniversityofSan Francisco.
NEWRELEASES BeingKorean,Becoming Japanese? Nationhood,Citizenship,andResistancein Japan HWAJISHIN “BeingKorean,BecomingJapanese? takesonthe'mythof homogeneity'oftenusedtoexplainJapan'srestrictionsregarding nation,state,andbelonging,aswellasracismtowardminoritygroups inhistoricalandcontemporarycontexts.HwajiShinboldlycentersand reclaimsthevoicesofKoreansasactiveagentsindefiningwhat nationhoodandcitizenshiphasmeantfortheircommunityinJapan andaskscriticalquestionsaboutthemeaningof'belonging'for Koreanslivingthereatdifferentpointsoverthelasthundredyears.”
—ErikErikRopersRopers,TowsonUniversity
“FocusingonthecaseofKoreansinJapan,HwajiShinconvincingly demonstratesthefluidrelationshipsbetweennationhood,citizenship, andmigrationpolicies.Bycriticallyanalyzingtheinteractionofthese socialforcesacrosstheprewar,wartime,andpostwarperiods,she highlightstheimportanceofnotoversimplifyinghistoriesandreveals fascinatingdetailsthatareoftenlostoroverlooked.”—JaneJaneH.H.
YamashiroYamashiro,MillsCollegeatNortheasternUniversity
InJapanthenumberof“SpecialPermanentResidents”—mostof whomareofKoreandescent,theso-called“Zainichi”—is decliningaccordingtogovernmentstatistics.Doesthismean KoreanslivinginJapanarebecomingJapanese?Thisvolume presentsacompellingsociologicalanalysisofKoreancolonial migrants’andtheirdescendants’politicsofself-identificationand theirongoingstruggleforsocialjustice.Centeringonthesocial andpoliticalexclusionofKoreans,thebookaskstwo fundamentalquestions:Whathastriggeredthehistorical transformationsofnationhood,citizenship,andmigration policiesintwentieth-andtwenty-first-centuryJapan?Howare thesetransformationsrelated?
HwajiShinchallengesthepersistentbeliefthatJapan’s ethno-racialhomogeneityisresponsibleforitsrestrictive citizenshipandimmigrationlaws.Shearguesthatthe relationshipsbetweennationhood,citizenship,andmigrationin Japanhavealwaysbeenfluidandhistoricallycontingentrather thancausalorstatic. BeingKorean,BecomingJapanese? drawson richhistoricaldatatoprovideapowerfulnarrativeabouthow KoreansinJapanhavedefiantlysurvivedandthrivedtoimpact thecountry’sideasandpoliciesofnationhood,citizenship,and migrationformorethanacentury.
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264pages,6x9,19b&willustrations,4incolor Paper9780824897512$$30.0030.00s
Cloth9780824899851$$75.0075.00s
AsiaPop!
KoreaKorea//CulturalCulturalStudiesStudies//MediaMediaStudiesStudies
PilPilHoHoKimKimisassociateprofessorofKoreanstudies intheDepartmentofEastAsianLanguagesand Literatures,TheOhioStateUniversity.
PolarizingDreams GangnamandPopularCultureinGlobalizing Korea PILHOKIM
“ThispowerfulstudywillbeeagerlyreadbythoseinKoreanstudies andbeyond.PilHoKimpresents‘Gangnam’asametonymforthe dreamsandcatastrophesofKoreanmodernityfromthe1970stothe present.Theemotional,cultural,andpoliticalentanglementsof variouspeopleswithindustrialization,ecologicalcrisis,anddisasters arethelifestoriesthatKimtellsthroughhissharpreadingofkey worksofliterature,film,andmusic.”—HyunHyunOkOkParkPark,YorkUniversity
AnyonegenuinelycuriousaboutwhatmakesSouthKoreanpop culturetickshouldlooknofurtherthanGangnam.Celebratedin asongbyanunlikelyK-popsuperstarnamedPsyin2012, Gangnamistheepicenterof Hallyu,theKoreanWave.Itisan exclusivezoneofprivilegeandwealththathasluredpopculture industriessincethe1980sandfueledtheaspirationsofSeoul’s middleclass,producinginitswakethe“dialecticalimages”ofthe moderncitydescribedbyWalterBenjamin:sweetdreamsand nightmares,visionsofheavenandhell,scenesofspectacularrises andgreatfalls.In PolarizingDreams,PilHoKimpresentsSouth Korea’sGangnam-styleurbandevelopmentasauniquecaseof culturalglobalizationintheageofsocialpolarization.
Unlikepreviousgenre-orindustry-focusedpublicationson Hallyu, PolarizingDreams mobilizessourcesthatmaybe unknowntomanyK-popfans—dissidentpoetryandprotest songsfromthe1980s,B-ratedadultfilms,tourbusdiscomusic, obscureearlyworksbyfamousauthorsandfilmmakers, interviewswithsexworkersandurbanentrepreneurs—toweave togetherGangnam’srichbackstoryandgivereadersadeeper appreciationofsuchacclaimedfilmsasBongJoonHo’s Parasite andLeeChang-dong’s Burning andtheNetflixdramaseries Squid Game.KimtakesanunflinchinglookatthedarkersideofKorean societythatincludesschoolbullying,entertainmentindustry scandals,andmisogynisticviolence,allofwhichhaveprovided compellingnarrativesforanincreasingnumberof Hallyu media products.TheGangnamportrayedinthisvolumeisthesiteof rampantdisastercapitalismandrisinginequalityaswellasthe engineofculturalandtechnologicalinnovation.Inshort, GangnamisattheheartofKorea’sglobal-polarization. AsoneofahandfulofbooksonKoreanculturalhistorythat bridgesthetwentiethandthetwenty-firstcenturies, Polarizing Dreams willhavealastingimpactonthestudyofKoreanpop cultureandbeyond.
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234pages,6x9,14b&willustrations Cloth9780824897604$$68.0068.00s AsiaPacificFlows
DiasporaDiaspora//SoutheastSoutheastAsiaAsia//PacificPacific//EconomicsEconomics// HistoryHistory
JuliaJuliaT.T.MartínezMartínezisassociateprofessorofhistoryat theUniversityofWollongong.
ClaireClaireLowrieLowrieisassociateprofessorofhistoryat theUniversityofWollongong.
GregorGregorBentonBentonisemeritusprofessoratCardiff University.
ChineseColonialEntanglements CommoditiesandTradersintheSouthern AsiaPacific,1880–1950
EDITEDBYJULIAT.MARTÍNEZ,CLAIRELOWRIE,ANDGREGOR BENTON ChineseColonialEntanglements takesanewgeographical approachtounderstandingtheChinesediaspora,shiningalight onChineseengagementinlabor,trade,andindustryinthe BritishcoloniesofthesouthernAsiaPacific.Startingfromthe 1880s,adecadewhenBritishcolonizationwasrapidlyexpanding andestablishingnewindustriesandtownships,thisvolume coverstheperiodupto1950,includingthe1930swheneconomic competitionsawnewracializedimmigrationrestrictions,andthe 1940swhenChinesetradersfoundnewopportunities.The editors,JuliaT.Martínez,ClaireLowrie,andGregorBenton, bringtogetherninehistoriansofChinesediasporainaneffortto breakdowntheboundariesoftraditionalareastudies. Collectively,thechaptersofferfreshcomparativeand transnationalperspectivesoneconomicentanglementsacrossa regionboundedbytheMalayarchipelago,Australia,New Zealand,andtheislandsofthewesternPacific.Historiesofwhite settlercoloniessuchasAustraliahavetendedtoviewChinese diasporicexperiencesthroughthelensofexclusionarypolitics andclosedborders.Thisbookchallengessuchinterpretations, bringingtotheforeChineseeconomicendeavorsthatconnected AustraliawithSoutheastAsiaandthePacific.
Thevolumebeginswithanintroductionthatmakesthecase foraregionalapproachtoChinesediasporahistory.Thisis followedbychaptersoncolonialcommodityproductionwhere Chinesetradersandworkerswerecentraltothedevelopmentof colonialbanana,phosphate,andfurnitureindustries.These industriesreflectthediversityofChineseroles,fromsmall businessownerstoindenturedworkersforBritishcolonial enterprise.Thebookthenexplorestheeconomicactivitiesof Chinesebusinesselitefromrevenuefarmingtointercolonial tradingandruralretail.Itpointstocolonialrestrictionson businessdevelopmentandexplainshowChineseenterprises soughttoovercomerestrictionsthroughrelationshipswith colonialleadersandbymobilizingChinesefamilyand transnationalbusinessnetworksincasestudiesfromBritish NorthBorneo,Australia,andSamoa.Relyingondiversesources, includingarchivalcorrespondence,Chinese-language newspapers,personallettersandoralhistories,theauthorsreveal theimportanceofsocial,familial,andpoliticalconnectionsin shapingtherelationshipsbetweenthecolonialauthoritiesand Chineseworkersandtraders. NEWRELEASES
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SoutheastSoutheastAsiaAsia//MigrationMigrationStudiesStudies//PoliticsPolitics&& Government Government//SociologySociology
MaryannMaryannBylanderBylanderisassociateprofessorof sociologyatLewis&ClarkCollege.
NEWRELEASES TheTrade-OffsofLegalStatus SafeMigration,Documentation,andDebtin SoutheastAsia MARYANNBYLANDER
TheTrade-OffsofLegalStatus exploresthecosts,risks,and unfreedomsproducedalongsidemigrantregularizationin SoutheastAsia.In2017,Thailand’smilitarygovernmentenacted anewmigrationlawcrackingdownonunauthorized employment,coupledwithanextensiveregularizationcampaign seekingtograntlegalstatustomigrantsalreadyworkinginthe country.Between2017and2018,morethanamillionmigrants gainedlegalstatus.Basedonmultisitedethnographyofthattime, andinformedbyadecadeofexperienceresearchingmigrant communitiesinCambodia,MaryannBylanderdescribesthe experiencesofCambodiansconfrontingThailand’sintensifying migrationinfrastructure.Inthisevolvinglandscape,migrations areincreasinglyshapedbyformalizeddocuments,complex systemsofbrokerage,collateralizeddebts,andstatecontrol. TraversingacrosstheCambodia-Thaiborderlands,thebook coversawiderange:fromdeportationcenters;topop-up documentationsites;tosafemigrationtrainings;tointernational policymeetings;andtomigrantcommunities.Throughvivid, accessiblestorytelling,theauthordescribestheexperiencesof CambodiansastheynavigateThailand’sincreasinglystrictand costlydocumentationregime.WhileCambodianswantlegal statusfortheprotectionstheybelieveitwilloffer,Bylandershows thatdocumentationhasambiguousandoftenunwanted effects—documentsareeasilyinvalidated,cancreateharsh constraints,androutinelyleadtonewdebts.Atthesametime, documentsdonotalwaysoffermeaningfulprotection,or improveworkingconditions.Together,thesestorieschallengethe discoursesandprogrammingof“safemigration”campaigns, whichareagrowingareaofengagementfornongovernmental andinternationalorganizations.Whilesafe-migrationefforts assumethatregular,orderlymigrationswillproducesafer,more beneficialmigrations,theexperiencesofCambodiansinThailand suggestotherwise.
TheTrade-OffsofLegalStatus isthefirstbooktoexplorethe livesofCambodianmigrantsinThailand,offeringinsightto studentsandscholarsinsociology,anthropology,development studies,geography,migrationstudies,andSoutheastAsian studies.Throughitsgroundedexplorationofacaseofmigration, thebookoffersarareethnographicportraitofmigrationand developmentinSoutheastAsia.
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260pages,6x9,8b&willustrations Cloth9780824895747$$70.0070.00s
SoutheastSoutheastAsiaAsia//HistoryHistory//ReligionReligion
SvenSvenTrakulhunTrakulhunteacheshistoryintheDepartment forLanguagesandCulturesofSoutheastAsia, UniversitätHamburg,andisanadjunctprofessor forhistoryatUniversitätPotsdam.
ConfrontingChristianity TheProtestantMissionandtheBuddhist ReformMovementinNineteenth-Century Thailand
SVENTRAKULHUN ConfrontingChristianity exploresthehistoryofreligious encountersbetweenChristianmissionariesandThaiBuddhists duringthenineteenthcentury,aperiodofWesternimperialism inSoutheastAsiathatfundamentallytransformedSiamese societyandreligiousinstitutions.Fromabout1830onward, discussionsonreligionbecameacentralarenaofconflict betweenrivalregimesofknowledgeinThailand,confronting traditionalBuddhistviewsonnatureandman’sexistencewiththe idealsandpracticesofscienceandrationalismcomingfromthe West.Protestantmissionaries,mostlyfromtheUnitedStates, becameimportantbrokersofknowledge,asoneoftheirstrengths wastheabilitytoofferreligionintandemwithmodernscience andtechnology.HistorianSvenTrakulhunexplainswhythe intrusionofevangelicalChristianitystrengthenedthepositionof TheravādaBuddhismratherthanunderminingpeople’sbeliefin traditionalformsofworship.
BasedonawiderangeofThaiandWesternprimarysources, thevolumedescribeshowChristianmissionariesunwittingly contributedtothemakingofwhatscholarsofBuddhismhave laterrenderedas“Buddhistmodernism.”InresponsetoChristian assaultsonthetraditionalcosmology,Buddhistreformers fashionedanorthodoxversionofBuddhismthatacknowledged thefindingsofmodernscienceandatthesametimedeemed evenmorerationalthanChristianity.Thisneworthodoxybecame amajorsourceofmoralauthorityforThaikingsandan importantideologyforpushingtheirclaimsforreligious leadershipintheTheravādaBuddhistworld.Trakulhunoffersa thoroughstudyoftheencounterbetweenChristianityand BuddhismandplacesthehistoryofSiameseTheravāda Buddhismwithinthebroadcontextofglobalintellectualhistory.
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NewSoutheastAsia:Politics,Meaning,and Memory
SoutheastSoutheastAsiaAsia//HistoryHistory
ThearaThearaThunThunisaresearchfellowunderthe ResearchGrantsCouncilPostdoctoralFellowship Scheme,FacultyofEducation,TheUniversityof HongKong.
NEWRELEASES EpistemologyofthePast Texts,History,andIntellectualsof Cambodia,1855–1970
THEARATHUN “Readerslearnfromthisbook’sfascinatingstoryabouttheselective appropriations,translations,andactivenegotiationsbyKhmer intellectualsintheencounterswithcolonialhistoriography.Thuntells usbeyondhistoriographyintransitionbutalsotheintellectualhistory ofmodernCambodia.”—ThongchaiThongchaiWinichakulWinichakul,Universityof Wisconsin-Madison
“EpistemologyofthePast offersacompellingandnewportraitofthe dynamiclandscapeofCambodiantextualproductionincolonialrule andofthewriters,translators,andscholarswhochartednewwaysof seeing,framingandrecordingthepast.Interweavingmonasterial chronicles,schooltextbooks,courtballet,andpopculture,Theara Thunbrilliantlyandpainstakinglyreconstructstheemergenceofnew formsofhistoriographyacrossseveralcriticaldecadesinCambodia’s modernhistory.Animportantcontributiontoscholarshipon indigenousepistemologies,translation,andonthecollectivehistorical imagination.”—PennyPennyEdwardsEdwards,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
Theencounterofindigenoushistory-makingtraditionwith WesternhistoricalpracticehasbeenlongneglectedinSoutheast Asianscholarship.ThearaThunoffersoneofthefirstcriticaland systematicstudiesoftheinterfacebetweenthesetwodistinctive modesofhistoricalpresentationandtheirimpactsonsociety.By examininghistoricaldiscoursesonCambodiathroughthe precolonial,colonial,andpost-independenceyears,hepresentsa compellingaccountofindigenousscholars,withvarying perspectives,whoadvocatedcompetingversionsofhistory.Thun arguesthatnewdiscoursesaboutnationalhistoryemergedby drawingon,reconfiguring,combining,or,inmanycases, rejectingolderdiscoursesofprecolonialhistoricalscholarship.
EpistemologyofthePast examineshowcertaintypesand formsofhistoricalknowledgearecreated,understood,andused withinagivencontextandhowthatknowledgehasevolvedover time.Thebookbringstogetherandcriticallyexploresalarge collectionoforiginalmanuscriptsandprintedtexts—notably, Khmerchroniclemanuscriptsandcolonial-eraworksofFrench scholar-officials.Thun’sanalysisdisclosesmultilayersof intellectualtraditionsanddiverseviewsofCambodianand,more broadly,SoutheastAsianscholarsengagingwithEuropean colonialscholarship.
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232pages,6x9,9b&willustrations Cloth9780824897550$$75.0075.00s ContemporaryBuddhism
SoutheastSoutheastAsiaAsia//BuddhismBuddhism//Anthropology Anthropology
RyosukeRyosukeKuramotoKuramotoisassociateprofessorof culturalanthropologyattheInstituteforAdvanced StudiesonAsia,UniversityofTokyo.
NEWRELEASES LivingwiththeVinaya AnEthnographyofMonasticisminMyanmar RYOSUKEKURAMOTO “LivingwiththeVinaya isanexceptionallystrongbookthatwillseta standardforethnographyofTheravadamonasticism.Itisaninsightful explorationofissuesofmonasticgovernanceandhowthesupportof monksshapesBurmesesocietyasawhole.”—AliciaAliciaTurnerTurner,York University
AroundthefirstcenturyBCE,Buddhistmonksformed monasteriesandestablishedrelationshipswithkingsandlay people.Therulesmonksliveby,theVinaya,areapivotalsource ofmeaningforthemandtheirdealingswithsocietyandformthe basisofmultiplemonasticismsacrossgeographicalregionsand throughouthistory.ThewaysinwhichtheVinayaisunderstood andpracticed,therefore,musttakeintoaccountthekindof monasticismthatemergesfromit.In LivingwiththeVinaya, RyosukeKuramotoexaminestheprocessofcreatingmonasticism incontemporaryMyanmarbyfocusingonhowmonksacquire, possess,andconsumematerialgoods.
Toliveasamonkmeanstoobtainresourcesfromsociety andtoownandusetheseaccordingtomonasticrules.Overthe centuries,asmonksinteractedmorewiththeworldbeyondthe monastery,thequestionofwhatamonk“shouldbe”becamea concernfornotonlymonks,butalsogovernmentauthoritiesand laypeople.HowmonksinterpretedandobservedtheVinaya becameaquestionoflegitimacyandpower.Kuramoto’s ethnographicanalysisrevealstheconstant(re)creationof monasticisminMyanmarresultingfromtheinteractionsbetween monksandthesegroupsinresponsetothisquestion.He identifiessomeofthekeymechanismsbywhichmonasticismand broaderBuddhistinstitutionsarecreatedandtransformedand concludesthatmonasticgovernanceisinseparablefromthe Buddhiststateandthesocietythatsurroundsit.
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SoutheastSoutheastAsiaAsia//HistoryHistory
KathrynKathrynDytDytisaBritishAcademyPostdoctoral FellowintheHistoryDepartmentatSOAS, UniversityofLondon.
TheNatureofKingship TheWeather-WorldinNineteenth-Century Vietnam KATHRYNDYT “KathrynDyt’s TheNatureofKingship isanexcitingandimportant contributiontoourunderstandingofnineteenth-centuryVietnamese kingshipasseenthroughthelensofweather.Herhighlyengaging book,basedonawidereadingofprimarysourcesandsecondary scholarship,exploreshowVietnameseemperorsthoughtaboutand soughttocontrolweatherphenomenathroughouttheirkingdom.Dyt convincinglydemonstratesthatbothphenomenologicaland conceptualweatherelementswerecentraltoimperialthinkingandto Vietnameserulemoregenerally.Indoingso,shechallenges conventionalportrayalsoftheseemperorssimplyasmilitaryor politicalstrategists,ratherthanasrulerswithparticularrelationships totheirlandsandpeople.”—GeorgeGeorgeDuttonDutton,UniversityofCalifornia, LosAngeles
TheNatureofKingship isaninnovativeexplorationofdynastic powerandtheenvironmentinnineteenth-centuryVietnam.It offersimportantinsightsintoVietnamesekingshipbydelving intotheintricateworkingsoftheNguyễncourtandits interactionswiththenaturalworld.Weavingtogetheraricharray ofsourcesincludingofficialhistories,royalpoetry,astrological manuals,geographytexts,andprovincialgazetteers,KathrynDyt vividlydemonstrateshowNguyễngovernanceandcourt hierarchieswereintertwinedwithapowerful,agentive,and emotional“weather-world”—aworldinhabitedbyecological actorssuchasrain,wind,land,andskies.
WhilepreviousnarrativeshaveoftenfaultedNguyễnrulers forbeingaloofanddetachedfromtheirsurroundings,thisnew studyconsidershowNguyễndynasticrulewasinfacthighly responsivetoitssettingandsensitivetotheenvironment.It showsthatNguyễnkingswerenotstatic,inertindividuals,cutoff fromtheworld,butratherwereintenselyengagedwiththeir environmentanditscosmologicalandspiritualdimensions. Placingkingsinthethickoflivedexperience,inalandperceived tobealiveandresponsivetohumanincantations,prayers,and pleas,thisaccountdemonstrateshowNguyễnrulersconsolidated theirauthoritythroughdisplaysofsuperiorweatherknowledge andmodesofaffectiverulerootedinreciprocalemotional resonancewiththeweather-world.Exploringkingshipfrom phenomenologicalperspectives,thiswide-reachingstudy addressesdiverseformsofcourtengagementwiththe environment,includingtheobservationofastronomicaland meteorologicalphenomena,divinationpractices,rainmaking rituals,travelthroughthekingdom,thewritingofenvironmental histories,andimperialpoetry.
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BuddhismBuddhism//ArchitectureArchitecture//ArtArtHistoryHistory
SujathaSujathaArundathiArundathiMeegamaMeegamaistheRobertH.N.Ho FamilyFoundationSeniorLecturerinBuddhistArt HistoryattheCourtauldInstituteofArt.
NEWRELEASES TemplestotheBuddhaandthe Gods TransnationalDrāviḍaTraditionof ArchitectureinSriLanka
SUJATHAARUNDATHIMEEGAMA “Meegamaexaminesarangeofevidence—archaeologicalremains, poetry,architecture,inscriptions—andsynthesizesdisparateliterature onthereligiouscultures,architecture,andhistoryofSriLankainthe latermedievalandearlymodernperiodstodemonstratethatthere wasagreaterdegreeofsharedarchitecturalforms,ritualpractices, andpatternsofpatronageamongthediversecommunitiesofthe islandoverthislongperiod.Bysituatingthearchitectureoftheisland withinawiderSouthAsianandIndianOceanframeworkofanalysis, TemplestotheBuddhaandtheGods contributestorecent scholarshiponglobalnetworksandthecirculationofknowledge,as wellasonvisualandmaterialculture.”—CrispinCrispinBranfootBranfoot,SOAS UniversityofLondon
TemplestotheBuddhaandtheGods analyzesthepatronageof diverseimagehousesbuiltinthetransnationalDravidatradition ofarchitectureinSriLanka—anarchitecturaltraditionthathas beenadoptedacrosstheIndianOcean,fromthepremodernto thecontemporary.AlthoughtheDravidatraditionisgenerally associatedwithHindutemplearchitecture,inSriLankaitwas deployedtobuildtemplestotheBuddhaaswellastoHinduand Buddhistdeities.Framedalongethno-religiousbinaries,itisseen as“foreign”or“provincial”inpreviousstudiesofSriLanka’sart histories.Incontrast,thisbookarguesthattemplesconstructed intheDravidaarchitecturaltraditioninthemedievalandthe earlymodernperiodsinSriLankashouldbeunderstoodaspart ofthelargertransnationalarchitecturaltradition.Sujatha ArundathiMeegamabringstogetherdifferenttypesofimage housesbuiltbyvariouspatrons(e.g.,monarchs,monks, ministers,andmerchants)thatwerepreviouslyconsideredin isolationandrarelyincludedintheSriLankanarthistorical canon.
Examiningarangeofevidence—architecture,inscriptions, andpoetry—andsynthesizingdisparatescholarshiponthe religiousculturesandthearthistoriesofSriLanka,theauthor illustratesthattherewasastrongpresenceofsharedarchitectural traditions,sharedpatternsofpatronage,andsharedreligious practicesamongthediversecommunitiesonthisisland. Revealingthecentralityofthisarchitecturaltradition, Templesto theBuddhaandtheGods offersanewperspectivethat contextualizestheculturaltraditionofSriLankaanditsplacein theinterconnectedworldofIndianOcean.
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SouthSouthAsiaAsia//AnthropologyAnthropology//Environment Environment
ArneArneHarmsHarmsisaseniorresearchfellowattheMax PlanckInstituteforSocialAnthropology,Halle/ Saale.OpenAccesspublicationofthisbookwas madepossiblebytheMaxPlanckInstitutefor SocialAnthropologyOpenAccessFund.
EnduringErosions EnvironmentalDisplacementandRelocation onIndia’sSinkingCoasts
ARNEHARMS “Beautifullywritten, EnduringErosions shedsimportantlightonalittle understoodbutmuchdiscussedphenomenonthatmanyscholars continuetomakecarelessassumptionsabout.Itskillfullycombinesa socio-technicaldiscussionoferosionwithaprofoundlyethnographic accountofhowcoastalcommunitiesperceiveit.Mostimportantly,it providesacriticalcorrectivetoportrayalsofthoseonthebleeding edgeofenvironmentalchangeaspassivevictimsofbroadersystems.”
—JasonJasonConsCons,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin
“ArneHarmscombinesnuancedtheoreticalorientationtothe anthropologyofdisasterswithcareful,sensitive,andinsightful ethnographicattentiontotheexperienceoflivinginthefaceof erosion.Hisworkcontributestoagrowingliteratureonthewaysthat theimpactsofclimatechangeintheSundarbansregionareentangled withthecomplicatedphysicalandsocialhistoriesofecological change.Ateveryturn,Harmsrefusestidyexplanationsofcausality andresponsibilityforthetransformationshappeninginthiscoastal landscape,bringingintofocusthecomplexpracticesofinhabitingand makingmeaningoflivelihoodsandlandscapesinflux.”—KasiaKasia PaprockiPaprocki,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience
Astheworlddebateswhatclimatechangehasinstoreforits low-lyingcoasts,thepeopleofIndia’sSundarbans,locatedatthe southwesternedgeoftheGangesdelta,haveweatheredshrinking andsinkinglandsfordecades.ArneHarmsfollowsislandersas theynavigateandlookbackontheexperienceofcollapsing embankments,recurrentfloods,and,ultimately,the disappearanceoflandandhomesteads.Challengingthe all-too-convenientnotionof“climaterefugees,”Harmscontends thatislandersarenottheobstinatevictimsofarisingseaorthat thesubmergingofislandscanbeblamedonclimatechangealone. Situatingsea-levelriseamidstenvironmentaltransformationand staterelations, EnduringErosions lookstopastandpresent experiencesintheSundarbansasawindowintowhatthefuture hasinstoreforpeopleonmanyofAsia’slow-lying,crowded shores.
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182pages,7x10
Paper9798880700608$$25.0025.00
Mānoa:APacificJournalofInternationalWriting SouthSouthAsiaAsia//DiasporaDiaspora//LiteratureLiterature
RajivRajivMohabirMohabiristheauthoroffourbooksofpoetry, including WhaleAria (FourWayBooks,2023)and Cutlish (FourWayBooks,2021),whichwasa finalistfortheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward andrecipientoftheEricHofferMedalProvocateur. Hispoetryandnonfictionhavebeenfinalistsfor the2022PEN/AmericaOpenBookAward,the LambdaLiteraryAwardinPoetryandinNonfiction, theRandyShiltsAwardforGayNonfiction,and bothsecondplaceandfinalistfortheGuyanaPrize forLiteraturein2022(poetryandmemoir, respectively).HistranslationswontheHarold MortonLandonTranslationAwardfromthe AmericanAcademyofPoetsin2020.Heisan assistantprofessorofpoetryattheUniversityof Colorado,Boulder.
S.S.ShankarShankar,anovelist,critic,andtranslator, teachesattheUniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoa, whereheisaprofessorofEnglish.
NEWRELEASES KaraheeFromTheCaneFields WritingFromTheCoolieDiaspora GUESTEDITOR:RAJIVMOHABIR;SERIESEDITOR:S.SHANKAR
KaraheefromtheCaneFields:WritingfromtheCoolieDiaspora bringstogethertheliteratureoftheglobalSouthAsianLabor Diasporaandexploreshowwriterslivewiththelegacyof indenturedidentity.Duringthehistoryofindenturefromthe 1830stothe1920s,adifferentkindofracializedbondagereplaced thetransatlanticslavetradeandbrandedthemanyservantsof EuropeanEmpireasCoolie.ThewordCooliecomesfromthe dehumanizationofpeopleunderImperialrule,whichturned CooliesintotheproductofwhatAiméCésairecalled thingification.
Duringthisperiod,theBritishandotherEuropeans displacedIndians—somebytheirownvolitionandothersby force—mainlyfromtheportsofCalcuttaandMadrastothe settlementsandcoloniesinFiji,Mauritius,Reunion,South Africa,Jamaica,Trinidad,Guyana,andSuriname.Fromandout oftheseplantationcommunitiesofsurvivalandresilience,the writersin KaraheefromtheCaneFields exploretheirancestralties tolandandindenture,questionwhattheinheritanceofthecane fieldis,andhowthecane-sapresiduemarksthedescendantsof thissystemofindenture.Inthiscollection,emergingand well-knownvoicesfromtheCoolieLaborDiasporagatherin poetry,fiction,nonfiction,translation,song,andgraphicverse. Alongsidetheoftenwrittenaboutconcernfororiginsand culturalholdoversfromancestralIndia,thewritersassembledin this karahee,this mehfil offlavors,ask: Whatnow?
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LindaLindaPaikPaikMoriartyMoriartywasbornandraisedonthe islandofKaua‘iwhereshecurrentlyresides.She grewupinahouseholdwhereHawaiianartsand craftswerepracticedasanintegralpartof everydaylife.SheisagraduateoftheUniversityof Hawai‘iandhastraveledextensivelyinAsiaand thePacificIslandswithalifelonginterestin observingandcollectingtraditionalnativearts.
LINDAPAIKMORIARTY
LeiNiʻihau ShellLeiofNiʻihau LINDAPAIKMORIARTY LindaPaikMoriarty’s Ni‘ihauShellLeis,publishedin1986,was thefirstbooktodocumentthisuniqueandenduringHawaiian art.Ni‘ihau,theprivatelyownedandleastpopulatedofthe HawaiianIslands,wastraditionallyknownforfinewovenmats anddecoratedgourds.Leipūpū,thetraditionoffashioningleiof tinyshellsfromtheisland’spristinebeaches,isnowitsmost celebratedandcherishedartform,passedfromonegenerationto thenext.Withall-newphotographsbyShuzoUemoto, Lei Ni‘ihau:ShellLeiofNi‘ihau isastunningupdateofthe1986work. Itfeaturesthreegenerationsofleimakersaswellasthehistory andevolutionoftheNi‘ihaushellleifromthetimeofCaptain JamesCook’sthirdvoyagetotoday.Textandphotographs describehowtheirheritage,richenduringculture,andsweeping landscapesofNi‘ihauprovideinspirationforthelei makers.Todaytheshelllei,alongwiththepurityofNi‘ihau‘ōlelo Hawai‘i,iswhatidentifiesthepeopleofNi‘ihauandsetsthem apartfromotherHawaiians.Ni‘ihaushellleihaveevolvedfrom personalandgroupexpressionsofalohatoafineartrecognized globally,astheyarewornandtreasuredbyHawaiiansand non-Hawaiiansalike.Theartistryofgenerationsofleimakers stemsfromthestrengthoffamilyandcommunity,theirdeep spiritualbeliefs,andthevalueofthelei.Nowhereelseinthe worldareseashellsfashionedintogarlandsheldinsuchesteem.
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AsianPerspectives
TheJournalofArchaeologyfor AsiaandthePacific
FRANCISALLARD,BÉRÉNICE BELLINA-PRYCE,ANDJULIES. FIELD,EDITORS
AsianPerspectives istheleading peer-reviewedarchaeological journaldevotedtotheprehistoryof AsiaandthePacificregion.In additiontoarchaeology,itfeatures articlesandbookreviewson ethnoarchaeology, palaeoanthropology,physical anthropology,andethnographyof interestandusetotheprehistorian. Internationalspecialistscontribute regionalreportssummarizing currentresearchandfieldwork,and presenttopicalreportsof significantsites.Occasionalspecial issuesfocusonsingletopics. Availableonlineandinprint.
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AsianTheatreJournal TheOfficialPublicationofthe AssociationforAsian Performance
SIYUANLIU,EDITOR
AsianTheatreJournal isdedicated totheperformingartsofAsia, focusinguponbothtraditionaland moderntheatricalforms.Itaimsto facilitatetheexchangeof knowledgethroughoutthe internationaltheatricalcommunity forthemutualbenefitofall interestedscholarsandartists.This engaging,interculturaljournal offersdescriptiveandanalytical articles,originalplaysandplay translations,bookandaudiovisual reviews,andreportsofcurrent theatricalactivitiesinAsia. Full-colorandblack-and-white photographsillustrateeachissue. Availableonlineandinprint.
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YOUNG-JUNLEE,EDITOR Azalea promotesKoreanliterature amongEnglish-languagereaders. Thejournalincludesworksof contemporaryKoreanwritersand poets,aswellasessaysandbook reviewsbyKoreanstudies professorsintheUnitedStates. Azalea introducestotheworldnew writersaswellaspromising translators,providingtheacademic communityofKoreanstudieswith well-translatedtextsforcollege courses.Writersfromaroundthe worldalsosharetheirexperienceof Koreanliteratureorculturewith wideraudiences.Availableonline andinprint.
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Biography AnInterdisciplinaryQuarterly CYNTHIAFRANKLIN,CRAIGHOWES, L.AYUSARAWATI,ANDJOHN ZUERN,EDITORS
Foroverfortyyears, Biography has beenanimportantforumfor well-consideredbiographical scholarship.Itfeaturesstimulating articlesthatexplorethetheoretical, generic,historical,andcultural dimensionsoflife-writing;andthe integrationofliterature,history,the arts,andthesocialsciencesasthey relatetobiography.Eachissuealso offersinsightfulreviews,concise excerptsofreviewspublished elsewhere,anannualbibliography ofworksaboutbiography,and listingsofupcomingevents,calls forpapers,andnewsfromthefield. Availableonlineandinprint.
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Buddhist-Christian Studies TheOfficialPublicationofthe SocietyforBuddhist-Christian Studies
THOMASCATTOIANDKRISTIN JOHNSTONLARGEN,EDITORS Ascholarlyjournaldevotedto BuddhismandChristianityand theirhistoricalandcontemporary interrelationships, Buddhist-ChristianStudies presentsthoughtfularticles, conferencereports,andbook reviews.Italsoincludessectionson comparativemethodologyand historicalcomparisons,aswellas ongoingdiscussionsfromtwo dialogueconferences:the TheologicalEncounterwith Buddhism,andtheJapanSociety forBuddhist-ChristianStudies. Subscriptionisalsoavailable throughmembershipintheSociety forBuddhist-ChristianStudies. Availableonlineandinprint.
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ChineseStudies International
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ChineseStudiesInternational presentstimely,English-language reviewsofrecentlypublished China-relatedbooksand monographsfromChina,Taiwan, HongKong,Japan,Europe,the U.S.,andelsewhere.Its multidisciplinaryscopeand internationalcoveragemakeitan indispensabletoolforallthose interestedinChinesecultureand civilization,andenablethe sinologisttokeepabreastof cutting-edgescholarshipin Chinesestudies.
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CHINOPERL
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Thejournalwelcomessubmissions onChineseoralandperforming literature,whetherhistorical, descriptive,theoretical,or interdisciplinaryinnature. Submissionandsubscription informationcanbefoundat uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/chp. CHINOPERL’s50-yeararchiveis alsonowavailableonProject MUSE(https://muse.jhu.edu/ journals/chinoperl).
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TheHawaiianJournalofHistory isanannualjournaldevotedto originalarticlesonthehistoryof Hawai‘i,Polynesia,andthePacific area.Eachissueincludesarticleson avarietyofsubjects;illustrations; bookreviews;notesandqueries; andabibliographyofrecent Hawaiianatitlesofhistorical interest.Individualsubscriptionis throughmembershipinthe HawaiianHistoricalSociety. Availableonlineandinprint.
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Establishedin1996, TheJournalof BurmaStudies isthepremier peer-reviewedacademicprint journalthatfocusesexclusivelyon Burma. JBS isjointlysponsoredby theBurmaStudiesGroupandthe CenterforBurmaStudiesat NorthernIllinoisUniversity. JBS seekstopublishthebest scholarlyresearchfocusedon Burma/Myanmar,itsethnic nationality,statelessanddiasporic culturesfromavarietyof disciplines,rangingfromart historyandreligiousstudies,to economicsandlaw.Thejournal drawstogetherresearchandcritical reflectiononBurma/Myanmar fromscholarsacrossAsia,North America,andEurope.
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The JournalofPolynesian ArchaeologyandResearch isan open-access,peer-reviewedjournal co-sponsoredbytheEasterIsland Foundation(EIF)andtheSociety forHawaiianArchaeology(SHA). Thisjournalservesasaforumto bringtogetherimportantresearch andconversationsaround archaeology,history,andheritage managementinPolynesia,andaims toalignseveralsharedgoalsofthe EIFandSHA.Thejournalwill publishresearcharticles, commentaries,andreviewsthatare ofrelevancetostakeholdersand practitionersofarchaeologyand relatedresearchinPolynesia.
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The JournalofWorldHistory publishesresearchintohistorical questionsrequiringthe investigationofevidenceona global,comparative,cross-cultural, ortransnationalscale.Itisdevoted tothestudyofphenomenathat transcendtheboundariesofsingle states,regions,orcultures,suchas large-scalepopulationmovements, long-distancetrade,cross-cultural technologytransfers,andthe transnationalspreadofideas. Individualsubscriptionisby membershipintheWorldHistory Association.Availableonlineand inprint.
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Title&AuthorIndex Ames,RogerT. 37
Aalgaard,ScottW. 37
Allen,GeraldR. 39
Arugay, Aries 40
ASEAN Post-2025 41
Alatas, Afra 43
Ashfold,Matthew 43
Asian Perspectives 44
Allard, Francis 44
Asian Theatre Journal 44
Azalea 44
Alves, Mark J. 48
Bergin, Billy 2
Bae, Christopher J. 10
Buddhism and Healing in the Modern World 13
Being Korean, Becoming Japanese? 26
Benton, Gregor 28
Bylander, Maryann 29
Bissinger, Jared 41
Beyond Slacktivism 41
Bhattacharya,Pritish 41
Bo, Ma 43
Buckley, Joe 43
Bellina-Pryce, Bérénice 44
Biography 45
Buddhist-Christian Studies 45
Baker,Don 48
Chen,Tina 12
Cheung,Kin 13
Countless Sands 14 20, Covell, Stephen G. 21
Chinese Colonial Entanglements 28
Confronting Christianity 30
China Mysteries 37
Culver,AnnikaA. 37
Collins,LanceD. 39
Contesting the Philippines 40
Colombier, Alexandra 42
China’s Cultural Diplomacy in Indonesia 42
China as a Rising Norm Entrepreneur: Examining GDI, GSI and GCI 42
Cattoi, Thomas 45
Chinese Studies International 45
CHINOPERL 46
Candier,Aurore 47
Dialogues with a Trickster 4
Deane,Susannah 13
Duncan,JohnB. 25
Dyt, Kathryn 33
Democratizing Luxury 37
Das, Sanchita Basu 41
Duffy, David 50
Eubanks, Charlotte 12
Early Ryukyuan History 23
EpistemologyofthePast 31
Enduring Erosions 35
Ethics of Belonging 37
Eller,LisaHuynh 39
Erdmann,MarkV. 39
Encinas-Franco, Jean 40
Enhancing ASEAN’s Role in Critical Mineral Supply Chains 42
Finding Home, a Hawaiian Petrel’s Journey 3
Fundamental Spoken Chinese Second Edition, Teacher’s Manual 6
Fundamental Spoken Chinese Second Edition
7
Fundamental Written Chinese Second Edition, Teacher’s Manual 8
Fundamental Written Chinese Second Edition
9
Frost, Dennis J. 20
Field, Julie S. 44 Franklin, Cynthia 45
Filipino American National Historical Society Journal 46
Global Asias 12
Green Star Japan 16
Gardiner,DavidL. 39
Games, Changes, and Fears 40
Global Methane Pledge 43
Huebner, Stefan 15
Heé, Nadin 15
Hoon, Lee Joung 25
Harms, Arne 35
Homesick Blues 37
Historical Investigations in West Maui 39 Hung, Jason 40
Halimatusa’diyah,Iim 41
Hutchinson,FrancisE 41
How Thailand’s Move Forward Party’s Fandom Strategy Shaped the 2023 General Election 42
Hoon, Chang Yau 42
Huda, Mirza Sadaqat 42
Howes, Craig 45
Halagao, Patricia Espiritu 46
Isaki, Bianca K. 39
Indonesia’s Moderate Muslim Websites and Their Fight Against Online Islamic Extremism 43
Jongki,Park 25
Journal of Daoist Studies 47
Journal of Korean Religions 48
Journal of Polynesian Archaeology and Research 48
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 48
Journal of World History 49
Kuwada,BryanKamaoli 1
Kneubuhl, Victoria Nalani 5
Krutak, Lars 11
Kim, Seong Uk 24
Koryŏsa 25
Kahm, Howard 25
Kim, Pil Ho 27
Kuramoto, Ryosuke 32
Karahee From The Cane Fields 36
Kinkley, Jeffrey C. 37
Kūkai 39
Kewalramani, Manoj 42
Kohn, Livia 47
Kim,Seong-nae 48
Korean Studies 49
Kim,CheehyungHarrison 49
Kaufman,Daniel 50
Loyal to the Land 2
Loebel-Fried,Caren 3
Lin,Jiayan 6, 7, 8, 9
Lee,Margaret 6, 7, 8, 9
Lowrie,Claire 28
Living with the Vinaya 32
Larson, Erica M. 37
LeiNiʻihau 38
Lin,Joanne 42
Lunt,Mark 43
Liu,Siyuan 44
Lee, Young-Jun 44
Largen, Kristin Johnston 45
Language Documentation & Conservation 49
Lyon,Jeffrey(Kapali) 51
McArthur,PhillipH. 4
Moser,Jeffrey 14
Miller,IanJ. 15
Miller,Laura 18
McMullen,MatthewD. 19
Monks and Literati 24
Martínez,JuliaT. 28
Meegama, Sujatha Arundathi 34
Mohabir, Rajiv 36
Memories of Unbelonging 37
Moriarty,LindaPaik 38
Mulligan,AmiMālie 39
Malaysia’s Responses to Issues Pertaining to Palestine 40
Musa, Mohd Faizal 40
Myanmar’s Resistance and the Future of Border Trade 41
Ming,OngKian 41
Martinus,Melinda 42
Muhajir,Ahmad 43
Managing China-Singapore Relations amid US-China Rivalry 43
Monberg, Terese Guinsatao 46
Miller, James 47
Mulrooney,Mara 48
Mitchell,LauraJ. 49
Mānoa 50
Mizuta, Miya Elise 51
Mizuta, Noriko 52
Navigating Islands 5
Ng, Irene 39
Nakamura, Kelli Y 47
Oceanic Japan 15
Occult Hunting and Supernatural Play in Japan 18
Onn, Lee Poh 42
Oceanic Linguistics 50
Otsuka,Yuko 50
Protass,Jason 14
Polarizing Dreams 27
Putting Women Up 40
Prosperity or Predicament? 42
Permono, Prakoso 43
Pacific Science 50
Palapala 51
Philosophy East and West 51
Perkins, Franklin 51
Rapley, Ian 16
Religion and Sport in Japan 20
Reference Guide to the Archaeology of West Maui 39
Richardson, Brian 39
Reef Fishes of the East Indies, Second edition 39
Rood, Steven 40
Rahman,Serina 42
Razak,Anjulie 43
Review of Japanese Culture and Society 51
Revels,CraigS. 52
Sanders,Robert 6, 7, 8, 9
Salguero,C.Pierce 13
Smith,ZacharyT. 20
Sōtō Zen Text Project 22
Smits,Gregory 23
Shultz,EdwardJ. 25
Shin,Hwaji 26
Shankar,S. 36, 50
Setijadi,Charlotte 37
S. Rajaratnam, The Authorised Biography, Volume One 39
Shukri, Syaza 41
Shifting to a Higher Gear 41
Scrutinizing the DAP’s Success in the 2023 Malaysian State Elections 41
Seah, Sharon 42, 42
Suvannaphakdy, Sithanonxay 42
Suryana,A’an 43
Suryana,A’an 43
Sarawati,L.Ayu 45
Shen,Jing 46
Swift,Jillian 48
Sapién,Racquel-María 49
The Mana of Translation 1
Buddhism in Contemporary Japan 21
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye 22
The Trade-Offs of Legal Status 29
Trakulhun, Sven 30
Thun, Theara 31
Temples to the Buddha and the Gods
Tianxia in Comparative Perspectives
The Nature of Kingship 33 34 37
Tan, Sor-hoon 37
Taylor, Veronica L 40
Tan, Netina 40
Thung, Ju-Lan 40, 41
Tay, Simon 41
Timor-Leste in ASEAN 42
The Debate on the Ba’Alawi Lineage in Indonesia 43
The Labour Politics of App-Based Driving in Vietnam 43
Terrorism in Indonesia and the Perceived Oppression of Muslims Worldwide 43
Tse, Emily Oi Yen 43
The Contemporary Pacific 46
Teaiwa, Katerina 46
The Hawaiian Journal of History 47 47
Tolentino, Blaine Namahana
The Journal of Burma Studies 47
Understanding the Role of Indonesian Millennials in Shaping the Nation’s Future 40
U.S.–Japan Women’s Journal
52
Visiting Sexual Exploitation 40
Varkkey,Helena 43
Welker,James 17
Whose Future? 39
Weiss, Meredith L 40
Wihardja, Maria Monica 40
Why Young Malay Voters in Malaysia Are “Turning Green” 41
The Paleoanthropology of Eastern Asia
Schapper,Antoinette 50 10
Tattoo Traditions of Asia 11
Tsutsui, William 15
Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan 17
The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions 19
Thomas, Jolyon Baraka 19
The Teaching and Teachings of Temple
Wong,YongJie 43
Wang,Robin 47
Yang, Steven Y. H. 37
Yeremia, Ardhitya Eduard
Yawanarajah, Shareen
Yue, Ming-Bao 45
Yearbook of the APCG
Zuern, John 45
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