Burmese Buddhist Political Thought
A review of Politics in the Moral Universe: Burmese Buddhist Political Thought, by Matthew J. Walton Our cultural upbringing, our mores and customs, our manners…
Category Archives: East, South & Southeast Asia
Red Tourism in China
A review of Production, Transmission, and Consumption of Red Tourism in China: A Model of the Circuit of Red Heritage and Tourism, by Shengnan Zhao….
Modern Fatherhood, Nationhood, and Globalization in Japan
A review of Gender, Family, and New Styles of Fatherhood: Modernization and Globalization in Japan, by Atsuko Oyama. Atsuko Oyama’s dissertation provides multidisciplinary insight into…
Mini India: The Politics of Migration and Subalternity in the Andaman Islands
A review of Mini India: The Politics of Migration and Subalternity in the Andaman Islands, by Philipp Zehmisch. In this doctoral dissertation, Philipp Zehmisch takes…
Representations of Commoner Performance in Early Medieval Japan
A review of Performing Culture: Representations of Commoner Performance in Early Medieval Japan, by Ashton Lazarus. The clatter of binzasara rattles and shrills of flutes;…
Why Humanists Should Fall in Love with “Big Data,” and How?
Why Humanists Should Fall in Love with “Big Data,” and How? Maps show historical continuity. Here is a map of high speed railways in China…
A review of the Busan Metropolitan Simin Municipal Library
A review of the Busan Metropolitan Simin Municipal Library (부산광역시시립시민도서관) (Busan, South Korea) Despite Busan’s status as South Korea’s second largest city, it is often…
The Geopolitics of Infrastructure on the Indus Rivers since the 1940s
A review of The Geopolitics of Infrastructure: Development, Expertise and the Nation on the Indus Rivers, by Majed Akhter. The politics of water-sharing and development…
Female Subjectivity and Diasporic Experience: Zhao Shuxia’s Life and Fiction
A review of Frauen und Diaspora: Zur Konstitution weiblicher Subjektivität in der Diaspora am Beispiel der sino-helvetischen Autorin Zhao Shuxia, by Kathrin Ensinger. Kathrin Ensinger’s dissertation…
The Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton University
A review of the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University (Princeton, NJ). The Cotsen Children’s Library is a magical world for scholars working on the…