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…
Category Archives: East, South & Southeast Asia
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…
Sexuality, HIV/AIDS, and Civil Society in China
A Review of Inside the Circle: Sexuality, HIV/AIDS, and Civil Society in Post-Socialist Northwest China, by Casey J. Miller. Although gays and lesbians in the…
Intersections of Latin American and South Asian Literature in the Twentieth Century
A review of Cartographies of Engagement: The Parallels and Intersections of Latin American and South Asian Literature in the Twentieth Century, by Roanne Leah Kantor. …
A Cultural History of Wartime Japan
A review of Carnival War: A Cultural History of Wartime Japan, 1937-1945, by Benjamin Tsubokura Uchiyama. Benjamin Uchiyama’s dissertation revisits the culture of wartime Japan…
Religious Piety in Aceh, Indonesia
A Review of Becoming Better Muslims: Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia, by David Kloos. Becoming Better Muslims offers deep insight into the…
Development in Rural Cambodia
A review of Tides of Empire: Merit, Morality, and Development in Rural Cambodia, by Courtney Work. The ebb and flow of empire has washed over…
Tracing Visions
Tracing Visions In June 1936, on an overcast day in Hebei, North China, a small group of American Presbyterian missionaries gathered for a photograph. They…
Finding a Place Called Home in Contemporary Hong Kong Activist Theatre
A review of Performing the City: Finding a Place Called Home in Contemporary Hong Kong Activist Theatre, by Linda Lau Linda Lau’s thesis, Performing the…