Supersized Christianity: Protestant Megachurches in America
A review of Supersized Christianity: The Origins and Consequences of Protestant Megachurches in America, by David Edwin Eagle. Megachurches are one of the most visible…
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Peruvian Agrarian Reform, 1968–1975
A review of Representations of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform, 1968–1975, by Anna Cant. More than four decades on, the Peruvian agrarian reform of 1969 remains…
Paintings of Zhong Kuai and Demons in 11th to 14th Century China
A Review of Imagining the Supernatural Grotesque: Paintings of Zhong Kui and Demons in the Late Southern Song (1127-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) Dynasties, by Chun-yi…
Social Knowledge & Cultural Memory in Japanese Waka Poetry
A review of Learning with Waka Poetry: Transmission and Production of Social Knowledge and Cultural Memory in Premodern Japan, by Ariel G. Stilerman. Waka, the…
Mobilization and Ethnicity in Kazakhstan during World War II
A review of “A Fortress of the Soviet Home Front”: Mobilization and Ethnicity in Kazakhstan during World War II, by Roberto Carmack. Roberto Carmack has…
Burundian Refugees in Tanzania
A review of Waiting for Citizenship—Pragmatics of Belonging of Burundian Refugees in Protracted Exile: The Case of Ulyankulu Settlement, Tanzania, by Janna Lucia Miletzki. In…
The Waterscape of Cochabamba, Bolivia, 1879-2000
A review of Dividing the Waters: How Power, Property and Protest Transformed the Waterscape of Cochabamba, Bolivia, 1879-2000, by Sarah Thompson Hines. Bolivia’s social movements seized international…
Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism in Turkey and the UK
A review of The Balancing of Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis of Turkey and the UK, by Ipek Demirsu. Ipek Demirsu has written…
Friendship in a Mongolian Mining Town
A review of Treasure Underfoot and Far Away: Mining, Foreignness, and Friendship in Contemporary Mongolia, by Marissa Jo Smith. The dissertation focuses on a mining…
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. …