Gender, Space and Power in Contemporary Mosque Architecture in Yogyakarta
A review of Breaking the Wall, Preserving the Barrier: Gender, Space and Power in Contemporary Mosque Architecture in Yogyakarta Indonesia, by Tutin Aryanti The dissertation…
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Nutrition and Politics in Saxon Germany, 1890-1935
A review of The Politics of the Table: Nutrition and the Telescopic Body in Saxon Germany, 1890-1935, by Kristen Ann Ehrenberger. In The Politics of…
Cultural Clash: Neoliberalism, Global Educational Migration, and American Evangelical Pedagogy
A review of Fragile Civility: An Evangelical American School Meets Korean Educational Sojourners in Neoliberal Time, by Hye-Young Park. The trends among South Korean youths…
The Rise of Neo-Confucianism in the Early Tokugawa Period
A review of A Vehicle of Social Mobility: Utilitarian Factors in the Rise of Neo-Confucianism in the Early Tokugawa Period, by Doyoung Park. The social…
Youth Literature on the Sino-Japanese War, China & US
A review of ”‘Friends and Foes on the Battlefield’: A Study of Chinese and U.S. Youth Literature about the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945),” by Chen Minjie….
Ceramics & Craft in Prehistoric Philippines
A review of Ceramic Production and Craft Specialization in the Prehistoric Philippines, A.D. 500 to 1600, by Lisa C. Niziolek. Lisa C. Niziolek’s dissertation continues…
Environmental Change in the Soviet Union
A review of Making Nature Modern: Economic Transformation and the Environment in the Soviet North, by Andy Bruno. Did the Soviet Union perpetrate ecocide to…
Sent-Down Youth Literature in Post-Mao China
A review of The “Sent-Down” Vision: Poetics and Politics of Zhiqing Literature in Post-Mao China, by Yanjie Wang. Zhiqing 知青 writers are often considered by…
Colonialism, Gender & Okinawa in Modern Japan
A review of Performing Embodied Histories: Colonialism, Gender, and Okinawa in Modern Japan, by Valerie Holshouser Barske. Divided into six chapters with an Epilogue and…
Post Office & State Formation in Modern China
A review of The Post Office and State Formation in Modern China, 1896-1949, by Lane Jeremy Harris. Despite the fact that China can boast one…