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Twentieth Century

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Transnational Literature in Occupied Japan & South Korea

  • Janet Poole
  • 6 minute read
A review of Occupied Liberation: Transforming Literary Boundaries in Japan and Southern Korea, 1945-1952, by Jonathan Glade. Jonathan Glade’s elegantly…
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Documentary Theater & the Avant-Garde

  • Jennifer Cayer
  • 7 minute read
A review of The Destiny of Words: Documentary Theatre, the Avant-Garde, and the Politics of Form, by Timothy Youker.  There…
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Hypnotism & “Pseudoscience” in China

  • Tie Xiao
  • 10 minute read
Studying the “Pseudo” Seriously: Hypnotism in Early Twentieth-Century China My interest in hypnotism stems from my study of another “dubious”…
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Colonial Finance & Korean Banks 1870s-1950s

  • Joshua Van Lieu
  • 5 minute read
A review of Colonial Finance: Daiichi Bank and the Bank of Chōsen in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Korea,…
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Asianist Projects in India 1917-37

  • Michele L. Louro
  • 9 minute read
A review of Orienting India: Interwar Internationalism in an Asian Inflection, 1917-1937, by Carolien Stolte. Carolien Stolte’s dissertation explores a…
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Rock Music in Post-Liberalization Bangalore

  • Jayson Beaster-Jones
  • 9 minute read
A review of Rock Bands/Rock Brands: Mediation and Musical Performance in Post-liberalization Bangalore, by Chloe Louise Coventry. In Rock Bands/Rock…
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Alkazi Collection of Photography, New Delhi

  • Deepali Dewan
  • 6 minute read
A review of The Alkazi Collection of Photography, New Delhi, India. The Alkazi Collection of Photography (ACP) is a private…
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Images of Celebrity in British Tabloids 1904-38

  • Caroline Dale
  • 6 minute read
A review of The Public Eye: Celebrity and Photojournalism in the Making of the British Tabloids, 1904-1938, by Ryan Linkof.…
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Jute in the Bengal Delta 1850s-1950s

  • Nabaparna Ghosh
  • 5 minute read
A Review of The Envelope of Global Trade: The Political Economy and Intellectual History of Jute in the Bengal Delta,…
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Youth Literature on the Sino-Japanese War, China & US

  • Stephen Poland
  • 9 minute read
A review of ”‘Friends and Foes on the Battlefield’: A Study of Chinese and U.S. Youth Literature about the Sino-Japanese…
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