The Birth of the Chinese Population
A review of The Birth of the Chinese Population: A Study in the History of Governmental Logics by Malcolm Thompson.…
Catholicism & Violence in Late Chosŏn Korea
A review of The Ambiguity of Violence: Ideology, State, and Religion in the Late Chosŏn Dynasty, by Franklin Rausch Why…
Oral Storytelling, Genre & the Vernacular in Late-Choson Yadam
A review of A Textual Study of Tongp’ae Naksong: Problems of Oral Storytelling, Genre and the Vernacular in Late-Chosŏn Yadam,…
Modern Korean Childhood
A review of The Construction of the Child in Korean Children’s Magazines, 1908-1950, by Dafna Zur. By analyzing a variety…
Transpacific Mexico in the Age of Steam
A review of Transpacific Mexico: Encounters with China and Japan in the Age of Steam (1867-1914), by Ruth Mandujano López.…
Anatomy, Power & Scientific Language in China
A review of Dissecting Modernity: Anatomy and Power in the Language of Science in China, by David Luesink. David Luesink’s…
Fascism & Japanese War Paintings
A review of Envisioning Fascist Space, Time, and Body: Japanese Painting during the Fifteen-Year War (1931-1945), by Asato Ikeda. This…
Bushido in Late Meiji Japan
A review of Bushidō: The Creation of a Martial Ethic in Late Meiji Japan, by OLEG BENESCH. Bushidō, the vaunted…