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Asian Studies
Youru Wang
Summary: This article delves into the ethical dimension of Zhuangzi's forgetfulness of personal identity in relation to time and otherness, examining textual materials and domains of Zhuangzian conception on forgetting one's fixed identity to elaborate on the Zhuangzian notion of relational autonomy or agency.
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Asian Studies
Sujay Ghosh
Summary: Covid-19 has revealed the ongoing tension of democracy in India and other parts of the world. While the Indian government has shown strong political leadership in handling the pandemic, there have been concerns about democratic accountability, leading to opposition parties and civil society activism contesting these issues.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES
(2023)
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Asian Studies
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs
Summary: This article examines the engagement of Pakistani Islamist Jamaat-i Islami (JI) with the Iranian Revolution, suggesting that the core concern of establishing the sovereignty of God drew JI to the events. JI observers in the 1980s were deeply familiar with the internal dynamics of the Iranian revolution and its Shia identity.
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
(2022)
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Area Studies
Michael D. Barr
Summary: Singapore's official historiography has been shaped by ethnic tensions, with a narrative that starts from British imperialism and excludes the pre-colonial history of the Malay community. The colonial era achievements in Singapore have been attributed to the British, overlooking the contributions of the Malays who had lived and traded in the region for centuries. Academic collaboration has played a significant role in shaping Singapore's national myth-making, which has largely overlooked the Malay perspective.
ASIAN STUDIES REVIEW
(2022)
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Area Studies
Jillet Sarah Sam, Rajorshi Ray, Anwesha Chakraborty
Summary: This article uses India as a case study to examine the increase in digital payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that supply-side actors used the pandemic to generate a new public consensus and challenges the trust in cash, making digital payments more important in economic life.
ASIAN STUDIES REVIEW
(2023)
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Area Studies
Jukka Aukia
Summary: This article critically analyzes four kung fu films co-produced by Hong Kong and Mainland China, exploring the representations of Chinese identity and its connection to Mainland China's soft power.
ASIAN STUDIES REVIEW
(2023)
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Area Studies
Hew Wai Weng
Summary: Indonesia's Islamic counter-publics have entered a new phase, with contemporary counter-public preachers adopting a strategy of appropriating symbols and cultural forms to critique emergent liberal interpretations. They combine multicultural symbols with Islamist ideology to propagate their beliefs.
ASIAN STUDIES REVIEW
(2022)
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Area Studies
Francesca Orsini
Summary: This essay explores the multilingual 'ecology' of Hindi and English literary and middlebrow magazines, including Kahani, Kalpana, Sarika, Sarita and Caravan.
SOUTH ASIA-JOURNAL OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES
(2022)
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Area Studies
Aseema Sinha
Summary: Using India as a case study, this paper presents a theoretical framework to understand countries' responses and implementation effects of global rules across different global governance regimes and contexts. The framework emphasizes the need to consider both design dilemmas and implementation dilemmas, and provides insights into countries' interactions with various global institutions and their reciprocal effects.
CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIA
(2022)
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Archaeology
Zeynep Dortok Abaci, Bogac Ergene
JOURNAL OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
(2022)
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Area Studies
Chunmei Du
Summary: This article examines the sociocultural tensions caused by sexual relations between American servicemen and Chinese women in post-World War II China and highlights the significance of gendered nationalism in Sino-US relations.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES
(2022)
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Asian Studies
M. O. U. Bo
Summary: The aim of this essay is to provide a meta-philosophical and meta-methodological characterization of comparative philosophy as a way of doing philosophy through cross-cultural engagement. This is achieved by exploring the conditions for maintaining adequate methodological guiding principles and examining the self-reflective nature of comparative philosophy. The essay concludes that this exploration is not exhaustive or exclusive, but serves as a starting point for further development.
ASIAN STUDIES-AZIJSKE STUDIJE
(2022)
Article
Area Studies
Hui Zhao
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION OF CHINESE CULTURE
(2022)
Article
Asian Studies
Keith Howard
Summary: Ch'oe Sunghui was a highly acclaimed Korean dancer of the twentieth century, known for developing dances that showcased Korean tradition and later became the foundation of North Korea's national dances. However, she faced criticism and was eventually erased from the dance scene in North Korea.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF KOREAN STUDIES
(2022)
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Folklore
Daniela Bevilacqua
Summary: This article introduces the Kinnar Akhara, a recently established transgender religious organization in India. It analyzes the organization as a form of religious feminism and a selective Sanskritization of the hijra tradition.
Article
History
James L. Watson
Summary: This article explores the shoreline industries that emerged along the Laufaushan coast in Hong Kong's New Territories from 1667 to 1978, including oysters, salt, fish, and lime. The shoreline in question was controlled by a local security force comprised of young men from a nearby lineage. The study draws on the author's ethnographic research and local documents gathered on site.
JOURNAL OF CHINESE HISTORY
(2022)
Article
Asian Studies
Kyoko Ito-Morales
Summary: Since the outbreak of COVID-19, countries have implemented different measures, some relying on lockdown strategies and some on self-restraint. This study explores the origin and cultural background of self-restraint in Japan, and evaluates its positive and negative consequences.
ASIAN STUDIES-AZIJSKE STUDIJE
(2022)
Article
Area Studies
Bin Chen
Summary: The military victories of the Northern Expedition brought an end to political fragmentation in China and introduced a centralized government. The Nationalist government aimed to regulate private schools and cultivate ties with frontier regions. However, a change in policy led to the withdrawal of protection for the private Muslim Chengda Teachers School.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES
(2022)
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Area Studies
HeeSun Kim, Natasha Hamilton-Hart
Summary: The South Korean workforce is experiencing conflicting pressures from global competition, policy reforms, and cultural norms. Some firms are striving to maintain hierarchical practices and strategically utilize traditional cultural norms, leading to contradictions for many employees.
ASIAN STUDIES REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Asian Studies
Christopher M. Joll
Summary: This article presents provisional findings on the cultural geography of Islam in Thailand and the northern extremities of the Malay world. An analysis of registered mosques in Thailand reveals that 10% are located in Central Thailand, with half of them being part of metropolitan Bangkok and 74% concentrated in its eastern districts along the Saen Saep Canal. The article summarizes the research conducted by Thai studies specialists on the migration of Malays to Central Thailand, central Bangkok, and later to its eastern outskirts, as well as discussions on Siamese practices such as the taking of all slaves (chalei) and labor organization under the sakdina system.
INDONESIA AND THE MALAY WORLD
(2022)
