Pacific Affairs

Volume 87 – No. 4

December 2014

Articles

Gender Roles and Ethnic Variation in Educational Attainment in Ürümchi

Gender Roles and Ethnic Variation in Educational Attainment in Ürümchi
Xiaowei Zang

Traditional Birth Attendants and the Problem of Maternal Mortality in Indonesia

Traditional Birth Attendants and the Problem of Maternal Mortality in Indonesia
Anke Niehof

Transnational Migrant Advocacy from Japan: Tipping the Scales in the Policy Making Process

Transnational Migrant Advocacy from Japan: Tipping the Scales in the Policy Making Process
Daniel Kremers

Leadership Succession and the High Drama of Political Conduct: Corruption Stories from Samoa

Leadership Succession and the High Drama of Political Conduct: Corruption Stories from Samoa
Jack Corbett and Roannie Ng Shiu

Enduring Issues / Changing Perspectives 2

Enduring Issues / Changing Perspectives 2
B.R. Myers, Rudiger Frank, Charles K. Armstrong, B.C. Koh

Perspectives

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Review Essays

Conservative Turn? Religion, State and Conflict in Indonesia

Conservative Turn? Religion, State and Conflict in Indonesia
Kikue Hamayotsu

Film Reviews

MEMORY OF FORGOTTEN WAR | By Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsay Liem MEMORY OF FORGOTTEN WAR | By Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsay Liem
Avram Agov

A RIVER CHANGES COURSE | By Kalyanee Mam A RIVER CHANGES COURSE | By Kalyanee Mam
Apichai W. Shipper

Book Reviews

Asia General China & Inner Asia Northeast Asia South Asia & the Himalayas Southeast Asia Australasia & the Pacific Islands

Asia General

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, IDENTITIES, AND CONFLICT IN ASIA | Edited by William Ascher and Natalia Mirovitskaya DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, IDENTITIES, AND CONFLICT IN ASIA | Edited by William Ascher and Natalia Mirovitskaya
Paul Bowles

THE MAKING OF THE ASIA PACIFIC: Knowledge Brokers and the Politics of Representation | By See Seng Tan THE MAKING OF THE ASIA PACIFIC: Knowledge Brokers and the Politics of Representation | By See Seng Tan
Gerald Chan

WRONGED BY EMPIRE: Post-Imperial Ideology and Foreign Policy in India and China | By Manjari Chatterjee Miller WRONGED BY EMPIRE: Post-Imperial Ideology and Foreign Policy in India and China | By Manjari Chatterjee Miller
Robert Sutter

INTEGRATING REGIONS: Asia in Comparative Context | Edited by Miles Kahler and Andrew MacIntyre INTEGRATING REGIONS: Asia in Comparative Context | Edited by Miles Kahler and Andrew MacIntyre
Heribert Dieter

China & Inner Asia

MEDIA COMMERCIALIZATION AND AUTHORITARIAN RULE IN CHINA | By Daniela Stockmann MEDIA COMMERCIALIZATION AND AUTHORITARIAN RULE IN CHINA | By Daniela Stockmann
Francis L. F. Lee

LU XUN’S REVOLUTION: Writing in a Time of Violence | By Gloria Davies LU XUN’S REVOLUTION: Writing in a Time of Violence | By Gloria Davies
Vera Schwarcz

CHINA’S SENT-DOWN GENERATION: Public Administration and the Legacies of Mao’s Rustication Program | By Helena K. Rene CHINA’S SENT-DOWN GENERATION: Public Administration and the Legacies of Mao’s Rustication Program | By Helena K. Rene
Evan Berman

COMMUNITY CAPITALISM IN CHINA: The State, the Market, and Collectivism | By Xiaoshuo Hou COMMUNITY CAPITALISM IN CHINA: The State, the Market, and Collectivism | By Xiaoshuo Hou
Robert K. Schaeffer

PROSPER OR PERISH: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China | By Lynette H. Ong PROSPER OR PERISH: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China | By Lynette H. Ong
S. Philip Hsu

EURASIAN: Mixed Identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, 1842–1943 | By Emma Jinhua Teng EURASIAN: Mixed Identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, 1842–1943 | By Emma Jinhua Teng
Madeline Y. Hsu

THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA: A History from the Eighteenth Century to the Present | By Dong Wang THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA: A History from the Eighteenth Century to the Present | By Dong Wang
Gregory O. Hall

SPEAKING OF EPIDEMICS IN CHINESE MEDICINE: Disease and the Geographic Imagination in Late Imperial China | By Marta Hanson SPEAKING OF EPIDEMICS IN CHINESE MEDICINE: Disease and the Geographic Imagination in Late Imperial China | By Marta Hanson
David Luesink

HONG KONG UNDER CHINESE RULE: Economic Integration and Political Gridlock | Edited by Zheng Yongnian, Yew Chiew Ping HONG KONG UNDER CHINESE RULE: Economic Integration and Political Gridlock | Edited by Zheng Yongnian, Yew Chiew Ping
Cindy Yik-yi Chu

INTOXICATING MANCHURIA: Alcohol, Opium, and Culture in China’s Northeast | By Norman Smith INTOXICATING MANCHURIA: Alcohol, Opium, and Culture in China’s Northeast | By Norman Smith
Jeffrey Alexander

Northeast Asia

CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE POLITICS: Institutional Changes and Power Shifts | By Tomohito Shinoda CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE POLITICS: Institutional Changes and Power Shifts | By Tomohito Shinoda
Chris Winkler

ISAMU NOGUCHI’S MODERNISM: Negotiating Race, Labor, and Nation, 1930–1950 | By Amy Lyford ISAMU NOGUCHI’S MODERNISM: Negotiating Race, Labor, and Nation, 1930–1950 | By Amy Lyford
Stephanie Takaragawa

AN IMPERIAL PATH TO MODERNITY: Yoshino Sakuzō and a New Liberal Order in East Asia, 1905–1937 | By Jung-Sun N. Han AN IMPERIAL PATH TO MODERNITY: Yoshino Sakuzō and a New Liberal Order in East Asia, 1905–1937 | By Jung-Sun N. Han
Thomas W. Burkman

JAPANESE RELIGIONS AND GLOBALIZATION | By Ugo Dessi JAPANESE RELIGIONS AND GLOBALIZATION | By Ugo Dessi
Jørn Borup

CHANGING LIVES: The “Postwar” in Japanese Women’s Autobiographies and Memoirs | By Ronald P. Loftus CHANGING LIVES: The “Postwar” in Japanese Women’s Autobiographies and Memoirs | By Ronald P. Loftus
Lee Friederich

JAPANOISE: Music at the Edge of Circulation. Sign, Storage, Transmission | By David Novak JAPANOISE: Music at the Edge of Circulation. Sign, Storage, Transmission | By David Novak
Marié Abe

NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY ISSUES IN NORTH KOREA | By Kyung-Ae Park NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY ISSUES IN NORTH KOREA | By Kyung-Ae Park
Koen De Ceuster

POPULIST COLLABORATORS: The Ilchinhoe and the Japanese Colonization of Korea, 1896–1910 | By Yumi Moon POPULIST COLLABORATORS: The Ilchinhoe and the Japanese Colonization of Korea, 1896–1910 | By Yumi Moon
Vipan Chandra

TYRANNY OF THE WEAK: North Korea and the World, 1950–1992 | By Charles K. Armstrong TYRANNY OF THE WEAK: North Korea and the World, 1950–1992 | By Charles K. Armstrong
Seung-young Kim

South Asia & the Himalayas

INDIA TODAY: Economy, Politics and Society | By Stuart Corbridge, John Harriss and Craig Jeffrey INDIA TODAY: Economy, Politics and Society | By Stuart Corbridge, John Harriss and Craig Jeffrey
Philippa Williams

MEASURING VOTING BEHAVIOUR IN INDIA | By Sanjay Kumar and Praveen Rai MEASURING VOTING BEHAVIOUR IN INDIA | By Sanjay Kumar and Praveen Rai
Subrata K. Mitra

THE PITY OF PARTITION: Manto’s Life, Times, and Work across the India-Pakistan Divide | By Ayesha Jalal THE PITY OF PARTITION: Manto’s Life, Times, and Work across the India-Pakistan Divide | By Ayesha Jalal
Ishtiaq Ahmed

SEPARATED AND DIVORCED WOMEN IN INDIA: Economic Rights and Entitlements | By Kirti Singh SEPARATED AND DIVORCED WOMEN IN INDIA: Economic Rights and Entitlements | By Kirti Singh
Purna Sen

CENSORIUM: Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity | By William Mazzarella CENSORIUM: Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity | By William Mazzarella
Ganeshdatta Poddar

Southeast Asia

CONJUNCTURES AND CONTINUITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS | Edited by N. Ganesan CONJUNCTURES AND CONTINUITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS | Edited by N. Ganesan
Kedra A. Hildebrand

A HERITAGE OF RUINS: The Ancient Sites of Southeast Asia and Their Conservation | By William Chapman A HERITAGE OF RUINS: The Ancient Sites of Southeast Asia and Their Conservation | By William Chapman
John N. Miksic

POLITICS OF ETHNIC CLASSIFICATION IN VIETNAM | By Ito Masako; translated by Minako Sato POLITICS OF ETHNIC CLASSIFICATION IN VIETNAM | By Ito Masako; translated by Minako Sato
Charles Keyes

CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES: Theoretical, Methodological and Policy Debates | By Gerard Clarke CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES: Theoretical, Methodological and Policy Debates | By Gerard Clarke
Patricio N. Abinales

SECURING PARADISE: Tourism and Militarism in Hawai‘i and the Philippines | By Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez SECURING PARADISE: Tourism and Militarism in Hawai‘i and the Philippines | By Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez
Glenn Petersen

A FEW POORLY ORGANIZED MEN: Interreligious Violence in Poso, Indonesia | By Dave McRae A FEW POORLY ORGANIZED MEN: Interreligious Violence in Poso, Indonesia | By Dave McRae
Patricia Spyer

DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM IN INDONESIA | Edited by Mirjam Künkler and Alfred Stepan DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM IN INDONESIA | Edited by Mirjam Künkler and Alfred Stepan
Sumanto Al Qurtuby

SITUATED TESTIMONIES: Dread and Enchantment in an Indonesian Literary Archive | By Laurie J. Sears SITUATED TESTIMONIES: Dread and Enchantment in an Indonesian Literary Archive | By Laurie J. Sears
Manneke Budiman

THE PERANAKAN CHINESE HOME: Art and Culture in Daily Life | By Ronald G. Knapp; Photography by A. Chester Ong THE PERANAKAN CHINESE HOME: Art and Culture in Daily Life | By Ronald G. Knapp; Photography by A. Chester Ong
Abidin Kusno

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

AUSTRALIA’S ASIA: From Yellow Peril to Asian Century | Edited by David Walker and Agnieszka Sobocinska AUSTRALIA’S ASIA: From Yellow Peril to Asian Century | Edited by David Walker and Agnieszka Sobocinska
Andrew O’Neil

INTERSECTIONS: History, Memory, Discipline | By Brij V. Lal INTERSECTIONS: History, Memory, Discipline | By Brij V. Lal
Andy Mills

FOODWAYS AND EMPATHY: Relatedness in a Ramu River Society, Papua New Guinea | By Anita van Poser FOODWAYS AND EMPATHY: Relatedness in a Ramu River Society, Papua New Guinea | By Anita van Poser
David Lipset

A FARAWAY, FAMILIAR PLACE: An Anthropologist Returns to Papua New Guinea | By Michael French Smith A FARAWAY, FAMILIAR PLACE: An Anthropologist Returns to Papua New Guinea | By Michael French Smith
Patricia K. Townsend

STEEP SLOPES: Music and Change in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea | By Kirsty Gillespie STEEP SLOPES: Music and Change in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea | By Kirsty Gillespie
Neil R. Coulter

MELANESIA: Art and Encounter | Edited by Lissant Bolton, Nicholas Thomas, Elizabeth Bonshek, Julie Adams and Ben Burt MELANESIA: Art and Encounter | Edited by Lissant Bolton, Nicholas Thomas, Elizabeth Bonshek, Julie Adams and Ben Burt
John Barker