March 2019
Articles
Elite Opinion and the “Belt and Road” Debate in South Korea
Elite Opinion and the “Belt and Road” Debate in South Korea
David Hundt and Sooyoung Kim
David Hundt and Sooyoung Kim
School-community Relations and Fee-Free Education Policy in Papua New Guinea
School-community Relations and Fee-Free Education Policy in Papua New Guinea
Grant W. Walton and Tara Davda
Grant W. Walton and Tara Davda
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Book Reviews
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Asia General
A COMPARATIVE GUIDE TO THE ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK | By Natalie LichtensteinA COMPARATIVE GUIDE TO THE ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK | By Natalie Lichtenstein
Maria Adele Carrai
Maria Adele Carrai
COLD WAR RUINS: Transpacific Critique of American Justice and Japanese War Crimes | By Lisa YoneyamaCOLD WAR RUINS: Transpacific Critique of American Justice and Japanese War Crimes | By Lisa Yoneyama
James Burnham Sedgwick
James Burnham Sedgwick
THE HISTORY PROBLEM: The Politics of War Commemoration in East Asia | By Hiro SaitoTHE HISTORY PROBLEM: The Politics of War Commemoration in East Asia | By Hiro Saito
Jung-Sun Han
Jung-Sun Han
THERAVADA TRADITIONS: Buddhist Ritual Cultures in Contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka | By John Clifford HoltTHERAVADA TRADITIONS: Buddhist Ritual Cultures in Contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka | By John Clifford Holt
Susan M. Darlington
Susan M. Darlington
VAMPING THE STAGE: Female Voices of Asian Modernities. Music and Performing Arts of Asia and the Pacific | Edited by Andrew N. Weintraub and Bart BarendregtVAMPING THE STAGE: Female Voices of Asian Modernities. Music and Performing Arts of Asia and the Pacific | Edited by Andrew N. Weintraub and Bart Barendregt
Azmyl Yusof
Azmyl Yusof
China & Inner Asia
POWER VERSUS LAW IN MODERN CHINA: Cities, Courts, and the Communist Party | By Qiang Fang and Xiaobing LiPOWER VERSUS LAW IN MODERN CHINA: Cities, Courts, and the Communist Party | By Qiang Fang and Xiaobing Li
Xing Lijuan
Xing Lijuan
THE CHINA-JAPAN CONFLICT OVER THE SENKAKU/DIAOYU ISLANDS: Useful Rivalry | By Anna CostaTHE CHINA-JAPAN CONFLICT OVER THE SENKAKU/DIAOYU ISLANDS: Useful Rivalry | By Anna Costa
Shusuke Murai
Shusuke Murai
THE WORLD IN GUANGZHOU: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China’s Global Marketplace | By Gordon Mathews with Linessa Dan Lin and Yang YangTHE WORLD IN GUANGZHOU: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China’s Global Marketplace | By Gordon Mathews with Linessa Dan Lin and Yang Yang
Kevin Carrico
Kevin Carrico
REPORTING FOR CHINA: How Chinese Correspondents Work with the World | By Pál NyíriREPORTING FOR CHINA: How Chinese Correspondents Work with the World | By Pál Nyíri
Timothy B. Weston
Timothy B. Weston
GENDER, DATING AND VIOLENCE IN URBAN CHINA | By Xiying WangGENDER, DATING AND VIOLENCE IN URBAN CHINA | By Xiying Wang
Lihong Shi
Lihong Shi
THE CHINESE TYPEWRITER: A History | By Thomas S. MullaneyTHE CHINESE TYPEWRITER: A History | By Thomas S. Mullaney
Gloria Davies
Gloria Davies
RED AT HEART: How Chinese Communists Fell in Love with the Russian Revolution | By Elizabeth McGuireRED AT HEART: How Chinese Communists Fell in Love with the Russian Revolution | By Elizabeth McGuire
Steven I. Levine
Steven I. Levine
THE CIA AND THIRD FORCE MOVEMENTS IN CHINA DURING THE EARLY COLD WAR: The Great American Dream | By Roger B. JeansTHE CIA AND THIRD FORCE MOVEMENTS IN CHINA DURING THE EARLY COLD WAR: The Great American Dream | By Roger B. Jeans
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
THE POLITICS OF MEMORY IN SINOPHONE CINEMAS AND IMAGE CULTURE: Altering Archives | Edited by Peng Hsiao-yen and Ella RaidelTHE POLITICS OF MEMORY IN SINOPHONE CINEMAS AND IMAGE CULTURE: Altering Archives | Edited by Peng Hsiao-yen and Ella Raidel
Shuk Ting Kinnia Yau
Shuk Ting Kinnia Yau
Northeast Asia
TRANSNATIONAL JAPAN IN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT | By Simon AvenellTRANSNATIONAL JAPAN IN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT | By Simon Avenell
Petrice Flowers
Petrice Flowers
RE-RISING JAPAN: Its Strategic Power in International Relations | Edited by Hidekazu Sakai and Yoichiro SatoRE-RISING JAPAN: Its Strategic Power in International Relations | Edited by Hidekazu Sakai and Yoichiro Sato
David M. Potter
David M. Potter
VOICE, SILENCE, AND SELF: Negotiations of Buraku Identity in Contemporary Japan | By Christopher Bondy.VOICE, SILENCE, AND SELF: Negotiations of Buraku Identity in Contemporary Japan | By Christopher Bondy.
Frank K. Upham
Frank K. Upham
PURE LAND, REAL WORLD: Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination | By Melissa Anne-Marie CurleyPURE LAND, REAL WORLD: Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination | By Melissa Anne-Marie Curley
Richard Jaffe
Richard Jaffe
SHADOW EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN JAPAN: Evolving Patterns and Conceptual Implications | By Steve R. EntrichSHADOW EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN JAPAN: Evolving Patterns and Conceptual Implications | By Steve R. Entrich
Christopher Bjork
Christopher Bjork
STAGED SEDUCTION: Selling Dreams in a Tokyo Host Club | By Akiko TakeyamaSTAGED SEDUCTION: Selling Dreams in a Tokyo Host Club | By Akiko Takeyama
David Leheny
David Leheny
SIGNIFICANT SOIL: Settler Colonialism and Japan’s Urban Empire in Manchuria | By Emer O’DwyerSIGNIFICANT SOIL: Settler Colonialism and Japan’s Urban Empire in Manchuria | By Emer O’Dwyer
Emily Matson
Emily Matson
ARCHITECTS OF OCCUPATION: American Experts and Planning for Postwar Japan | By Dayna L. BarnesARCHITECTS OF OCCUPATION: American Experts and Planning for Postwar Japan | By Dayna L. Barnes
Mark E. Caprio
Mark E. Caprio
PROMISCUOUS MEDIA: Film and Visual Culture in Imperial Japan, 1926–1945 | By Hikari HoriPROMISCUOUS MEDIA: Film and Visual Culture in Imperial Japan, 1926–1945 | By Hikari Hori
Robert Tierney
Robert Tierney
TO STAND WITH THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD: Japan’s Meiji Restoration in World History | By Mark RavinaTO STAND WITH THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD: Japan’s Meiji Restoration in World History | By Mark Ravina
Frederick R. Dickinson
Frederick R. Dickinson
ENNOBLING JAPAN’S SAVAGE NORTHEAST: Tōhoku as Postwar Thought, 1945–2011 | By Nathan HopsonENNOBLING JAPAN’S SAVAGE NORTHEAST: Tōhoku as Postwar Thought, 1945–2011 | By Nathan Hopson
Anne Giblin Gedacht
Anne Giblin Gedacht
WRITING TECHNOLOGY IN MEIJI JAPAN: A Media History of Modern Japanese Literature and Visual Culture | By Seth Jacobowitz.WRITING TECHNOLOGY IN MEIJI JAPAN: A Media History of Modern Japanese Literature and Visual Culture | By Seth Jacobowitz.
Zev Handel
Zev Handel
POLITICS IN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA: Political Development, Economy, and Foreign Relations | By Yangmo Ku, Inyeop Lee, and Jongseok WooPOLITICS IN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA: Political Development, Economy, and Foreign Relations | By Yangmo Ku, Inyeop Lee, and Jongseok Woo
Sung Chull Kim
Sung Chull Kim
HOMING: An Affective Topography of Ethnic Korean Return Migration | By Ji-Yeon O. JoHOMING: An Affective Topography of Ethnic Korean Return Migration | By Ji-Yeon O. Jo
Suk-Ki Kong
Suk-Ki Kong
GLOBALIZATION AND POPULAR MUSIC IN SOUTH KOREA: Sounding Out K-Pop | By Michael FuhrGLOBALIZATION AND POPULAR MUSIC IN SOUTH KOREA: Sounding Out K-Pop | By Michael Fuhr
CedarBough Saeji
CedarBough Saeji
SPORT IN KOREA: History, development, management | Edited by Dae Hee Kwak, Yong Jae Ko, Inkyu Kang, and Mark RosentraubSPORT IN KOREA: History, development, management | Edited by Dae Hee Kwak, Yong Jae Ko, Inkyu Kang, and Mark Rosentraub
Younghan Cho
Younghan Cho
South Asia & the Himalayas
HIMALAYAN MOBILITIES: An Exploration of the Impacts of Expanding Rural Road Networks on Social and Ecological Systems in the Nepalese Himalaya | By Robert E. Beazley, James P. LassoieHIMALAYAN MOBILITIES: An Exploration of the Impacts of Expanding Rural Road Networks on Social and Ecological Systems in the Nepalese Himalaya | By Robert E. Beazley, James P. Lassoie
Martin Saxer
Martin Saxer
INDIA AND CHINA AT SEA: Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean | Edited by David BrewsterINDIA AND CHINA AT SEA: Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean | Edited by David Brewster
Richard D. Fisher, Jr.
Richard D. Fisher, Jr.
WHY REGIONAL PARTIES?: Clientelism, Elites, and the Indian Party System | By Adam ZiegfeldWHY REGIONAL PARTIES?: Clientelism, Elites, and the Indian Party System | By Adam Ziegfeld
Sanjay Ruparelia
Sanjay Ruparelia
Southeast Asia
SOUTHEAST ASIA’S COLD WAR: An Interpretive History | By Ang Cheng GuanSOUTHEAST ASIA’S COLD WAR: An Interpretive History | By Ang Cheng Guan
Matthew Galway
Matthew Galway
IMPERIAL INTOXICATION: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina | By Gerard SasgesIMPERIAL INTOXICATION: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina | By Gerard Sasges
Mark W. McLeod
Mark W. McLeod
FLAVORS OF EMPIRE: Food and the Making of Thai America | By Mark PadoongpattFLAVORS OF EMPIRE: Food and the Making of Thai America | By Mark Padoongpatt
Josephine Smart
Josephine Smart
MORAL POLITICS IN THE PHILIPPINES: Inequality, Democracy and the Urban Poor | By Wataru KusakaMORAL POLITICS IN THE PHILIPPINES: Inequality, Democracy and the Urban Poor | By Wataru Kusaka
Erhard Berner
Erhard Berner
THE KILLING SEASON: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965–66 | By Geoffrey B. RobinsonTHE KILLING SEASON: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965–66 | By Geoffrey B. Robinson
Thomas B. Pepinsky
Thomas B. Pepinsky
VOTING BEHAVIOR IN INDONESIA SINCE DEMOCRATIZATION: Critical Democrats | By Saiful Mujani, R. William Liddle, and Kuskridho AmbardiVOTING BEHAVIOR IN INDONESIA SINCE DEMOCRATIZATION: Critical Democrats | By Saiful Mujani, R. William Liddle, and Kuskridho Ambardi
Nathan Allen
Nathan Allen
WHY TERRORISTS QUIT: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists | By Julie Chernov HwangWHY TERRORISTS QUIT: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists | By Julie Chernov Hwang
Damien Kingsbury
Damien Kingsbury
Australasia & the Pacific Islands
MOBILITIES OF RETURN: Pacific Perspectives | Edited by John Taylor and Helen LeeMOBILITIES OF RETURN: Pacific Perspectives | Edited by John Taylor and Helen Lee
Micah Van der Ryn
Micah Van der Ryn
SINUOUS OBJECTS: Revaluing Women’s Wealth in the Contemporary Pacific | Edited by Anna-Karina Hermkens and Katherine LepaniSINUOUS OBJECTS: Revaluing Women’s Wealth in the Contemporary Pacific | Edited by Anna-Karina Hermkens and Katherine Lepani
John Barker
John Barker
TAUTAI: Sāmoa, World History, and the Life of Ta’isi O.F. Nelson | By Patricia O’BrienTAUTAI: Sāmoa, World History, and the Life of Ta’isi O.F. Nelson | By Patricia O’Brien
Malama Meleisea
Malama Meleisea
WAYS OF BALOMA: Rethinking Magic and Kinship from the Trobriands | By Mark S. Mosko with Tabalu Pulayasi Daniel, Molubabeba Daniel, Pakalaki Tokulupai, and Yogaru VincentWAYS OF BALOMA: Rethinking Magic and Kinship from the Trobriands | By Mark S. Mosko with Tabalu Pulayasi Daniel, Molubabeba Daniel, Pakalaki Tokulupai, and Yogaru Vincent
Michelle MacCarthy
Michelle MacCarthy
YABAR: The Alienations of Murik Men in a Papua New Guinea Modernity. Culture, Mind, and Society | By David LipsetYABAR: The Alienations of Murik Men in a Papua New Guinea Modernity. Culture, Mind, and Society | By David Lipset
Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
SELFHOOD AND RECOGNITION: Melanesian and Western Accounts of Relationality | By Anita C. Galuschek.SELFHOOD AND RECOGNITION: Melanesian and Western Accounts of Relationality | By Anita C. Galuschek.
Terry M. Brown
Terry M. Brown
BREAKING THE SHELL: Voyaging from Nuclear Refugees to People of the Sea in the Marshall Islands | By Joseph H. GenzBREAKING THE SHELL: Voyaging from Nuclear Refugees to People of the Sea in the Marshall Islands | By Joseph H. Genz
Holly M. Barker
Holly M. Barker
BEYOND ETHNICITY: New Politics of Race in Hawai‘i | Edited by Camilla Fojas, Rudy P. Guevarra Jr. and Nitasha Tamar SharmaBEYOND ETHNICITY: New Politics of Race in Hawai‘i | Edited by Camilla Fojas, Rudy P. Guevarra Jr. and Nitasha Tamar Sharma
Kara Hisatake
Kara Hisatake