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Journal of Asian Studies (1976) 35 (4): 681–683.
Published: 01 August 1976
...Thomas P. Rohlen Ancestor Worship in Contemporary Japan . By Robert J. Smith . Stanford : Stanford University Press , 1975 . xix, 266 pp. Appendix Tables, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $12.50 Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1976 1976 BOOK REVIEWS 681 system...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2009) 68 (3): 932–934.
Published: 01 August 2009
...Sucheta Mazumdar Emperor and Ancestor: State and Lineage in South China . By David Faure . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2007 . xiii , 464 pp. $50.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2009 2009 David Faure addresses a central...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2017) 76 (3): 575–602.
Published: 01 August 2017
.... By examining the still pervasive political uses of a presumed prehistoric ancestor of the people as well as the controversy sparked by the scientific challenge that has provoked public discussions, this article identifies a potent racial discourse in contemporary Chinese nationalism and connects...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1984) 44 (1): 218–220.
Published: 01 November 1984
...Griffin Dix Ancestor Worship and Korean Society . By Roger L. Janelli and Dawnhee Yim Janelli . Stanford University Press , 1982 . 228 pp. $25. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1984 1984 218 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES meticulous concern with methodological matters...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2019) 78 (1): 204–206.
Published: 01 February 2019
...Mark A. Nathan Buddhas and Ancestors: Religion and Wealth in Fourteenth-Century Korea . By Juhn Y. Ahn . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 2018 . xv, 243 pp. ISBN: 9780295743394 (paper, also available in cloth and as e-book). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1949) 8 (4): 494–496.
Published: 01 August 1949
...Paul F. Cressey Under the ancestors' shadow: Chinese culture and personality . By Francis L. K. Hsu . New York : Columbia University Press , 1948 . xiv, 317 p. $3.75. The golden wing: a sociological study of Chinese familism . By Lin Yueh-Hwa . New York : Oxford University...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2018) 77 (4): 1125–1128.
Published: 01 November 2018
...William B. Noseworthy The Story of Lục Vân Tiên: Illuminated Manuscript (v. 1) and Comments (v. 2) . Edited by Pascal Bordeaux and Olivier Tessier . Paris : Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient , 2016 . 604 pp. 2 vols. ISBN: 9782855392295 (paper). Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2022) 81 (1): 160–161.
Published: 01 February 2022
...Ng Wee-Siang Margaret Empowered by Ancestors: Controversy over the Imperial Temple in Song China, 960–1279 . By Cheung Hiu Yu . Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press , 2021 . 232 pp. ISBN: 9789888528585 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2022 2022...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1974) 34 (1): 7–25.
Published: 01 November 1974
...James A. Boon Abstract Bali has long been reputed for its capacity to maintain a distinctive social and cultural “Balineseness” in face of sweeping change. One persistent component on anthropological lists of Balinese institutions has been the island's “ancestor cult,” often presented as a static...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2007) 66 (1): 281–283.
Published: 01 February 2007
...Susan Rodgers Bridges to the Ancestors: Music, Myth, and Cultural Politics at an Indonesian Festival . By David D. Harnish . Honolulu : University of Hawai‘i Press , 2006 . x , 260 pp. $57.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2007 2007...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2004) 63 (4): 1198–1200.
Published: 01 November 2004
...Robert Wessing Killing a Buffalo for the Ancestors: A Zhuang Cosmological Text from Southwest China . By David Holm . Northern Illinois University Monograph Series on Southeast Asia, no. 5. DeKalb : Southeast Asia Publications, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (2): 699–701.
Published: 01 May 2003
...Andrea Katalin Molnar The Potent Dead: Ancestors, Saints, and Heroes in Contemporary Indonesia . Edited by Henri Chambert-Loir and Anthony Reid . Crows Nest, NSW : Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with Allen and Unwin ; Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (3): 818–820.
Published: 01 August 2011
...Ryan Dunch Ancestors, Virgins, and Friars: Christianity as a Local Religion in Late Imperial China . By Eugenio Menegon . Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series , 2009 . xxii, 450 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Copyright ©...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1974) 33 (3): 478–480.
Published: 01 May 1974
..., presents a thoughtful argument, and is an important contribution both to lineage theory and to the understanding of Chinese social organization. HILL GATES ROHSENOW Central Michigan University Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors: The Folk Religion of a Taiwanese Village. BY DAVID K. JORDAN. Berkeley, Los Angeles...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1969) 28 (3): 658–659.
Published: 01 May 1969
...H. Clyde Wilson Pigs for the Ancestors: Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People . By Roy A. Rappaport . Foreword by A. P. Vayda. New Haven : Yale University Press , 1967 . xx, 311 pp. Preface, Illustrations, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. $9.50. Copyright © The Association...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2004) 63 (3): 850–854.
Published: 01 August 2004
...Oona Thommes Paredes Paths of Origin, Gates of Life: A Study of Place and Precedence in Southwest Timor . Compiled and edited By Andrew McWilliam . Leiden : KITLV Press , 2002 . xvi, 331 pp. $40.00 (paper). The House of Our Ancestors: Precedence and Dualism in Highland Balinese...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2016) 75 (3): 807–808.
Published: 01 August 2016
...Devon Dear Chieftains into Ancestors: Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China . Edited by David Faure and Ho Ts'ui-p'ing . Vancouver : UBC Press , 2014 . 272 pp. ISBN: 9780774823685 (cloth; also available in paper). Copyright ©...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2016) 75 (3): 851–853.
Published: 01 August 2016
...Sixiang Wang Under the Ancestors' Eyes: Kinship, Status, and Locality in Premodern Korea . By Martina Deuchler . Harvard East Asian Monographs 378. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center , 2015 . xviii, 609 pp. ISBN: 9780674504301 (cloth). Copyright ©...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1971) 31 (1): 202–203.
Published: 01 November 1971
...Sharlie C. Ushioda About our Ancestors . By Kunio Yanagita . Translated by Fanny Hagin Mayer and Ishiwara Yasuyo . Tokyo : Bunsyodo Printing . (Published by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.) 193 pp. n.p.l. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1988) 47 (4): 848–849.
Published: 01 November 1988
...William T. Rowe Family, Fields, and Ancestors: Constancy and Change in China's Social and Economic History, 1550—1949 . By Lloyd E. Eastman . New York : Oxford University Press , 1988 . x, 267 pp.$24.95 (cloth) and $12.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...
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