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...Jessica Montez Childbirth, Maternity, and Medical Pluralism in French Colonial Vietnam, 1880–1945 . By Thuy Linh Nguyen . Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press , 2016 . viii, 244 pp. ISBN: 9781580465687 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2019...

.... These interactions are marked by palpable tension between the two, evident in Kunti's favorable view of her other sons: “she addresses all her maternal goodwill toward Arjuna and Bhima” (p. 47). Kunti's apathetic viewpoint emanates from her “lack of sympathy for Yudhishthira's inner world,” “hotblooded Ksatriya...

...Joel C. Kuipers A Maternal Religion: The Role of Women in Tetum Myth and Ritual . By David Hicks . Dekalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies , 1984 . (Monograph Series on Southeast Asia, special report no. 22.) xv, 141 pp. Plates, Figures, Notes, Maps...

...Kathryn Robinson Maternal and Child Nutrition in Madura, Indonesia . Edited by J. A. Kusin and Sri Kardjati . Amsterdam : Royal Tropical Institute , 1994 . 296 pp. Dfl. 35.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1995 1995 902 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Ricardo...

...Roger Jeffery Maternities and Modernities: Colonial and Postcolonial Experiences in Asia and the Pacific . Edited by Kalpana Ram and Margaret Jolly . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1998 . xiii, 305 pp. $64.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian...

... is lower than in the milk of well-nourished mothers. The researchers hypothesize that the low energy content of the milk may be responsible for growth deficiencies, but suggest that more investigation is needed. This book is an important resource document for people involved in the delivery of maternal...

...Nicholas Poppe 288 FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY An outstanding feature of the Monguor family is the extraordinary power of the maternal uncle who even possesses the right of inflicting capital punishments on his sister's children (p. 91). The maternal uncle also plays an important role as the advocate...

... in dwellings grouped around a common courtyard and die property is owned by each family collectively. 288 FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY An outstanding feature of the Monguor family is the extraordinary power of the maternal uncle who even possesses the right of inflicting capital punishments on his sister's children...

... to the nature of her study (pp. 11–13, in effect one and a half pages), and even that at times is rather cryptic (“Chapter 4 explores the conflation of maternal and erotic sentiments in Kartik pūjā from a woman-centered perspective, leading to a very different interpretation of those materials,” p. 12). Only...

... of the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Health. The bureau included five divisions: (1) Administration, (2) Epidemiology, (3) Hospitals and Dispensaries, (4) Sanitation, (5) Maternal and Child Hygiene. PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES 153 In the 49 provinces, at the head of each health district...

... of Humayun's half brother Hindal in 1537. 9 This did not, of course, prevent the development of powerful political factions around the princes and their mothers, but merely removed maternal relations as possible players in the regular succession wars and power struggles that rocked the Ottoman palace...

... Mu's social identification with his maternal family was due to Wang Kǒn's practice of duolocal marital residence, then prevalent in Korea; under this system, the children were raised by the mother at the residence of the maternal family. Masaaki Ehara , “Kōrai ōzoku no seiritsu,” Chōsen Shi...

...-Asian style,” as painfully observed by Dr. Roy Smith in 1917 (p. 91). The goal of the colonial authorities was to produce a modern midwifery trained in biomedical obstetrics in order to decrease maternal and infant mortality rates and to improve childbearing practices. Indeed, there were...

... of women but at the same time blaming them for driving a wedge between the rulers and their tutored subjects. The collection is arranged thematically: "Images of One Another," "Imperial Politics," "Allies, Maternal Imperialists, and Activists," "Missionaries," and "Wives and 'Incorporated Women...

... be required to fully verify that. Hopefully, Ricardo Jose's book will encourage similar efforts by other Filipinists and help bring military history the stature within Philippine studies that it rightly deserves. JAMES C. BIEDZYNSKI Raritan Valley Community College Maternal and Child Nutrition in Madura...

... damn hard to accomplish. "Role Perfectionism," in her decalogue of "commandments of the good mother," does indeed appear oppressive. This includes attention to foetal education from the moment of conception, as well as responsibility for correct maternal practices in the face of the watchful "mother...

... the rulers and their tutored subjects. The collection is arranged thematically: "Images of One Another," "Imperial Politics," "Allies, Maternal Imperialists, and Activists," "Missionaries," and "Wives and 'Incorporated Women.' " These broad themes have made it possible for the editors to include articles...

... to that never-never land of beneficent perfection associated with long-lived maternity and the civilizing influence of the throne. Here, for example, is Ch'ien-lung as a prince celebrating the imperial mother's birthday in verse:6 Elysian dawn light glimmers on the golden palace door; Propitious clouds amassed...

..., but on that of ambilinial or cognatic descent. As such, elite Koreans could choose membership in paternal, maternal, or affinal kin group. Since such a kinship system is not based on lineage, the reader may conclude that lineage (ssijok) known by the combination of surname and ancestral seat did not exist in the early...

... patrilineage system. However, it is premature to conclude that Koryo descent groups lacked patrilineal biases by simply suggesting that Koreans traced their descent along both male and female lines and that maternal descent remained important. Despite a general consensus that Chinese style patrilineage emerged...