... difficult and anomalous when the culture, at different levels, not only permits oppositions, but simultaneously sanctions them. The data on meat-eating among the Kanya-Kubja brahmans of Katyayan gotra (primarily an exogamous group composed of several lineages) present this type of problem to the social...

...Eric Steinschneider Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian: The Everyday Politics of Eating Meat in India . By James Staples . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 2020 . xvi, 229 pp. ISBN: 9780295747873 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2022 2022...

...Christopher Bell Food of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet . By Geoffrey Barstow . New York : Columbia University Press , 2019 . xv, 289 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2019  2019 Geoffrey Barstow's monograph Food...

...Mitchell G. Weiss The Jungle and the Aroma of Meats: An Ecological Theme in Hindu Medicine . By Francis Zimmermann . Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care 20. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1987 . xiv, 254 pp. $30.00. Copyright ©...

...Chris Ames Abstract After the U.S. victory in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, devastated Okinawans lived off of U.S. military rations, including unfamiliar foods such as pork luncheon meat and corned beef hash. Okinawans incorporated these and other U.S.-made goods into daily life as “ Amerikamun...

... Tibetan Buddhist teachers, particularly Khenpo Tsultrim Lodroe, yet it goes against the state project of developing the yak meat industry. This movement has been criticized not only by state officials, but also by secular Tibetan intellectuals, as well as by herders. This article argues that the complex...

... year), large-scale commercial farms (500–10,000 pigs per year), and mega-operations (more than 10,000 pigs per year) (Fok and Hui 2017 ). China's pork is increasingly supplied by agribusiness and large-scale livestock operations, especially in cities, where meat (and pork) consumption is at least...

...Richard Tucker La Jungle et le fumet des viandes . [The Jungle and the Aroma of Meat]. By Francis Zimmermann . Paris : Gallimard, Le Seuil , 1982 . 254 pp. Nomenclature des animaux, Sources, Index. F125. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1984 1984 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH...

..., anticipating Putlibai's objection on the grounds of religion to her son going abroad, where, she had heard, one could not live without eating meat, Mavji Dave, a friend and adviser of the Gandhi family, said: “Let him [Gandhi] take with him some udad dal , and cook for himself...

... ruler. The concept offangsheng inspired Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty (502-49) to offer his ancestors noodles rather than meat; it prompted the sixth-century monk Zhiyi (538 97) to set aside sixty-one ponds as havens for fish. It provided the Tang emperor, Su zong (r. 756-62), right after...

.... It is imperative that scholars in many aspects of Indian studies keep fully abreast of Emeneau's continued contributions. ROSANE ROCHER University of Pennsylvania The Jungle and the Aroma of Meats: An Ecological Theme in Hindu Medicine. By FRANCIS ZIMMERMANN. Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care...

... for Asian Studies, Inc. 2008 2008 “I am not, by practically anyone's definition of the term, an animal lover. I keep no pets, eat meat with gusto, and feel no particular urge to commune with fauna in the wild.” So opens JAPANimals: History and Culture in Japan's Animal Life , as coeditor Gregory...

... that fall under strict standards (see Calvin et al. 2006 ). 4 Personal interview with a private entrepreneur in the food-processing business, Shanghai, June 2007. 3 When I lived and worked in rural collectives in the 1970s, on two occasions I consumed meat from horses that had died...

..., simplicity, delicacy, and beauty of the people similar to that of Lafcadio Hearn. He is interested in human beings and not in the politics of the Occupation. Though one's general impression is that the narrative lacks meat, it is a serious work and the comments, on a wide range of subjects, are sound...

... of the narrow but significant connections that constituted transnational networks of Korean organization in the early twentieth century. The shorter second and third sections of the book both deal with material artifacts of exoticist European interest in Korea. In 1904, the Liebig's Extract of Meat Company...

... . . . it is surprising the quantity of game he will bring home. Peafowl, junglefowl, Ducks, Curlews, Teal etc and sometimes a couple of wild hogs or a deer which are all welcome in such a large Establishment where everybody eats meat—we have little beef or mutton . . . a few nights ago we had a visit from 3 elephants...

...; this is followed by a summary technical statement about the essential architectural features of each regional/dynastic subdivision. Then comes the real "meat" of the encyclopedia: the detailed descriptions of the architectural components of individual buildings. Some chapters discuss as many as twenty-six...

..., they push eagerly onward with native enthusiasm and optimism to explore the riches of one of the world's greatest artistic traditions. ROBERT E. FISHER University of Redlands La Jungle et le fumet des viandes [The Jungle and the Aroma of Meat]. By FRANCIS ZIMMERMANN. Paris: Gallimard, Le Seuil, 1982. 254 pp...

... on American missionaries. If he does, I most sincerely advise him to change his approach. J O H N LEE St. Mary's University Japanese Whaling: End of an Era? By A R N E KALLAND and B R I A N M O E R A N . London: Curzon Press, 1992. 228 pp. $14.99- Whales, whaling, and, indeed, whale meat are fast becoming...

... subdivision. Then comes the real "meat" of the encyclopedia: the detailed descriptions of the architectural components of individual buildings. Some chapters discuss as many as twenty-six buildings, others as few as one or two. Unfortunately, the "meat" of technical description is, in my view, an undigestible...