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A History of Pigs in China: From Curious Omnivores to Industrial Pork

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Brian Lander, Mindi Schneider, Katherine Brunson
Journal of Asian Studies (2020) 79 (4): 865–889.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911820000054
Published: 01 November 2020
...Brian Lander; Mindi Schneider; Katherine Brunson Abstract Pigs have played a central role in the subsistence and culture of China for millennia. The close relationship between pigs and people began when humans gradually domesticated wild pigs over 8,000 years ago. While pigs initially foraged...
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Pigs for the Ancestors: Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People

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H. Clyde Wilson
Journal of Asian Studies (1969) 28 (3): 658–659.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2943237
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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To Dream of Pigs: Travels in South and North Korea

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Young Whan Kihl
Journal of Asian Studies (1995) 54 (4): 1106–1107.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2059977
Published: 01 November 1995
...Young Whan Kihl To Dream of Pigs: Travels in South and North Korea . By Clive Leatherdale . Brighton, U.K. : Desert Island Books , 1994 . Distributed by Hollym International Corp. (18 Donald Place, Elizabeth, N.J.). 256 pp. £14.99. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...
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Ceramic models of domestic pigs excavated from the Yang Mausoleum in Xianyang, Shaanxi, the tomb of Han Emperor Jing (d. 141 BCE) (http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/640948). Thanks to the Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology for permission to use these images.

Ceramic models of domestic pigs excavated from the Yang Mausoleum in Xianya...

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Published: 01 November 2020
Figure 1. Ceramic models of domestic pigs excavated from the Yang Mausoleum in Xianyang, Shaanxi, the tomb of Han Emperor Jing (d. 141 BCE) ( http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/640948 ). Thanks to the Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology for permission to use these images. More
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“More pigs means more fertilizer and higher grain production” (Yang 1959). Thanks to chineseposters.net for permission to use the image of this poster, which is held in a private collection.

“More pigs means more fertilizer and higher grain production” (Yang 1959 )...

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Published: 01 November 2020
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a and b. Oracle bone inscriptions. a. Pig. b. Canid.

a and b. Oracle bone inscriptions. a. Pig. b. Canid.

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in The Dog-Eared Dictionary: Human-Animal Alliance in Chinese Civilization > Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 August 2015
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Okinawa: A Problem in Administration and Reconstruction

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Daniel D. Karasik
Far Eastern Quarterly (1948) 7 (3): 254–267.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2048847
Published: 01 May 1948
... consists mainly of deer and wild pigs; rats, mice, and five species of deadly venomous snakes are also found, and mosquitoes, lice, fleas, and other insect pests abound. Its mineral deposits are of little consequence, but abundant limestone, sand, and gravel supply valuable construction materials...
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The Civil Governance of Death: The Making of Chinese Political Subjects at the End of Life

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Huwy-Min Lucia Liu
Journal of Asian Studies (2021) 80 (1): 49–71.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911820002260
Published: 01 February 2021
... to be the unproductivity of the funeral industry into productivity (by raising pigs in cemeteries, for instance). I show how each of these policies eliminated possible sources of identity that were prevalent in conceptualizing who the dead were and what their relationships with the living could be. Specifically...
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Japanese Policy and Views Toward Formosa

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Douglas H. Mendel
Journal of Asian Studies (1969) 28 (3): 513–534.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2943176
Published: 01 May 1969
... treated us better than the pigs,” was a common Formosan phrase heard by the writer in 1961–64 to denote the invidious comparison between Japanese and Nationalist Chinese rule. This article will discuss the trend of official relations between Japan and Nationalist China since their bilateral peace treaty...
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Animals through Chinese History: Earliest Times to 1911

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Peter Braden
Journal of Asian Studies (2022) 81 (1): 185–187.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911821002540
Published: 01 February 2022
... to engage with the scientific evidence of pigs’ intelligence and emotional complexity, Schneider advances a strictly anthropocentric perspective. After outlining the structure of the hog production sector, she addresses the harmful effects of industrial pork production on food safety, the natural...
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The “common boar” on the left is a depiction of the native British breed of domestic pigs, while the text on the right reveals how highly the mixed breeds were regarded (Bewick 1924; first seen in White 2011).

The “common boar” on the left is a depiction of the native British breed of...

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Published: 01 November 2020
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The Sea Dayaks of Borneo Before White Rajah Rule

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Derek Freeman
Journal of Asian Studies (1969) 28 (3): 657–658.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2943236
Published: 01 May 1969
... by the amicable people of Sarawak, of whom Benedict Sandin is one. DEREK FREEMAN Australian National University 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...
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The People's West Lake: Propaganda, Nature, and Agency in Mao's China, 1949–1976

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Gang Wang
Journal of Asian Studies (2024) 83 (3): 734–736.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00219118-11163185
Published: 01 August 2024
... and undertaken by the CCP to transform West Lake between 1949 and 1976. These initiatives include the dredging of West Lake, the construction of the public park of Watching Fish at the Flower Harbor (Huagang Guanyü 花港观鱼), the afforestation movement, the development of collectivized pig farming around West Lake...
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Planning in Chinese Agriculture The Chinese Model The Economy of Communist China: An Introduction

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Chi-Ming Hou
Journal of Asian Studies (1966) 25 (4): 761–763.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2051522
Published: 01 August 1966
... and This was allowed to continue in 1956 when two spurious. The other documents the view the collectives were organized. Domestic live- (not new) that Tung Fu-hsiang's letter blam- stock (mainly pigs and poultry), scattered ing Jung Lu for ordering the attacks on the trees and small implements were also left in pri...
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Editorial Foreword

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Journal of Asian Studies (2020) 79 (4): 839.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002191182000368X
Published: 01 November 2020
.... In their article, B rian L ander , M indi S chneider , and K atherine B runson provide an interdisciplinary approach to studying the history of pigs in China by turning to the methods of history, zooarchaeology, and developmental sociology. They examine the long history of the relationship between humans...
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In the Time of Trees and Sorrows: Nature, Power, and Memory in Rajasthan

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Nandini Sundar
Journal of Asian Studies (2005) 64 (2): 496–497.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911805001270
Published: 01 May 2005
... slowly, meanderingly, through a landscape now marked by thorny prosopis juli ora bushes, schools, mills, consumerism, and polyester back to a world of kings, dense jungles, wild pigs, heavy taxes, and heavy punishment. The past unfolds through the voices of people who have lived these changes, voices...
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I-ho-t'uan yen-chiu (A study of the Boxers)

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Philip Kuhn
Journal of Asian Studies (1966) 25 (4): 760–761.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2051521
Published: 01 August 1966
... at the average arable area per head in the village. height of the crisis; Tai finds one genuine and This was allowed to continue in 1956 when two spurious. The other documents the view the collectives were organized. Domestic live- (not new) that Tung Fu-hsiang's letter blam- stock (mainly pigs and poultry...
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The Reliability of Industrial Output Data in Communist China

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Kang Chao
Journal of Asian Studies (1962) 22 (1): 47–65.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2049908
Published: 01 November 1962
.... On the other hand, we have reason to believe that the figures of 380,000 tons of steel and 416,000 tons of pig iron "made by indigenous methods," as stated in the revised communique, are unreliable. Calling them "indigenous products" and separating them from the originally announced total steel output and pig...
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Animals in Chinese Religion and Science

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Paul Copp
Journal of Asian Studies (2025) 84 (2): 519–523.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00219118-11591209
Published: 01 May 2025
... and Plants in Chinese Religions and Science , is, in this respect, often more satisfying. This is especially true of its first three chapters, two on plants and one on a “cult of the pig” and its relationship with divination. The chapters on plants succeed in these terms in large part because traditional...
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Reflections from Captivity: Phan Boi Chau's Prison Notes and Ho Chi Minh's Prison Diary

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Ngo Vinh Long
Journal of Asian Studies (1980) 39 (2): 430–431.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2054349
Published: 01 February 1980
... addicts, and family members of deserting soldiers. The poems are generally poignant and humorous, and there is always a reminder that life was precious and that freedom was of utmost importance: Guards carry pigs along the way. Pigs get a lift I'm pushed and shoved. A man is treated worse than pigs when...
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