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...Allen L. Tran Silence and Sacrifice: Family Stories of Care and the Limits of Love in Vietnam . By Merav Shohet . Berkeley : University of California Press , 2021 . 267 pp. ISBN: 9780520379381 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2022 2022 In the face...

...Claire Pamment Dying to Serve: Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army . By Maria Rashid . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2020 . 267 pp. ISBN: 9781503611986 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc., 2022 2022...

...Donn V. Hart A Kind of Fighting . By Patrick Cruttwell . New York : Macmillan Company , 1960 . 272 . $3.95. The Sacrifice and Other Stories . By Donald Moore . London : Arthur Barker, Ltd. , 1957 . 206 . Of Cocks and Kites and Other Short Stories . By Alejandro Roces...

...Dennis Hudson Tamil Temple Myths: Sacrifice and Divine Marriage in the South Indian Śaiva Tradition . By David Dean Shulman . Princeton, N. J. : Princeton University Press , 1980 . xvi, 471 pp. Bibliography, Index of Motifs, Index of Place Names and Local Deity Names. $30. Copyright ©...

...Frits Staal Tales of Sex and Violence: Folklore, Sacrifice, and Danger in the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa . By Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1985 . xiv, 145 pp. $16.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 686 THE JOURNAL...

... The Vedic Sacrifice in Transition: A Translation and Study of the Trikandamandana of Bhdskara Mis'ra. By FREDERICK M. SMITH. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1987. Bhandarkar Oriental Series 22. xxxii, 520 pp. Bhaskara Misra Somayajin composed in Sanskrit verse in the eleventh century a work...

...Laurie Patton The Broken World of Sacrifice: An Essay in Ancient Indian Ritual . By J. C. Heesterman . Chicago : The University of Chicago Press , 1993 . x, 296 pp. $60.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1994 1994 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH...

...Gilles Boileau Le Sacrifice au Ciel dans la Chine Ancienne: Théorie et Pratique sous les Han Occidentaux . By Marianne Bujard (with a preface by K. SCHIPPER). Paris : École Française d'Extrême-Orient , 2000 (Monographies; 187). xvi, 264 pp. €35.06. Copyright © The Association...

...Nora A. Taylor Between Sacrifice and Desire: National Identity and the Governing of Femininity in Vietnam . By Ashley Pettus . New York : Routledge , 2003 . xi , 244 pp. $79.95 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2005 2005 256 T H E J O U R N A L O F A S I A N S T...

...David M. Knipe Abstract This two-volume study of a great Vedic sacrifice, the Agnicayana, or “piling of the fire altar,” accomplishes two ends. First, the work is detailed ethnographic coverage of the twelve-day Agnicayana performed by the Nambudiri Brahmin community in Panjal, Kerala, South India...

... of the Yellow River flood, and quite distinct from late-Qing perspectives on the North China Famine. Like media coverage of the flood, articles about the wartime famine highlighted the suffering that famine refugees patiently endured and the sacrifices they made for the sake of the Chinese nation ( Henan Minguo...

...Griet Vankeerberghen To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China . By Michael J. Puett . Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, no. 57. Cambridge : Harvard University Asia Center , 2002 . xv, 358 pp. $49.50 (cloth). Copyright © The Association...

... dedicated to celebrating the birthdays of deities, which were often sponsored by alliances of villages. All of these village festivities lasted many days and required hundreds of participants with specific roles, with ritual spectacle and solemn offerings (i.e. sacrifice) constituting their twin pillars...

... . The Tantras. Studies on their Religion and Literature . Calcutta : Punthi Pustak . Crooke William . 1968 . The Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India. 2 vols. Delhi : M. Manoharlal . Das Veena . 1983 . “ Language of Sacrifice .” MAN (n.s.), 18 . 3 : 445 –62. DĀs...

...Thomas A. Wilson Of Body and Brush: Grand Sacrifice as Text / Performance in Eighteenth-Century China . By Angela R. Zito . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1997 . xix, 311 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $17.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999...

...Ellison Banks Findly Sacrificed Wife/Sacrificer's Wife: Women, Ritual, and Hospitality in Ancient India . By Stephanie W. Jamison . New York : Oxford University Press , 1996 . xvi, 340 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997...

...Kathryn Lowry State Sacrifices and Music in Ming China: Orthodoxy, Creativity, and Expressiveness . By Joseph S. C. Lam . Albany : State University of New York Press , 1998 . xvi, 205 pp. $74.50 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999...

... deemed deserving of the bodily sacrifice of the citizenry. The archive for the essay is constituted by visualizations of Indian national territory produced by “barefoot” cartographic practice, which routinely supplemented the scientific map form of the nation with the anthropomorphic presence of Mother...

... qui correspond au deva du texte cité) capture une hêeng rpuh , I'homme qui correspond à celle-ci tombe malade, le sacrifice d'un animal—qui peut aller jusqu'à être un buffle—permettra de libérer le malade; lorsque les yaang immolent une “âme-buffle” l'homme qui lui correspond meurt. D'autre part...

... developments since the riots of 1967. Three major themes emerge. The still-prevalent Chinese family system and social values have provided the foundation for political stability during this period of drastic changes. The general “prosperity” also entails human sacrifices and widening inequitable distribution...