Intangible Cultural Heritage of Asia is the focus of the latest issue of the journal Asian Ethnology
Journal co-editor Frank J. Korom (Prof. of Anthropology and Religion, Boston University) brings to our attention the latest issue of the journal Asian Ethnology (Vol. 79, No. 1), which carries a range of articles on aspects of intangible cultural heritage in Asia, including:
Editors’ Note
Benjamin Dorman and Frank J. Korom
Guest Editors’ Introduction: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia: Traditions in Transition
Ziying You and Patricia Ann Hardwick
Kutiyattam, Heritage, and the Dynamics of Culture: Claiming India’s Place within a Global Paradigm Shift
Leah Lowthorp
Heritage Production in National and Global Cultural Policies: Folkloristics, Politics, and Cultural Economy in Ryukyuan/Okinawan Performance
Hideyo Konagaya
Mak Yong, a UNESCO “Masterpiece”: Negotiating the Intangibles of Cultural Heritage and Politicized Islam
Patricia Ann Hardwick
Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding in Times of Crisis: A Case Study of the Chinese Ethnic Qiang’s “Cultural Reconstruction” after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake
Qiaoyun Zhang
Culinary Tensions: Chinese Cuisine’s Rocky Road toward International Intangible Cultural Heritage Status
Philipp Demgenski
Conflicts over Local Beliefs: “Feudal Superstitions” as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Contemporary China
Ziying You
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