“South Asian Nationalisms” is the focus of the latest issue of Asian Ethnology

The editors of Asian Ethnology, Benjamin Dorman (Nanzan University) and Frank J. Korom (Boston University), are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of the journal which features essays focusing on aspects of nationalism in South Asia. Details and links to the articles can be found at https://asianethnology.org/volumes/145

ASIAN ETHNOLOGY 80 (1)

Editors’ Note (80-1) Benjamin Dorman, Frank J. Korom

Guest Editors’ Introduction : South Asian Nationalisms Frank J. Korom, Jan Magnusson

What Transcends the Nation? Peter van der Veer

A Specter Is Haunting Pakistan! : Nationalism in Pakistan’s Horror Pulp Fiction Jürgen Schaflechner

Jellyfishing in the Postcolonial Nation State : Baltistan through the Zomia Lens Jan Magnusson

Holy Cows and Constitutional Nationalism in Nepal Mara Malagodi

Animal Slaughter and Religious Nationalism in Bhutan Mari Miyamoto, Jan Magnusson, Frank J. Korom

New Year’s Day Performances as Nationalist Discourse in Bangladesh Frank J. Korom

Bathed in Blood : Ritual Performance as Political Critique Susan A. Reed

Defending Islam in an Islamic State : Islamic Nationalist Discourse, Democratic Reform, and the Religious Commitment of the State in the Maldives Boris Wille

South Asian Nationalisms : Concluding Reflections Ted Svensson

REVIEWS/GENERAL

Dan Smyer Yü and Jean Michaud, eds., Trans-Himalayan Borderlands: Livelihoods, Territorialities, Modernities Bendi Tso

Trine Brox and Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, eds., Buddhism and Business: Merit, Materials Wealth, and Morality in the Global Market Economy Gwendolyn Gillson

Giuseppe Bolotta, Philip Fountain, and R. Michael Feener, eds., Political Theologies and Development in Asia: Transcendence, Sacrifice, and Aspiration Beiyin Deng

Carole McGranahan, ed., Writing Anthropology: Essays on Craft and Commitment Helle Bundgaard

Dan Ben-Amos (author), Henry Glassie, and Elliott Oring, eds., Folklore Concepts: Histories and Critiques Ülo Valk

Chang, Hsun, and Benjamin Penny, eds. Religion in Taiwan and China: Locality and Transmission Jacob F. Tischer

REVIEWS/CHINA

Stephen Jones, Daoist Priests of the Li Family: Ritual Life in Village China Tianji Xu

REVIEWS/INDIA

Pika Ghosh, Making Kantha, Making Home: Women at Work in Colonial Bengal Puja Sahney

Debjani Bhattacharyya, Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta Calynn Dowler

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds Pravina Shukla

REVIEWS/JAPAN

Carolyn S. Stevens, The Beatles in Japan: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Daniel A. Métraux

Gabriella Lukács, Invisibility by Design: Women and Labor in Japan’s Digital Economy Mairead Haynes

Melanie Lorie Cook and Louise George Kittaka, eds., Intercultural Families and Schooling in Japan: Experiences, Issues, and Challenges Paul Capobianco

Wolfram Manzenreiter, Ralph Lützeler, and Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, eds., Japan’s New Ruralities: Coping with Decline in the Periphery Susanne Klien

Aike P. Rots, Shinto, Nature and Ideology in Contemporary Japan: Making Sacred Forests Scott Schnell

Hisako Omori, From Situated Selves to the Self: Conversion and Personhood among Roman Catholics in Tokyo Alec R. LeMay

REVIEWS/NEPAL

Sienna R. Craig, The Ends of Kinship: Connecting Himalayan Lives between Nepal and New York Andrew Nelson

REVIEWS/SOUTH KOREA

Todd A. Henry, ed., Queer Korea Thomas Baudinette

REVIEWS/SOUTHEAST ASIA

Steve Ferzacca, Sonic City: Making Rock Music and Urban Life in Singapore Craig A. Lockard

Lan Anh Hoang, Vietnamese Migrants in Russia: Mobility in Times of Uncertainty Paul Capobianco

Wasana Wongsurawat, The Crown and the Capitalists: The Ethnic Chinese and the Founding of the Thai Nation Enze Han