Asian Folklore Studies

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Articles in April 1998 issue of Asian Folklore Studies

• Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia 2: The Story of a Desert Knight (book review)
  by El-Shamy, Hasan
• The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea (book review)
  by Wilson, Brian
• Miao Feng Shan.(personal account of pilgrimage to Chinese temple)
  by Goodrich, Anne S.
• The Folk Theatre of North Karnataka (book review)
  by Ashton-Sikora, Martha
• Zenkoji and Its Icon: A Study in Medieval Japanese Religious Art (book review)
  by Chance, Frank L.
• May you be shot with greasy bullets: curse utterances in Turkish.
  by Vanci-Osam, Ulker
• Structural Analysis of Kashmiri Folktales (book review)
  by Lourdusamy, S.
• Puppets of Nostalgia: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Japanese Awaji Ningyo Tradition (book review)
  by Smyers, Karen A.
• Rivalry, reliance, and resemblance: siblings as metaphor for Hindu-Christian relations in Kerala State.
  by Dempsey, Corinne G.
• The Taste of Laughter: Aspects of Tamil Humor (book review)
  by Naithani, Sadhana
• Marketing the Menacing Fetus in Japan (book review)
  by Reader, Ian
• Shashthi's land: folk nursery rhyme in Abanindranath Tagore's 'The Condensed-Milk Doll.'.
  by Sircar, Sanjay
• Poetique du theatre Indien: Lectures du Natyasastra (book review)
  by Tieken, Herman
• World Mythology: An Annotated Guide to Collections and Anthologies (book review)
  by Villani, Paolo
• The metamorphosis of the kappa: transformation of folklore to folklorism in Japan.
  by Foster, Michael Dylan
• Phya Khankhaak, the Toad King: A Translation of an Isan Fertility Myth into English Verse (book review)
  by Chapman, Adam
• Narratives in Society: A Performer-Centered Study of Narration (book review)
  by Lourdusamy, S.
• Concord and Conflict: The Hui Communities in Yunnan Society in a Historical Perspective (book review)
  by Walker, Anthony R.
• Performing Arts of Asia: The Performer as (Inter) Cultural Transmitter (book review)
  by Ramanathan, Aru.
• Mvuh hpa, mi hpa: Creating Heaven, Creating Eart: An Epic Myth of the Lahu People in Yunnan (book review)
  by Dessaint, William L.
• Old questions discussed anew on 'huaben.'.(storybook)
  by Wulou, Chen
• Hopi Basket Weaving: Artistry in Natural Fibers (book review)
  by Hisako, Sekijima
• Elunchunzu minjian gushixuan (Selection of Orochon Folktales) (book review)
  by Backer, Jorg
• In memoriam: Chen Wulou: 1923-1998.(poem)
• Yurupari: Studies of an Amazonian Foundation Myth (book review)
  by Takahiro, Kato
• From Deluge to Discourse: Myth, History, and the Generation of Chinese Fiction (book review)
  by Matsumura, Kazuo
• Mon music for Thai deaths: ethnicity and status in Thai urban funerals.
  by Wong, Deborah