Asian Folklore Studies

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Articles in December 2000 issue of Asian Folklore Studies

• Glimpses of the Indian Village in Anthropology and Literature.(Review)
  by Palani, N.; Ramanathan, Aru.
• Gods and Goblins: Japanese Folk Paintings from Otsu.(Review)
  by Knecht, Peter
• Nias--eine eigene Welt: Sagen, Mythen, Uberlieferungen.(Review)
  by Taryo, Obayashi
• The Games of Gods and Man: Essays in Play and Performance.(Review)
  by Ryan, John S.
• The Guritan of Radin Suane: A Study of the Besemah Oral Epic from South Sumatra.(Review)
  by MORIYAMA, MIKIHIRO
• CORRESPONDENCE.(response to Jan-Ojvind Swahn, Asian Folklore Studies, vol. 58, p.238, 1999)(Critical Essay)
• Festins d'ames et robes d'esprits. Les objets chamaniques siberiens du Musee de l'Homme.(Review)
  by Knecht, Peter
• FRANCE.(Yi nationality conference to be held)(Brief Article)
• Chinese Folk Songs and Folk Singers: Shan'ge Traditions in Southern Jiangsu.(Review)
  by Backer, Jorg
• Religion, Gender, and Okinawan Studies.(Review)
  by KAWAHASHI, NORIKO
• Naxi and Moso Ethnography: Kin, Rites, Pictographs.(Review)
  by Suwa, Tetsuo
• Miyata Noboru: The Folklorist and His Scholarship Watching the Tide, Knowing the Time.
  by Takanori, Shintani
• Folk Music of China: Living Instrumental Traditions.(Review)
  by Soon, Lee Tong
• The Appeal of Kaidan Tales of the Strange.
  by REIDER, NORIKO T.
• The Voice of the Khene: Enchanted Airs from the Lao Pan Flute.(Review)
  by Groemer, Gerald
• The Money Demon: An Autobiographical Romance.(Review)
  by Bauer, Daniel J.
• The Annual Round of Agricultural Tasks in Dongyang County: Synoptic Illusion or Symbolic Capital?
  by COOPER, EUGENE
• The Carpenter-Heretic: A Collection of Buddhist Stories about Christianity from 18th-Century Sri Lanka.(Review)
  by Fernando, Antony
• Light Verse from the Floating World: An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu.(Review)
  by Gardner, Richard
• The Oral and Ritual Culture of Chinese Women: Bridal Lamentations of Nanhui.(Critical Essay)
  by McLAREN, ANNE; QINJIAN, CHEN
• Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits.(Review)
  by Flick Jr., Hugh M.
• The Rousing Drum: Ritual Practice in a Japanese Community.(Review)
  by Andrews, Dale
• Holy Cow! The Apotheosis of Zebu, or Why the Cow is Sacred in Hinduism [*].
  by KOROM, FRANK J.