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Asian Ethnology [formerly Asian Folklore Studies]
Number 73, Volume 1-2, 2014

Editors’ Note
Korom, Frank J., and Benjamin Dorman

Guest Editors’ Introduction: Indigeneity, Performance, and the State in South Asia and Beyond [1–18]
Wolf, Richard K., and Frank Heidemann

Dimensions of Indigeneity in Highland Odisha, India [19–37]
Berger, Peter

Placing Indigeneity: Betta Kurumba Narratives of Territory and Clan Structure [39–60]
Coelho, Gail

Tribal and Modern Voices in South Indian Kota Society [61–89]
Wolf, Richard K.

Objectification and Social Aesthetics: Memoranda and the Celebration of “Badaga Day” [91–109]
Heidemann, Frank

The Poetics and Politics of Practical Reason: Indigenous Identity, Ritual Discourse, and the Postcolonial State in the Northern Nilgiris (South India) [111–137]
Demmer, Ulrich

The Social Life of an Ethnonym: The “Kattu Nayaka” of South India [139–153]
Bird-David, Nurit

Fertility or Indigeneity? Two Versions of the Santal Flower Festival [155–180]
Schulte-Droesch, Lea

VCD Crossovers: Cultural Practice, Ideas of Belonging, and Santali Popular Movies [181–200]
Schleiter, Markus

The “Bison Horn” Muria: Making it “More Tribal” for a Folk Dance Competition in Bastar, Chhattisgarh [201–231]
Prévôt, Nicolas

Contact Zone: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Relationship between Kings and Tribes in Middle India [233–257]
Schnepel, Burkhard

Ethnographies of States and Tribes in Highland Odisha [259–279]
Pfeffer, Georg

Afterword [281–291]
Hockings, Paul

Review of: Kent Flannery and Joyce Marcus, “The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire” [293–295]
Shankman, Paul

Review of: Sam Gill, “Dancing Culture Religion” [295–299]
Shay, Anthony

Review of: Laura Hirvi, “Identities in Practice: A Trans-Atlantic Ethnography of Sikh Immigrants in Finland and in California” [299–301]
Leonard, Karen

Review of: John Baily, “Songs from Kabul: The Spiritual Music of Ustad Amir Mohammad” [302–304]
Sumits, William

Review of: Beth Szczepanski, “The Instrumental Music of Wutaishan’s Buddhist Monasteries: Social and Ritual Contexts” [304–307]
Stock, Jonathan P. J.

Review of: Emily Chao, “Lijiang Stories: Shamans, Taxi Drivers, and Runaway Brides in Reform-Era China” [307–309]
Jinba, Tenzin

Review of: Anne Murphy, “The Materiality of the Past: History and Representation in Sikh Tradition” [309–311]
Rinehart, Robin

Review of: Akhil Gupta, “Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India” [312–313]
Gamburd, Michele Ruth

Review of: Teena Purohit, “The Aga Khan Case: Religion and Identity in Colonial India” [314–317]
Shodhan, Amrita

Review of: Jeanne Hein and V. S. Rajam, “The Earliest Missionary Grammar of Tamil: Fr. Henriques’ Arte da Lingua Malabar: Translation, History and Analysis” [321–323]
Tschacher, Torsten

Review of: Amitabh SenGupta, “Scroll Paintings of Bengal: Art in the Village” [321–323]
Ghosh, Pika

Review of: Smita Tewari Jassal, “Unearthing Gender: Folksongs of North India” [324–326]
Davis, Coralynn V.

Review of: Satsuki Kawano, Glenda S. Roberts, and Susan Orpett Long, eds., “Capturing Contemporary Japan: Differentiation and Uncertainty” [327–330]
Métraux, Daniel A.

Review of: Yasui Manami, “Shussan kankyō no minzokugaku: “Dai san ji osan kakumei” ni mukete” [330–332]
Reider, Noriko T.

Review of: Ian Condry, “The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan’s Media Success Story” [333–335]
Morisawa, Tomohiro

Review of: Peter Haskel, “Sword of Zen: Master Takuan and His Writings on Immovable Wisdom and The Sword Tale” [335–337]
Amano, Yuka

Review of: Merry White, “Coffee Life in Japan” [337–339]
Creighton, Millie

Review of: Ian Harper, “Development and Public Health in the Himalaya: Reflections on Healing in Contemporary Nepal” [340–341]
McKay, A. C.

Review of: Jan-Olof Svantesson, Kàm Ràw (Damrong Tayanin), Kristina Lindell and Håkan Lundström, “Dictionary of Kammu Yùan Language and Culture” [342–345]
Jähnichen, Gisa

Review of: Ronit Ricci, “Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia” [345–347]
Gupta, Radhika

Review of: Sharika Thiranagama, “In My Mother’s House: Civil War in Sri Lanka” [348–349]
McGilvray, Dennis B.

Review of: Michele Ruth Gamburd, “The Golden Wave: Culture and Politics after Sri Lanka’s Tsunami Disaster” [350–352]
Feener, R. Michael

Review of: Dhana Hughes, “Violence, Torture and Memory in Sri Lanka: Life after Terror, and Gordon Weiss, The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers” [352–356]
Gamburd, Michele Ruth

Review of: Emily T. Yeh, “Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development” [356–360]
Thurston, Timothy

Review of: Tanya Zivkovic, “Death and Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism: In-between Bodies” [360–362]
McKay, A. C.

Review of: Lauren Meeker, “Sounding Out Heritage: Cultural Politics and the Social Practice of Quan Ho Folk Song in Northern Vietnam” [362–365]
Roche, Gerald