New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 9 No. 2, December 2007

Articles

Making a Woman From a Tawaif: Courtesans as Heroes in Hindi Cinema
GREGORY D. BOOTH 1


Self-Refashioning a Plural Society: Dialogism and Syncretism in Malaysian Post-Colonial Literature
MOHAMMAD A. QUAYUM 27


Islam, Modernity and Western Influence in Malay Literature: An Analysis of the Employment of Narrative Devices in Shahnon Ahmad’s TIVI
MOHD. ZARIAT ABDUL RANI 47


Tarrying with the Numinous: Postmodern Japanese Gothic Stories
ANDREW HOCK SOON NG 65


Wedding Photographs and the Bridal Gaze in Singapore
SELINA CHING CHAN & SIMIN XU 87


The United Nations and the North Korean Missile and Nuclear Tests
TIM BEAL 104


Taipei's 'Britisher': W. G. Goddard and the Promotion of Nationalist China in the Cold-War Commonwealth
JEREMY E. TAYLOR 126


Human Rights vs. State Interests in China: Case Studies
JIEFEN LI 147


Graduate Research Essay
Is There Still a Moral Economy in Java, Indonesia?
SUSAN OLIVIA 169


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