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Volume 45 - Issue 3 - May 1986

Book Reviews—South Asia

Kinship and Ritual in Bengal: Anthropological Essays. By Lina Fruzzetti and Ákos Östör. New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 1984. x, 224 pp. $26. (Distributed by South Asia Books, Columbia, Mo.)

A Place Apart: Painting in Kutch, 1720–1820. By B. N. Goswamy and A. L. Dallapiccola. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1983. xi, 95 pp. Notes, Catalogue, Color and Black-and-White Plates. Rs 400; $75. (Available in the U.S. from Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y.)

Fighting with Gandhi: A Step-By-Step Strategy for Resolving Everyday Conflicts. By Mark Juergensmeyer. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1984. ix, 182 pp. Bibliographical Note, Notes, Acknowledgments, Index. $12.95.

Bangladesh: Society, Politics, and Bureaucracy. Edited by Mohammad Mohabbat Khan and John P. Thorp. Dhaka: Center for Administrative Studies, 1984. x, 190 pp. Tk. 125.00; $10. (Distributed by the Riverdale Company, Riverdale, Md.)

Caste, Cult, and Hierarchy: Essays on the Culture of India. By Pauline Kolenda. Meerut: Folklore Institute, 1981. viii, 350 pp. Rs. 125 (Distributed by Manohar Book Service, New Delhi, India.)

The Face Behind the Mask: Women in Tamil Literature By C. S. Laksmi. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1984. xi, 253 pp. Index. N.p. (Distributed in the U.S. by Advent Books, New York, N.Y.)

Way of Life: King, Householder, Renouncer—Essays in Honour of Louis Dumont. Edited by T. N. Madan. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1982. vii, 434 pp. Index. N.p. (Distributed in U.S. and Canada by Advent Books, New York, N.Y.)

South Asian Intellectuals and Social Change. Edited by Yogendra K. Malik. Columbia, Mo.: South Asia Books, 1982. x, 352 pp. Index. N.p.

Kachcheri Bureaucracy in Sri Lanka: The Culture and Politics of Accessibility. By Namika Raby. Syracuse, N.Y.: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1985. x, 192 pp. Appendixes, References Cited, Index. $12 (paper).

A House Divided: The Origin and Development of Hindi/Hindavi. By Amrit Rai. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1984. x, 322 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index. $29.95. (Distributed by Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y.)

Amrita Sher-Gil: A Biography. By N. Iqbal Singh. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1984. x, 190 pp. Plates, Bibliography, Index, Index of Paintings. N.p.

The Square and the Circle of the Indian Arts. By Kapila Vatsyayan. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1983. xi, 159 pp. Illustrations. $65.

Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India. Edited by Joanne Punzo Waghorne and Norman Cutler, in association with Vasudha Narayanan. Chambersburg, Penn.: Anima Publications, 1985. vi, 208 pp. Notes and References, Contributors, Glossary, Bibliography. $12.95 (paper).

The Genesis of an Orientalist: Thomas William Rhys Davids and Buddhism in Sri Lanka. By Ananda Wickremeratne. New Delhi: South Asia Books, Motilal Banarsidass, 1985. xxviii, 232 pp. Glossary, Index. N.p.

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Catalogue of the Burney Parabaiks in the India Office Library. By Thaung Blackmore. London: The British Library (Oriental Documents, no. 7), 1985. xiv, 120 pp. Appendix, Bibliography. $30.

Market Trade in Rural Java. By Glen Chandler. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: Monash University, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, 1984. (Monash Papers on Southeast Asia, no. 11.) xii, 198 pp. Figures, Tables, Plates, Glossary, Bibliography, Appendixes, Maps, Notes. $A6 (paper).

Singapore: Ideology, Society, Culture. By John Clammer. Singapore: Chopmen Publishers, 1985. 170 pp. N.p.

Conflict and Violence in Singapore and Malaysia, 1945–1983. By Richard Clutterbuck. Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1985. 412 pp. List of Abbreviations, Maps, Figures, Endnotes, Bibliography. $24..

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