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Volume 56 - August 1997

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Book Reviews—South Asia

Literary India: Comparative Studies in Aesthetics, Colonialism, and Culture. Edited by Patrick Colm Hogan and Lalita Pandit. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. xvi, 289 pp. $19–95 (paper).

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Book Reviews—South Asia

Unmaking the Nation: The Politics of Identity and History in Modern Sri Lanka. Edited by Pradeep Jeganathan and Qadri Ismail. Colombo: Social Scientists' Association, 1995. 219 pp.

From Early Vedanta to Kashmir Shaivism: Gauḍapāda, Bhartṛhari, and Abhinavagupta. By Natalia Isayeva. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. x, 197 pp. $16.95 (paper).

Book Review

Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan. By Takashi Fujitani. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1996. xiv, 305 pp. $40.00.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Democracy and Authority in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective. By Ayesha Jalal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. xiii, 295 pp. $59–95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Bhubaneshwar: From a Temple Town to a Capital City. By Ravi Kalia. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1994. xx, 236 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

The Colors of Violence: Cultural Identities, Religion, and Conflict. By Sudhir Kakar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. xiv, 217 pp. $42.00 (cloth); $14.95 (paper).

Voices from Within: Early Personal Narratives of Bengali Women. By Malavika Karlekar. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. xxii, 227 pp. $8.95 (paper).

Praises to a Formless God: Nirguṇī Texts from North India. By David N. Lorenzen. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. xv, 303 pp. $16.95 (paper).

Siva and Her Sisters: Gender, Caste, and Class in Rural South India. By Karin Kapadia. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1995. xv, 269 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

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Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan. By Takashi Fujitani. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1996. xiv, 305 pp. $40.00.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Contesting the Nation: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in India. Edited by David Ludden. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996. xii, 346 pp. $39.95 (cloth); $19–95 (paper).

Studies of Indian Jewish Identity. Edited by Nathan Katz. New Delhi: Manohar, 1995. 203 pp. Rs. 250 (cloth).

The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj. By Dane Kennedy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xvi, 264 pp. $38.00 (cloth).

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Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan. By Arne Kalland. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1995. 355 pp. $38.00.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Building the Railways of the Raj, 1850–1900. By Ian J. Kerr. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995. xix, 254 pp. $26.00 (cloth).

Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna. By Jeffrey J. Kripal. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. xxii, 386 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).

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Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan. By Arne Kalland. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1995. 355 pp. $38.00.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Painters, Paintings and Books: An Essay on Indo-Persian Technical Literature, 12–19th Centuries. By Yves Porter. Translated by MrsS. Butani. New Delhi: Manohar, 1994. xiv, 249 pp. $22.00 (cloth).

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