The editors of Asian Highlands Perspectives are pleased to announce the publication of AHP 28, our annual essay collection for 2013. This volume contains: five original research articles from Cambodia, China (Tibetan and Pumi), and Vietnam; a selection of Tibetan folklore and original fiction; and twenty reviews of new books.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Articles
Ian G Baird. Shifting Contexts and Performances: Brao-Kavet and Their Sacred Mountains in Northeast Cambodia.
Dpa’ mo skyid. The ‘Descent of Blessings’: Ecstasy and Revival among Tibetan Bon Communities of Reb gong.
Gerong Pincuo and Henriëtte Daudy. Too Much Loving-Kindness to Repay: Funeral Speeches of the Wenquan Pumi.
Wang Shiyong. Towards a Localized Development Approach for Tibetan Areas in China.
William Noseworthy. The Cham’s First Highland Sovereign: Po Romé (r. 1627-1651).
LITERATURE
Bsod nams ‘gyur med. Folktales from Gcig sgril.
Lhundrum. Longing for Snow-covered Peaks: Deity Possession in the Philippines.
Thub bstan. Elopement.
Ba. Lobsang Gonbo. Love in Shambala.
Pad+ma skyabs. The Price of a Thesis.
Pad ma rin chen. Scattered Memories of a Misspent Youth.
Pad ma rin chen. Conflict.
REVIEWS
Magnus Fiskesjö. Review of Naga Identities.
Paul Nietupski. Review of Scripture of the Ten Kings.
Ivette Vargas-O’Bryan. Review of Tibet – A History.
Mátyás Balogh. Review of two Mongolian Language works on the Mongols of the Gansu-Qinghai Region.
Bill Bleisch. Review of China’s Environmental Challenges.
Katia Buffetrille. Review of Le bergers du Fort Noir.
Faisal Chauhdry. Review of Islam and Tibet.
Andrew Grant. Review of The Art of Not Being Governed.
Binod Singh. Review of Recent Research on Ladakh 2009.
Christina Kilby. Review of Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World.
Anja Reid. Review of Japanese-Mongolian Relations.
Benno Ryan Weiner. Review of China’s ‘Tibetan’ Frontiers.
Ligaya Beebe. Review of Drokpa.
Daniel Winkler. Review of Transforming Nomadic Resource Management and Livelihood Strategies.
Gregory Rohlf. Review of Explorers and Scientists in China’s Borderlands.
Jack Hayes. Review of Origins and Migrations in the Extended Eastern Himalayas.
Christopher Weedall. Review of The Sherthukpens of Arunachal Pradesh.
Zhiguo Ye. Review of Critical Han Studies.
Bina Sengar. Review of Trade and Society along the Ancient Silk Road.
Bettina Zeisler. Review of Emerging Bon.
Sincerely,
The Editors of Asian Highlands Perspectives
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