South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Volume 37, Issue 1 (2014)

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Editorials

Editorial
Letter from the Editor
Kama Maclean
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Original Articles

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Representations of Ownership: The Nineteenth-Century Painted Maps of Shatrunjaya, Gujarat
Hawon Ku
Pages: 3-21
Published online: 15 Jan 2014
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The Historical Roots of Dowries in Contemporary Kerala
Anna Lindberg
Pages: 22-42
Published online: 17 Jan 2014
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Weavers Unravelled: Comparing Associationalism among Handloom Weavers and Boatmen in Varanasi, India
Jolie M.F. Wood
Pages: 43-59
Published online: 18 Nov 2013
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Articles

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Civil Society Movements and the ‘Twittering Classes’ in the Postcolony: An Indian Case Study
R. Harindranath & Sukhmani Khorana
Pages: 60-71
Published online: 24 Sep 2013
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Special Section

Introduction
Introduction: Michael Allen and Newar Studies
Iain Sinclair
Pages: 72-79
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Original Articles

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Ritual Period: A Comparative Study of Three Newar Buddhist Menarche Manuals
Christoph Emmrich
Pages: 80-103
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Negotiating the Passage beyond a Full Span of Life: Old Age Rituals among the Newars
Alexander Von Rospatt
Pages: 104-129
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Innovation in Traditions of Transformation: A Preliminary Survey of a Quarter Century of Change in the Bāhāḥs and Bahīs of the Kathmandu Valley
Bruce Mccoy Owens
Pages: 130-155
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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A House for the Living Goddess: On the Dual Identity of the Kumari Chen in Kathmandu
Isabella Tree
Pages: 156-178
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Obituaries

Obituary
Marjorie Jacobs (1915–2013)
Jim Masselos
Pages: 179-181
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Obituary
Denis Wright (1947–2013)
Howard Brasted, David Kent & Tracey James
Pages: 181-183
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Realism in the Twentieth-Century Indian Novel: Colonial Difference and Literary Form, by Ulka Anjaria
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012), ISBN 9781107027633, 212 pp., US$99.00, hdbk
Monika Bhagat-Kennedy
Pages: 184-185
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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The Dance that Makes You Vanish: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia, by Rachmi Diyah Larasati
(Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013), ISBN 978-0-8166-794-2, 216 pp., US$25.00, pbk
Royona Mitra
Pages: 185-187
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Impossible Citizens: Dubai's Indian Diaspora, by Neha Vora
(Durham/London: Duke University Press, 2013), ISBN 978-0-8223-5393-5, 264 pp., US$24.95, pbk
Anandita Bajpai
Pages: 187-189
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Everyday Occupations: Experiencing Militarism in South Asia and the Middle East, by Kamala Visweswaran
(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), ISBN 978-0-8122-4487-8, viii + 300 pp., US$75.00, cloth
Eyal Ben-Ari
Pages: 189-190
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Understanding Security Practices in South Asia: Securitization Theory and the Role of Non-State Actors, by Monika Barthwal-Datta
(London/New York: Routledge, 2012), ISBN 978-0-415-61631-7, xvi + 196 pp., £90.00 hdbk.
Kaushik Roy
Pages: 190-192
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Book Review
The Sea, Identity and History: From the Bay of Bengal to the South China Sea, by Satish Chandra and Himanshu Prabha Ray
(New Delhi: Manohar, 2013), ISBN 978-81-7304-986-6, 358 pp., Rs1,050, hdbk
Michael Pearson
Pages: 192-194
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Dancing with the River: People and Life on the Chars of South Asia, by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta
(New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), ISBN 978-0-300-18830-1, xx + 272 pp., £40.00, hdbk
Carmen Brandt
Pages: 194-195
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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Errata

Correction
Erratum
Page: 196
Published online: 27 Mar 2014
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