Asian and African Area Studies No.14-1 (Norvember, 2014)
Asian and African Area Studies
No.14-1 November 2014 CONTENTS
Article
Thai Buddhism Reconsidered from the Viewpoint of Chinese Temples: Reflections on the Case Study of Phuket, Southern Thailand
Kataoka Tatsuki 1
Child-Rearing by Multiple Parents: A Case Study on ‘Fostering’ Custom (Ri’ko) among the Hausa in Northern Nigeria
Umetsu Ayako 43
Language Education as a Policy to Promote Loyalty to the Nation-State: From Improvement of Primary School Enrollment and Literacy to Blocking Cult Protestantism Conversion among the Mong of Vietnam
Yamabe Kensuke 64
When Election Results Count: A Reflection on De-democratization in Thailand
TAMADA Yoshifumi 96
Book Reviews
Tariq Moraiwed Tell. The Social and Economic Origins of Monarchy in Jordan.
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, x+221 p．
Watanabe Shun 111
The Human Geographical Society of Japan ed. The Dictionary of Human Geography.
Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing,
2013, 788 p.
Mizuno Kazuharu 114
Masako Ito. Politics of War Memories: The Road to Reconciliation over the Problem of Massacre during the Vietnam War by the South Korean Army.
Tokyo: Heibonsha, 2013, 292 p.
Nakano Ari 117
Ramnarayan S. Rawat. Reconsidering Untouchability: Chamars and Dalit History in North India.
New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2012, xix+272 p.
Masuki Yui 120
Takahiro Kojima. Borderland Buddhism: An Ethnography of Theravada Buddhist Practices across the China-Myanmar National Boundary.
Kyoto: Kyoto University Press, 2014, 338 p.
Kuramoto Ryosuke 124
Motoji Matsuda ed. The Basics for Learners of African Societies and Cultures.
Kyoto: Sekaishisosha, 2014, 322 p.
Ito Yoshimasa 128
Muhammad Hakimi Bin Mohd Shafiai. Islamic Finance for Agricultural Development
in Malaysia. Kyoto: Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University,
2013, xi+283 p.
Kambara Kentaro 131
Minoru Obayashi, Jun Nishikawa and Kumiko Sakamoto eds. Endogenous Development in Newly Reborn Africa.
Kyoto: Showado, 2014, 349 p.
Kurosaki Ryugo 134
Christian Daniels ed. The History and Culture of Upland Peoples in Southeast Asia.
Tokyo: Gensosha, 2014, 348 p.
Horie Mio 138
Fieldwork News
The Desert Story: My Experience of a Field Trip to Harvest !Nara in the Namib
Tobiyama Shoko 143
New Means of Plastic Bottle Disposal: Recycling Industry in Kampala, Uganda
Asada Shizuka 147
The Next Generation of Speakers and Readers of Minority
Languages: Two Young Successors of Mon Language whom I Met in Thailand
Wada Michihiro 150
People Living in “Ethnic Diversity”: Winners or Losers?
Sai Akira 154
“Give Me Medicine”: Health Care Facilities
and Medication in a Rural Area of Northern Zambia
