Publications
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From Japanese Empire to American Hegemony
(2022)
When American occupiers broke up the Japanese empire in the wake of World War II, approximately 1.7 million people departed Japan for various parts of Northeast Asia. The mass exodus was spearheaded by Koreans, many of ...
Fishers, Monks and Cadres
(2020)
This remarkable and timely ethnography explores how fishing communities living on the fringe of the South China Sea in central Vietnam interact with state and religious authorities as well as their farmer neighbors - even ...
Crossing Empire’s Edge
(2020)
For more than half a century, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimusho) possessed an independent police force that operated within the space of Japan’s informal empire on the Asian continent. Charged with "protecting ...
Tanna Times
(2020)
"Anthropologists like to tell other people’s stories but local experts tell them even better.
This book introduces the vibrant living culture and fascinating history of Tanna, an island in Vanuatu, Melanesia, through ...
Performing Grief
(2020)
This is the first in-depth study of Chinese bridal laments, a ritual and performative art practiced by Chinese women in premodern times that gave them a rare opportunity to voice their grievances publicly. Drawing on ...