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125517 results in Asian Studies

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  • East Timor Ten Years On: Legacies of Violence

  • Geoffrey Robinson
  • Journal:
    The Journal of Asian Studies / Volume 70 / Issue 4 / November 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    04 November 2011, pp. 1007-1021
    Print publication:
    November 2011

  • On August 30, 2009, East Timor's Prime Minister, the former resistance leader Xanana Gusmão, quietly authorized the release of a man directly implicated in one of the country's most notorious massacres. Maternus Bere, a commander of the pro-Indonesian Laksaur militia group, had been indicted for his role in the September 1999 killing of as many as 200 unarmed supporters of independence who had taken refuge in the Catholic Church in Suai. Of the 40 victims whose identities could be determined, three were priests, ten were under the age of 18, and more than a dozen were women. The Suai Church massacre was part of a shocking campaign of violence that followed a United Nations-organized referendum in which Timorese had voted overwhelmingly for independence from Indonesia.

  • Pagodas and Prophets: Contesting Sacred Space and Power among Buddhist Karen in Karen State

  • Yoko Hayami
  • Journal:
    The Journal of Asian Studies / Volume 70 / Issue 4 / November 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    22 December 2011, pp. 1083-1105
    Print publication:
    November 2011

  • This paper analyzes multi-layered religious practices among local Buddhist Karen on the plains of Karen State in Burma, within the context of the larger socio-political dynamics of Burmese Buddhism. The purpose is threefold: first, to give ethnographic details of the hybrid nature of religious practices among Buddhist Pwo Karen, thereby demonstrating how sacred space and power are contested, despite the strong hand of the state; second, to challenge the assumed equation between non-Buddhist minorities on the one hand, and Buddhists as a lowland majority aligned to the state on the other; and third, to raise an alternative understanding to predominantly state-centered perspectives on Theravada Buddhism. Field-based observations on the young charismatic Phu Taki and his community, as well as on the practice of pagoda worship called Duwae that has hitherto been undocumented are presented. These are examined in relation to the changing religious policies of the regime, especially since the policies of “Myanmafication” of Buddhism by the reformist council began in 1980.

  • The Portrait's Journey: The Image, Social Communication and Martyr-Making in Colonial India

  • Kama Maclean
  • Journal:
    The Journal of Asian Studies / Volume 70 / Issue 4 / November 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    04 November 2011, pp. 1051-1082
    Print publication:
    November 2011

  • Bhagat Singh, the revolutionary nationalist executed by the British in 1931, continues to be an enormously popular figure in contemporary India, immediately recognizable in ubiquitous posters, stickers and placards by his distinctive hat. This article uncovers the story behind Bhagat Singh's original ‘hat photograph’ by tracing the portrait's journey from the time it was taken, in 1929, to the early 1930s. The portrait was devised as a tactic of political subversion and intended as revolutionary propaganda, although it became more widely interpreted as an icon of defiant nationalism and a symbol of imperial injustice. The image quickly morphed from its original format, and rapidly circulated in the form of reproductions, paintings and drawings, travelling well beyond the confines of the literate domain, making a decisive impact on the charged political landscape of the early 1930s.

  • JAS volume 70 issue 4 Cover and Front matter

  • Journal:
    The Journal of Asian Studies / Volume 70 / Issue 4 / November 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    22 December 2011, pp. f1-f10
    Print publication:
    November 2011
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