University of Hawaii Press Spring 2022 Catalog

2022·10 MB·English

by  University of Hawaii Press

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I PRESS
SPRING 2022
SUBJECT INDEX
Anthropology & Archaeology 6, 7, 14,
22, 25, 26, 29, 33
Art & Architecture 24, 26, 32, 35
Asian American Studies 4
Biography 22
Buddhism 8, 9, 10, 13, 23, 24, 29, 30
Business & Tourism 7, 34
East Asia 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29,
31, 33
Environment 2, 30
Ethnomusicology 25
Gender Studies 14, 15, 24, 29
Hawai‘i 1, 3, 26, 27
History 2, 4, 11, 12, 16, 18, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34, 36
Indigenous Studies 1, 2, 19, 22, 25
Juvenile Fiction 27, 28
Language 22, 28, 35
Literature 5, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 34,
35, 36
Media Studies 15
Pacific/Oceania 2, 3, 19, 22, 27, 28
Philippines 34, 35, 36
Philosophy 22, 30, 35
Politics 17, 19, 20, 22, 28, 29, 30, 31,
32, 33, 34
Popular Culture 15
Religion 11, 12, 16, 23, 24, 26, 29, 36
Social Science & Sociology 17, 22, 23,
24, 25, 33, 35, 36
South Asia 22
Southeast Asia 18, 20, 26, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34
Tibet 24
Voyaging 3
COVER ART: Image from Ka Po‘e Mo‘o
Akua: Hawaiian Reptilian Water Deities
(p. 1) Snake-eyed skink, or mo‘o ‘alā. Photo
by Kai Markell.
uhpress.hawaii.edu
NEWRELEASES
UKHaPRPESoS.H‘eAWMAIIo.E‘DoU Akua
HawaiianReptilianWaterDeities
MARIEALOHALANIBROWN
“Astunningfeatofscholarship.Thisbookisnotjustanarrationand
catalogofmo‘oakua,butananalysisandcogentexplanationof
Ho‘omana,Hawaiianreligion.Basedonanenormousnumberof
mo‘oleloin‘ōleloHawai‘i,togetherwithoralhistories,translations,
manuscripts,andafullreadingofsecondarysources,thisbooktakes
usahugedistancetowardsactualunderstandingofourkūpuna’s
philosophiesandbeliefsystem.Itsetsanewbarforstudiesofnāmea
Hawai‘i.”—NNooeennooeeKK..SSiillvvaa,,professorofpoliticalscienceand‘ōlelo
Hawai‘i,UniversityofHawai‘iatMānoa
Traditionholdsthatwhenyoucomeacrossabodyoffreshwaterin
asecludedareaandeverythingiseerilystill,theplantsare
yellowed,andthewatercoveredwithagreenish-yellowfroth,you
havestumbledacrossthehomeofamo‘o.Leavequicklylestthemo‘o
makeitselfknowntoyou!
JJAANNUUAARRYY22002222 Reveredandreviled,reptileshaveslithered,glided,crawled,
andclimbedtheirwaythroughthehumanimaginationandinto
288pages, 6x9,13b&willustrations
prominentplacesinmanyculturesandbeliefsystemsaroundthe
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world.KaPo‘eMo‘oAkua:HawaiianReptilianWaterDeities
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exploresthefearsomeandfascinatingcreaturesknownasmo‘o
HHaawwaaii‘‘ii//IInnddiiggeennoouussSSttuuddiieess//MMyytthhoollooggyy
thatembodythelife-givinganddeath-dealingpropertiesofwater.
Mo‘oarenotocean-dwellers;instead,theyliveprimarilyinor
nearbodiesoffreshwater.Theyvarygreatlyinsize,appearingas
MMaarriieeAAlloohhaallaanniiBBrroowwnnisassociateprofessor,
tallasamountainorastinyasahousegecko,andmanypossess
specialistinHawaiianreligion,attheUniversityof
alternateforms.Mo‘oarepredominantlyfemale,andthefemale
Hawai‘iatMānoa. mo‘othatmasqueradeashumansareoftendescribedas
stunninglybeautiful.ThroughoutHawaiianhistory,mo‘oakua
havehelddistinctiverolesandhavefilledavarietyoffunctionsin
overlappingreligious,familial,societal,economic,andpolitical
sectors.
Inadditiontobeingacomprehensivetreatiseonmo‘oakua,
thisworkincludesadetailedcatalogof288individualmo‘owith
sourcecitations.MarieAlohalaniBrownmakesmajor
contributionstothepoliticsandpoeticsofreconstructing‘ike
kupuna(ancestralknowledge),Hawaiianaesthetics,thenatureof
tradition,thestudyandappreciationofmo‘oleloandka‘ao(hi/
stories),genreanalysisandmetadiscursivepractices,and
methodologiesforconductingresearchinHawaiian-language
newspapers.Anextensiveintroductionalsooffersreaderscontext
forunderstandinghowtheseuniquelyHawaiiandeitiesrelateto
otherreptilianentitiesinPolynesiaandaroundtheworld.
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Across Species and Cultures
Whales,Humans,andPacificWorlds
EDITEDBYRYANTUCKERJONESANDANGELAWANHALLA
Morethananyotherlocale,thePacificOceanhasbeenthe
meetingplacebetweenhumansandwhales.FromIndigenous
Pacificpeopleswhobuiltlivesandcosmologiesaroundwhales,to
Euro-AmericanwhalerswhodescendeduponthePacificduring
thenineteenthcentury,andtothenewformsofhuman-cetacean
partnershipsthathaveemergedfromthelatetwentiethcentury,
therelationshipbetweenthesetwospecieshasbeencentraltothe
ocean’shistory.AcrossSpeciesandCultures:Whales,Humans,and
PacificWorldsoffersforthefirsttimeacritical,wide-ranging
geographicalandtemporallookatthevarietiesofwhalehistories
inthePacific.Theessaycontributors,hailingfromaroundthe
Pacific,presentawealthoffascinatingstorieswhilebreakingnew
methodologicalgroundinenvironmentalhistory,women’s
history,animalstudies,andIndigenousontologies.Intheprocess
theyrevealpreviouslyhiddenaspectsofthestoryofPacific
whaling,includingthecontributionsofIndigenouspeopleto
MMAAYY22002222 capitalistwhaling,theindustry’sexceptionallyfar-reaching
320pages, 6x9,29b&willustrations spread,anditsoverlookedsecondlifeasaglobal,industrial
Cloth 9780824888985 $$6688..0000s slaughterinthetwentiethcentury.
Whilepointingtostrikingcontinuitiesinwhalinghistories
AsiaPacificFlows
aroundthePacific,AcrossSpeciesandCulturesalsorevealsdeep
PPaacciiffiicc//EEnnvviirroonnmmeenntt//HHiissttoorryy//IInnddiiggeennoouuss
tensions:betweenenvironmentalistsandIndigenouspeoples,
SSttuuddiieess
betweenideasandrealities,andbetweentheNorthandSouth
Pacific.Thebookdelvesinunprecedentedwaysintothelivesand
historiesofwhalesthemselves.Despitetheworstravagesof
RRyyaannTTuucckkeerrJJoonneessisassociateprofessorinthe
commercialandindustrialwhaling,whalessurvivedtwo
DepartmentofHistoryattheUniversityofOregon.
centuriesofmasskillinginthePacific.Theirperseverance
continuestonourishmanyhumancommunitiesaroundandin
AAnnggeellaaWWaannhhaallllaaisassociateprofessorinthe
thePacificOceanwheretheyarehuntedascommodities,
DepartmentofHistoryandArtHistoryatthe
regardedassignsofwealthandpower,actasprovidersand
UniversityofOtago.
protectors,butarealsoancestors,providingabridgebetween
humanandnonhumanworlds.
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Reawakened
TraditionalNavigatorsofTe
Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
JEFFEVANS
“ThisbooktakesusintotheworldofthenavigatorswhoarePwo....It
istrueandauthentic,inthatitremindsusofwhoweare,wherewe
camefrom,andperhaps,whowewillbe.”—HHoottuurrooaaBBaarrccllaayy--KKeerrrr
Thisbookfeaturesinterviewswithtenmasternavigatorswho
trainedunderMauPiailug(1932–2010),thelegendaryteacherof
traditional,non-instrumentwayfindingmethodsforopen-ocean
voyagingacrossthePacific.Theyweregiventhestatusofmaster
navigatorbyMauthroughthePwoceremony,andwentonto
becomeanintegralpartoftherenaissanceofknowledgeand
traditionsaroundvoyaging.
ThetennavigatorsincludethreefromAotearoaNew
Zealand:HectorBusby,PiripiEvans,andJackThatcher;twofrom
MMAARRCCHH22002222 theCookIslands:PeiaPatai(Pe'aeTua'ati)andTeuatakiri
TearutuaArthur(Tua)Pittman;andfivefromHawai‘i:Nainoa
256pages, 62/5x91/20,34color,11b&w
Thompson,ChadKālepaBaybayan,ShortyBertelmann,Bruce
illustrations,3colormaps
Blankenfeld,andChadd‘OnohiPaishon.Theirstoriesare
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intertwinedwiththemovementthatprovedthattheexploration
PublishedinassociationwithMasseyUniversity
andsettlementoftheeasternPacificwasdeliberate,andoneof
Press
thegreatestfeatsofnavigationinhumanhistory.
ForsaleonlyinNorthAmerica Eachoftheprofilesincludesaspecificaspectofthe
HHaawwaaii‘‘ii//PPaacciiffiicc//VVooyyaaggiinngg contemporaryvoyagingstory,anddescribeshowthese
remarkablemenlearnedtonavigatevoyagingcanoesacross
thousandsofmilesofopenocean.Fascinatinginterviewsuncover
JJeeffffEEvvaannssisawriterandphotographerbasedin theblendoftraditionalknowledge,science,passion,stamina,and
Auckland.Hehaswrittenseveralbooksrelatingto strengthneededtoguideavoyagingcanoe.
waka,includingNgāWakaoNeherā,Polynesian
NavigationandtheDiscoveryofNewZealand,and
WakaTaua:TheMaoriWarCanoe.Betweenthem,
thesebooksrecallMāorimigrationtraditions,
describenavigationskillsusedbyMāoritovoyage
betweentheislandsinthecentralPacificandNew
Zealand,andintroducethereadertowakataua.
Jeff’smostrecentbookwasHeke-nukumai-nga-iwi
Busby:NotHerebyChance(Huia,2015).In2020
hewasawardedasummerresidencyatthe
MichaelKingWriter’sCentretoworkonthisbook.
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Unthinking Collaboration
AmericanNiseiinTranswarJapan
A.CARLYBUXTON
“Buxton’sachievementliesinplacinghumanlivesdeadcenterofan
accountingofNiseiinJapanduringthetranswarperiod.Thoselives
includenotonlytheinfamous(e.g.“TokyoRose”figureaspersonsand
symbol),butalsotheeverydayworkerswho,thoughbornand
sometimesraisedintheUnitedStates,proudlycalledJapan“home.”
LoyaltyliesatthecoreoftheseNiseilives,guidingtheiractionsand
affiliations.WhatBuxtonmakesclearisthatthisloyaltywasneither
blood-basednorblind,butinsteadnegotiated,situational,and
complexlydrawn.”—CChhrriissttiinneeRR..YYaannoo,UniversityofHawai‘iatMānoa
UnthinkingCollaborationuncoversthelittle-knownhistoryof
JapaneseAmericanswhoweatheredtheyearsofWorldWarIIon
Japanesesoil.Severedfromthecountryoftheirbirthwhenthe
attackonPearlHarborabruptlyhaltedallpassengertrafficonthe
Pacific,theseNiseifacedtheyearsoftotalwarasmembersofthe
MMAARRCCHH22002222 Japanesepopulace,yetasthetargetofanti-Americanpropaganda
andsuspicion.WhereastheirwhiteAmericancounterpartswere
264pages, 6x9,9b&willustrations
sequesteredbyJapaneseauthorities,placedonhousearrest,or
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senthomeonexchangeshipsduringthewar,AmericanNiseiin
JJaappaann//AAssiiaannAAmmeerriiccaannSSttuuddiieess//HHiissttoorryy
Japanwerelefttocontributetothewareffortalongsidetheir
Japaneseneighborsassoldiers,cryptographers,interpreters,and
infarmingandmanufacturing.Whenthedustofairraid
AA..CCaarrllyyBBuuxxttoonnisahistoriananduserresearch
bombingscleared,manysuchNiseitransitionedintorolesin
consultantwhofocusesonhumanbehaviorand
serviceoftheAlliedoccupationanditsgoalsofdemocratization
decision-making.
anddemilitarization.Ascensors,translators,interpreters,and
administrativestaff,theyplayedintegralrolesinfacilitating
American-Japaneseinteraction,aswellasinshapingpoliciesand
publicopinioninthepostwarera.
Weavingarchivaldatawithoralhistories,personal
narratives,materialculture,andfiction,UnthinkingCollaboration
emphasizestheheterogeneityofJapaneseimmigrantexperiences,
andshedslightonbroaderissuesofidentity,race,and
performanceofindividualsgrowingupinabiculturalor
multiculturalcontext.Bydistancing“collaboration”fromits
defaultelisionwithmoraljudgment,andbyincorporating
contemporaryfindingsfrompsychologyandbehavioralscience
aboutthepowerofthesubconsciousmindtoinfluencehuman
behavior,A.CarlyBuxtonoffersanalternativeapproachto
history—onethatpositshistoricalsubjectsasdeeplyembeddedin
therealitiesoftheirphysicalanddiscursiveenvironment.This
bookisanambitioushistoricalstudythatspeakstoreaderswho
areinterestedinbroaderquestionsofraceandtrust,
empire-building,WorldWarIIanditslegacyonboththe
WesternandPacificfronts,andtoallwhoconsiderquestionsof
loyalty,treason,assimilation,andcollaboration.
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Graphic Medicine
EDITEDBYERINLACOURANDANNAPOLETTI
InGraphicMedicine,comicsartistsandscholarsoflifewriting,
literature,andcomicsexplorethelivedexperienceofillnessand
disabilitythroughoriginaltexts,images,andthedynamic
interplaybetweenthetwo.Theessaysandautobiographical
comicsinthiscollectionrespondtothemedicalhumanities’call
fordifferentperceptionsandrepresentationsofillnessand
disabilitythanthosefoundinconventionalmedicaldiscourse.
Thecollectionexpandsandtroublesourunderstandingofthe
relationshipsbetweenpatientsanddoctors,nurses,social
AAPPRRIILL22002222
workers,caregivers,andfamilymembers,consideringsuch
250pages, 9x7 encountersintermsofculturalcontext,language,gender,class,
Paper 9780824893330 $$2255..0000s andethnicity.Bytreatingillnessanddisabilityasanexperienceof
BiographyMonographs fundamentallychangedliving,ratherthanaseparatenarrative
GGrraapphhiiccNNoovveell//MMeeddiicciinnee episodeorganizedbytreatment,recovery,andareturnto
“normallife,”GraphicMedicineaskswhatitmeanstogiveand
receivecare.
EErriinnLLaaCCoouurrteachesLiteratureandSociety, ComicsbySafdarAhmed,JohnMiers,andSuzyBecker,and
LiteratureinaVisualCulture,andLiteraryStudies illustratedessaysbyNancyK.MillerandJaredGardnershow
howlifewritingaboutillnessanddisabilityincomicsoffersnew
atUniversityofAmsterdam.
waysofperceivingthetemporalityofcaringandliving.Crystal
AAnnnnaaPPoolleettttiiisAssociateProfessorofEnglish YinLieandJuliaWatsondemonstratehowuseofthepage
LanguageandCultureatUtrechtUniversity. throughpanels,collages,andborderlessimagescandrawthe
reader,asa“mutewitness,”intocontactwiththebodyasasite
whereintergenerationaltraumaisregisteredandexpressed.Kiene
BrillenburgWurthexamineshowmicroscriptsproductively
extendgraphicmedicinebeyondcomicsto“outsiderart.”JoAnn
PurcellandSusanSquierdisplayhowcomicsartistsrespondto
andreflectupontheircaringrelationshipwiththosediagnosed
withanintellectualdisability.AndErinLaCourinterrogates
especiallydifficultrepresentationsofrelationalityandcare.
Duringthepastdecade,graphicmedicinecomicshave
proliferated—anoutpouringacceleratedrecentlybythegreatest
healthcrisisinacentury.EditedbyErinLaCourandAnna
Poletti,GraphicMedicinehelpsusrecognizethathowever
unpleasantorcomplicateditmaybe,interactingwithsuchstories
offersfreshinsights,suggestsnewformsofacceptance,and
enhancesourabilitiestospeaktoothersabouttheexperienceof
illnessanddisability.
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Ryokan
MobilizingHospitalityinRuralJapan
CHRISMCMORRAN
AmidthedeclineofmanyofJapan’sruralcommunities,thehot
springsvillageresortofKurokawaOnsenisarare,brightspot.Its
twodozentraditionalinns,orryokan,drawnearlyamillion
touristsayeareagertoadmireitslandscape,experienceits
hospitality,andsoakinitshotsprings.Asaresult,theseryokan
haveenticedvillageyouthtoreturnhometotakeoversuccessful
familybusinessesandrevivethecommunity.ChrisMcMorran
spentnearlytwodecadesresearchingryokaninKurokawa,
includingafullyearofwelcomingguests,carryingluggage,
scrubbingbaths,cleaningrooms,washingdishes,andtalking
withco-workersandownersabouttheirjobs,relationships,
concerns,andaspirations.Hepresentstherealitiesofryokan
work—celebrated,messy,ignored,exploitative,and
liberating—andintroducesthepeoplewhokeeptheinnsrunning
bymakingguestsfeelathome.
McMorranexploreshowKurokawa’sryokanmobilize
AAPPRRIILL22002222 hospitalitytocreatearuralescapefromtheglobalized
224pages, 6x9,11b&willustrations dimensionsofeverydaylifeinurbanJapan.Ryokandothisby
Cloth 9780824888978 $$6644..0000s fusingaromanticizednotionofthecountrysidewithanenduring
notionofthehospitablewomanembodiedbynakai,thehired
JJaappaann//GGeeooggrraapphhyy//AAnntthhrrooppoollooggyy
femalestaffwhowelcomeguests,servemeals,andcleanrooms.
Thesewomenarethefaceoftheryokan.Buthospitalityoften
CChhrriissMMccMMoorrrraannisassociateprofessorofJapanese hidesaharshreality.McMorranfoundnumerousnakaiintheir
50s,60s,and70swhoescapedviolentorunhappymarriagesby
studiesattheNationalUniversityofSingapore.
findingemploymentinryokan.Yet,despiteyearsofexperience,
nakairemainsociallyandeconomicallyvulnerable.
Throughthisintimateandinventiveethnographyofayearin
aryokan,McMorranhighlightstheimportanceofboththe
generationalworkofryokanownersandthedailyworkoftheir
employees,whileemphasizingthegulfbetweenthem.Withits
focusonsmall,family-ownedbusinessesandamobile,vulnerable
workforce,Ryokanmakesaninvaluablecontributionto
scholarshipontheJapaneseworkplace.Italsowillinterest
studentsandscholarsingeography,mobilitystudies,and
women’sstudiesandanyonewhohaseverstayedataryokanand
iscuriousabouttheworkthattakesplacebehindthescenes.
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Kyoto Revisited
HeritageTourisminContemporaryJapan
JENNIFERS.PROUGH
ThereisacharmtoKyoto.Surroundedbylushgreenhills,the
cityfeelsalivewithnature,history,culture—andtourists.Atonce
ancientcapital,moderncity,andhometonumerouscultural
heritagesites,KyotoloomslargeinthepromotionofJapanese
cultureathomeandabroad.Inthewakeofyearsofeconomic
recessionfollowedbythenationalpromotionof“coolJapan”in
popularcultureandtourismofthetwenty-firstcentury,
anthropologistJenniferProughsetsouttoexaminehowthecity’s
historyandculturehavebeenmobilizedtocreateheritage
experiencesfortoday’stourists.Theheartofherbook,Kyoto
Revisited,centersonwhatitmeanstoproducetheseforvisitors,
whyseeingandfeelingcultureandtraditionappealtoboth
domesticandinternationaltravelers,andthechallengesfacedby
aheritagetourismcity.
AsPrough’sstudysuggests,heritagehasmultiplemeanings.
Itiscreatedasinterestedparties—stateandlocal,publicand
FFEEBBRRUUAARRYY22002222 private—telldifferentstoriesaboutthepast,whicharemarketed
248pages, 6x9,10b&willustrations inresponsetotourists’desireforface-to-faceengagementinan
Cloth 9780824888534 $$6688..0000s experienceeconomy.Herworkexaminesseveralprominent
featuresofKyototourism,includingpromotionplans,heritage
JJaappaann//AAnntthhrrooppoollooggyy//TToouurriissmm
neighborhoodrenovation,theroleoftheseasonsandtraditional
aestheticsincitywideevents,theappealofsitescommemorating
JJeennnniiffeerrSS..PPrroouugghhisassociateprofessorof theMeijirestoration,andthetrendofwalkingintheheritage
districtinarentedkimono.ThroughoutProughbringstogether
humanitiesandEastAsianstudiesinChrist
scholarshipfromJapanesestudies,heritagestudies,andthe
College,ValparaisoUniversity.
anthropologyoftourismtohighlighttheinterplaybetweenthe
romanticdesireforheritagetourismandtheemphasison
“personalexperience”(taiken)inthevisitorindustrytoday.
Experiencehaslongbeenanintegralpartoftourism—evenas
whatcountsasexperiencehasshiftedacrosstimeandplace(from
takingaphototostayingwithlocalstotryingone’shandata
traditionalcraft)—yetthesetouristicdesirestakeonanewtinge
intheexperienceeconomy.KyotoRevisiteddemonstratesnotonly
howthepasthasbeenusedtoconstructthecity’sidentityand
shapeunderstandingsofJapanfortravelers,butalsohowthese
speaktobroadertrendsinourcontemporarymoment.
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Sīmās
FoundationsofBuddhistReligion
EDITEDBYJASONA.CARBINEANDERIKW.DAVIS
Human-fashionedboundariestransformspacesbyintroducing
dualisms,bifurcations,creativesymbioses,contradictions,and
notionsofinclusionandexclusion.TheBuddhistboundaries
consideredinthisbook,sīmās—atermfoundinSouthand
SoutheastAsianlanguagesandlatertranslatedintoEastAsian
languages—comeinvariousshapesandsizesandcanbe
establishedonlandorinbodiesofwater.Sometimes,theword
sīmārefersnotonlytoaceremonialboundary,butthespace
enclosedbytheboundary,oreventhemarkers(whentheyare
used)thatdenotetheboundary.
Sīmāswereestablishedearlyonasplaceswherecorelegal
acts(kamma),includingordination,ofthemonasticcommunity
(sangha)tookplaceaccordingtotheirdisciplinarycodes.Sīmās
continuetobedeployedinthecreationofmonasticlineagesand
tofunctionindiversewaysformonasticsandnon-monastics
alike.AsfoundationsofBuddhistreligion,sīmāsareusedto
JJAANNUUAARRYY22002222 sustain,revitalize,orreformBuddhistpractices,notionsof
400pages, 6x9,19b&willustrations identity,andconceptualizationsoftimeandhistory.Inthelast
Cloth 9780824888855 $$7722..0000s fewdecades,scholarlyawarenessofandexpertiseonsīmāshas
developedtoapointwhereavolumelikethisone,which
AAssiiaa//BBuuddddhhiissttSSttuuddiieess
examinessīmāsacrossnumerousculturalcontextsandscholarly
fieldsofinquiry,isbothpossibleandneeded.Sīmātraditions
JJaassoonnAA..CCaarrbbiinneeisassociateprofessorandC.Milo expressedintheTheravādaculturesofMyanmar,Thailand,Laos,
Cambodia,Bangladesh,andSriLankaconstitutethedominant
ConnickChairofReligiousStudiesatWhittier
focusofthework;achapteronEastAsiaraisesquestionsof
CollegeinWhittier,California.
historicaltransmissionbeyondtheseareas.Throughout
EErriikkWW..DDaavviissisprofessorofreligiousstudiesat contributorsengagetexts;history;archaeology;politics;art;
ecology;economics;epigraphy;legalcategories;mythic
MacalesterCollege,inSaintPaul,Minnesota.
narratives;understandingsofthecosmos;andconceptualizations
ofcompassion,authority,andviolence.
Examiningsīmāsthroughmultipleperspectivesallowsusto
lookatthemintheircontextualspecificity,inawaythatallows
fordiscernmentofvariationaswellasconsistency.Sīmāspaces
canbebothsimpleandextremelyintricate,andthisbookhelps
showwhyandhowthatisthecase.
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