The Monthly update for Asia Studies book review Nov 2016

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Below you will find a small selection of the reviews recently posted online on newbooks.asia, and just a few of the new publications that have recently become available for review.

Selection of new reviews

AUP Alternative Livelihoods

Reviewer: Stéphane Gros
Reviewed title: Sarah Turner, Christine Bonnin and Jean Michaud. 2015. Frontier Livelihoods: Hmong in the Sino-Vietnamese Borderlands. University of Washington Press, ISBN 9780295994666 | Read review

New Hong Kong Cinema

Reviewer: Sander Holsgens
Reviewed title: Ruby Cheung. 2016. New Hong Kong Cinema: Transitions to Becoming Chinese in 21st-century East Asia. Berghahn Books, ISBN 9781782387039 | Read review

The Uyghur Discourse

Reviewer: Henryk Szadziewski
Reviewed title: Ondřej Klimeš. 2015. Struggle by the Pen: The Uyghur Discourse of Nation and National Interest, c. 1900-1949. Leiden: Brill, ISBN 9789004288089 | Read review

The Salvific Worlds of Kailas

Reviewer: Soumen Mukherjee
Reviewed title: Alex McKay. 2015. Kailas Histories: Renunciate Traditions and the Construction of Himalayan Sacred Geography. Leiden and Boston: Brill, ISBN 9789004304581 | Read review


Sidewalks and other public spaces in Asia’s cities

Reviewer: Hans Schenk
Reviewed titles: Annette Miae Kim. 2015. Sidewalk City, Remapping Public Space in Ho Chi Minh City. Chicago University Press, ISBN 9780226119229
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William S. W. Lim. 2014. Public Space in Urban Asia. World Scientific Publishing, ISBN 978-9814578325 | Read review

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