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Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia: The Tablighi Jama'at (2013)
Book
Janson, M. (2013). Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia: The Tablighi Jama'at. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139629133

This monograph deals with the sweeping emergence of the Tablighi Jama'at - a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has its origins in the reformist tradition that emerged in India in the mid-nineteenth century - in the Gambia in the past dec... Read More about Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia: The Tablighi Jama'at.

Microcredit, Labor, and Poverty Impacts in Urban Mexico (2013)
Journal Article
Niño-Zarazúa, M. (2013). Microcredit, Labor, and Poverty Impacts in Urban Mexico. Review of Development Economics, 17(4), 747-762. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12063

Improved household accessibility to credit is a significant determinant of intra-household allocation of labor resources with important implications for productivity, income, and poverty status. However, credit accessibility could also have wider imp... Read More about Microcredit, Labor, and Poverty Impacts in Urban Mexico.

Thrilling Affects: Sexuality, Masculinity, the City and “Indian Traditions” in the Contemporary Hindi “Detective” Novel (2013)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2013). Thrilling Affects: Sexuality, Masculinity, the City and “Indian Traditions” in the Contemporary Hindi “Detective” Novel. Interventions, 15(4), 567-585. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2013.849426

This essay investigates the sexual cultures of contemporary Hindi-language ‘detective’ novels by focusing on the writings of one of India's biggest-selling authors, Ved Prakash Sharma. Sharma's novels are usually available at railway stations and bus... Read More about Thrilling Affects: Sexuality, Masculinity, the City and “Indian Traditions” in the Contemporary Hindi “Detective” Novel.

Organisation and Contents of Korean Pedagogical Grammar - With focus on Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar (Yeon and Brown) (2013)
Book Chapter
Yeon, J. (2013). Organisation and Contents of Korean Pedagogical Grammar - With focus on Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar (Yeon and Brown). In S.-O. Sohn, S. Cho, & S. You (Eds.), Studies in Korean Linguistics and Language Pedagogy: Festschrift for Ho-min Sohn (566-582). Korea University Press

This paper aims to discuss how Korean pedagogical grammar should be written in terms of organisation and description of content. The arguments in this paper will be presented in practical and empirical manners rather than theoretical ones. The proble... Read More about Organisation and Contents of Korean Pedagogical Grammar - With focus on Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar (Yeon and Brown).

Attitudes to Endangered Languages : Identities and Policies (2013)
Book
Sallabank, J. (2013). Attitudes to Endangered Languages : Identities and Policies. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139344166

Language attitudes and ideologies are of key importance in assessing the chances of success of revitalisation efforts for endangered languages. However, few book-length studies relate attitudes to language policies, or address the changing attitudes... Read More about Attitudes to Endangered Languages : Identities and Policies.

Mass Protests: Brazilian Spring or Brazilian Malaise? (2013)
Journal Article
Saad Filho, A., & Morais, L. (2013). Mass Protests: Brazilian Spring or Brazilian Malaise?. Socialist register, 50, 227-246

Vast demonstrations erupted in Brazil in early June 2013, seemingly from nowhere, demanding free transport, improvements in public services, the reform of a dysfunctional and corrupt political system, and much more. The federal government, led since... Read More about Mass Protests: Brazilian Spring or Brazilian Malaise?.

Sikhs and Partition Violence: a Re-evaluation (2013)
Book Chapter
Singh, G. (2013). Sikhs and Partition Violence: a Re-evaluation. In I. Talbot (Ed.), The Independence of India and Pakistan: New Approaches and Reflections (120-136). Oxford University Press