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Improvisation and composition in Balinese gendér wayang: music of the moving shadows (2011)
Book
Gray, N. (2011). Improvisation and composition in Balinese gendér wayang: music of the moving shadows. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315252520

This book is an examination of the music of the Balinese gendér wayang, the quartet of metallophones (gendér) that accompanies the Balinese shadow puppet play (wayang kulit). It focuses on processes of musical variation, the main means of creating ne... Read More about Improvisation and composition in Balinese gendér wayang: music of the moving shadows.

Hélène Cixous’ The Terrible but Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia Cambodia. [Historical and Linguistic Director of Khmer language co-production by Phare Ponleu Selpak (Battambang) and the Théâtre du Soleil, Paris] (2011)
Exhibition / Performance
Thompson, A. (2011). Hélène Cixous’ The Terrible but Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia Cambodia. [Historical and Linguistic Director of Khmer language co-production by Phare Ponleu Selpak (Battambang) and the Théâtre du Soleil, Paris]. [Production]. 28 October 2011 - 28 October 2011. (Unpublished)

The Lives of Chinese Objects: Buddhism, Imperialism and Display (2011)
Book
Tythacott, L. (2011). The Lives of Chinese Objects: Buddhism, Imperialism and Display. Berghahn

This is the biography of a set of rare Buddhist statues from China. Their extraordinary adventures take them from the Buddhist temples of fifteenth-century Putuo – China’s most important pilgrimage island – to their seizure by a British soldier in th... Read More about The Lives of Chinese Objects: Buddhism, Imperialism and Display.

'The Legend of Princess Bari' and 'A Korean Collage' (2011)
Other
Howard, K. (2011). 'The Legend of Princess Bari' and 'A Korean Collage'

A historical account of the Korean legend of Princess Bari (Pari kongju), together with an account of contemporary multi-media artistic production in the Republic of Korea.

'Tradition and Myth' and 'Korean Instruments' (2011)
Other
Howard, K. (2011). 'Tradition and Myth' and 'Korean Instruments'

Two articles positioning Tae-Suk Oh's 'The Tempest', a performance at the 2011 Edinburgh International Festival.

The Early Buddhist Archaeology of Myanmar: Tagaung, Thagara, and the Mon-Pyu dichotomy (2011)
Book Chapter
Moore, E. (2011). The Early Buddhist Archaeology of Myanmar: Tagaung, Thagara, and the Mon-Pyu dichotomy. In P. McCormick, M. Jenny, & C. Baker (Eds.), The Mon over Two Millennia: Monuments, Manuscripts, Movements (7-23). Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

Discussion of the limitations of interpreting early Buddhist communities in broad ethno-linguistic categories.

Framing Muslims: stereotyping and representation after 9/11 (2011)
Book
Morey, P., & Yaqin, A. (2011). Framing Muslims: stereotyping and representation after 9/11. Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674061149

Can Muslims ever fully be citizens of the West? Can the values of Islam ever be brought into accord with the individual freedoms central to the civic identity of Western nations? Not if you believe what you see on TV. Whether the bearded fanatic, the... Read More about Framing Muslims: stereotyping and representation after 9/11.

Race on display: the “Melanian”, “Mongolian” and “Caucasian” galleries at Liverpool Museum (1896-1929) (2011)
Journal Article
Tythacott, L. (2011). Race on display: the “Melanian”, “Mongolian” and “Caucasian” galleries at Liverpool Museum (1896-1929). Early Popular Visual Culture, 9(2), 131-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/17460654.2011.571039

This paper examines a form of evolutionary display that emerged at Liverpool Museum between 1896 and 1929, one based on racial types. It traces the formation and early history of this institution, as well as the development of evolutionary theories i... Read More about Race on display: the “Melanian”, “Mongolian” and “Caucasian” galleries at Liverpool Museum (1896-1929).