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Hijab as commodity form: Veiling, unveiling, and misveiling in contemporary Iran (2014)
Journal Article
Gould, R. R. (2014). Hijab as commodity form: Veiling, unveiling, and misveiling in contemporary Iran. Feminist Theory, 15(3), 221-240. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464700114544610

This article considers how state-mandated veiling and unveiling reinforce modern capitalism. State regulations regarding veiling incorporate the female body into the political economy of the commodity form. In addition to serving as an empty signifie... Read More about Hijab as commodity form: Veiling, unveiling, and misveiling in contemporary Iran.

Evidentiality in Lamjung Yolmo (2014)
Journal Article
Gawne, L. (2014). Evidentiality in Lamjung Yolmo. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 7, 76-96

Southern Hokkien: an Introduction (2014)
Book
Fuehrer, B., & Yang, H.-F. (2014). Southern Hokkien: an Introduction. National Taiwan University Press

A research-based textbook of Southern Hokkien (Minnanhua, Taiwanese) language in 3 volumes, with audio material (3 CDs). It uses a situation-based approach and is designed primarily for non-heritage learners who have acquired a reasonably good profic... Read More about Southern Hokkien: an Introduction.

Inflected Kathas: Sufis and Krishna Bhaktas in Awadh (2014)
Book Chapter
Orsini, F. (2014). Inflected Kathas: Sufis and Krishna Bhaktas in Awadh. In V. Dalmia, & M. Faruqui (Eds.), Religious Interactions in Mughal India (195-232). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198081678.001.0001

This chapter discusses the genre of the Harikatha/Krishna story in the “religious marketplace” of Awadh and advocates a comparative and multilingual approach informed by a geographical sensitivity. While we tend to see the Harikatha as “belonging” to... Read More about Inflected Kathas: Sufis and Krishna Bhaktas in Awadh.

“I’m Not Dead Yet”: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. (2014)
Journal Article
Wilson, G., Johnson, H., & Sallabank, J. (2015). “I’m Not Dead Yet”: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. Current Issues in Language Planning, 16(3), 259-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2014.972535

At the outset of the twenty-first century, the survival of many minority and indigenous languages is threatened by globalization and the ubiquity of dominant languages such as English in the worlds of communication and commerce. In a number of cases,... Read More about “I’m Not Dead Yet”: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey..

Maps and Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee & the Texas Archives (2014)
Digital Artefact
Easton, K. (2014). Maps and Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee & the Texas Archives. [Preface and visual travelogue (video)]

Maps & Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee & the Texas Archives

Kai Easton (SOAS, University of London)


A folded map on pink cardstock is found in Container 99.2 at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. It is an irregular square size,... Read More about Maps and Notebooks: J. M. Coetzee & the Texas Archives.

Introduction (2014)
Book Chapter
Orsini, F., & Sheikh, S. (2014). Introduction. In F. Orsini, & S. Sheikh (Eds.), After Timur Left: Culture and Circulation in Fifteenth-Century North India. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199450664.003.0001

This introduction sets the agenda for the volume by arguing for a closer look at fifteenth-century north India, a period of multilingualism, vernacularization, the evolution of script conventions, and the emergence of specialist literary and cultural... Read More about Introduction.

Karoo Country (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Easton, K. (2014). Karoo Country. [Documentary]. 3 November 2014 - 28 November 2014. (Unpublished)

A short documentary /travelogue set to music by Abdullah Ibrahim and in dialogue with J. M. Coetzee's fictionalised autobiographical trilogy, Scenes from Provincial Life. The images were taken during my travels in the Western Cape in 2012, when Prin... Read More about Karoo Country.

The Qur'an and Identity in Contemporary Chinese Fiction (2014)
Journal Article
Ouyang, W.-C. (2014). The Qur'an and Identity in Contemporary Chinese Fiction. Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 16(3), 63-84. https://doi.org/10.3366/jqs.2014.0166

How is it possible to comprehend and assess the impact of the Qur’an on the literary expressions of Chinese Muslims (Hui) when the first full ‘translations’ of the Qur’an in Chinese made by non-Muslims from Japanese and English appeared only in 1927... Read More about The Qur'an and Identity in Contemporary Chinese Fiction.

Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization (2014)
Book
Austin, P., & Sallabank, J. (Eds.). (2014). Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization. Oxford University Press: British Academy. https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197265765.001.0001

Over the few past centuries, and the last 65 years in particular, there has been a tremendous reduction in global linguistic diversity, as people abandon minority language varieties and switch to larger and what they perceive to be more economically,... Read More about Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization.