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Nr. 130 (2014) Editorial 5–7 {:en}Bengal: A Region with a Pioneering Past and an Uncertain FutureThis special issue of ASIEN is dedicated to the region of Bengal, which was the focus of two interdisciplinary “Conferences on Bengal Related Studies for Students and Young Scholars” at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 2010 and 2012. The conferences brought together young scholars from different disciplines, primarily the humanities, whose research focuses on … von by Carmen Brandt und and Kirsten Hackenbroch
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Nr. 130 (2014) Artikel Article 8–23 {:en}Breaking the Cage: Traveling, Freedom, and English Society in Iṃlaṇḍe BaṅgamahilāThis article provides an analysis of Iṃlaṇḍe baṅgamahilā (“A Bengali Woman in England”), a travelogue written in the 19th century by a Bengali woman named Krishnabhabini Das (Kṛṣṇabhābinī Dās) (1868–1919). Despite being the most well-documented travelogue written at that time by an Indian woman, it was eventually forgotten until its recent rediscovery. The travelogue is … von by Sukla Chatterjee
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Nr. 130 (2014) Artikel Article 24–41 {:en}From Rabīndra Saṅgīt to Doraemon: The Inheritance and Globalization of Children’s Leisure Culture in KolkataThis article looks at some aspects of the contemporary leisure culture of middle-class children in Kolkata, based on interviews conducted with the current generation of children and two older cohorts — in the main their parents and grandparents. It argues that although this leisure culture has been influenced by globalization — particularly by the so-called … von by Hia Sen
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Nr. 130 (2014) Artikel Article 42–59 {:en}Trade Unions, NGOs, and Transnationalization: Experiences from the Ready-Made Garment Sector in BangladeshThe recent factory collapse in Bangladesh raises questions about the promotion and protection of workers’ rights and about the relevant actors who support workers’ interests. As trade unionism in the Bangladeshi ready-made garment (RMG) sector is very weak, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) recently turned to the factories to provide support. Simultaneously, reports about poor working conditions … von by Elisabeth Fink
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Nr. 130 (2014) Artikel Article 60–81 {:en}Cyclone-Induced Migration in Southwest Coastal BangladeshThis research investigates the relationship between disasters, migration, and resulting social change in southwest coastal Bangladesh. The focus is on individual households’ adaptation strategies in the aftermath of cyclones. Migration is understood here in the context of Cyclone Sidr (2007) and Cyclone Aila (2009), and is defined as the temporary or even permanent migration of … von by Bishawjit Mallick
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Nr. 129 (2013) Editorial 5–6 {:en}Central Asia: Coming to Terms with the Past — Coping in the PresentIn this special issue of ASIEN, “Central Asia” refers to the newly independent states of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan as well as Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Afghanistan. The papers presented here do not actually cover every part of the area thus outlined, and many other delineations of “Central Asia” also exist in other … von by Ingeborg Baldauf
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 7–21 {:de}Strategies of Social Support and Community Cohesion in Rural XinjiangSituated in China’s northwest, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has often been characterized as one of China’s most notorious “restive” areas. Scholarly enquiries to date have, therefore, often focused on issues of ethnicity, identity, and conflict, demonstrating how the center attempts to control its troubled periphery. In contrast, this paper focuses on the everyday strategies … von by Ildikó Bellér-Hann
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 22–37 {:en}Recalling the Past to Assert Ethnic Rights in the Present: The Case of the Gawars in AfghanistanThis paper studies the production of historical knowledge in modern Afghanistan. It is argued that after the civil war and following the adoption of the new constitution in 2004, where for the first time in Afghan history the ethnic composition of the country was codified by enumerating the main ethnic groups, an ethnically dominated view … von by Lutz Rzehak
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 38–50 {:en}Getting By after Internal Migration. Scenes from the Life of a Day Laborer Family in Mazar-e Sharif, AfghanistanThis article centers around the study of spatial mobility as a response to the uneven distribution of chances and risks. In present-day Afghanistan, moving within the country can be one strategy by which to avoid aggression in certain places and/or to benefit from the better employment opportunities and general life prospects of other locales. The … von by Christoph Wenzel
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 51–72 {:en}The Past as a Burden: Washers of the Dead between Merit and StigmaIn some parts of southwestern Central Asia, washing the deceased before burial was (and to some extent still is) traditionally undertaken by professional corpse washers, a low-status, marginalized group. Against the backdrop of a popular recourse to tradition and the past in these countries as a resource for identity formation after the demise of the … von by Jeanine Dağyeli
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 73–90 {:en}“Unmasking Enemies” Again and Again? The Memoirs of Mordekhay Bachayev and the Revenge of the Soviet PastThe memoirs of Mordekhay Bachayev (1911–2007), a Bukharan Jewish intellectual and poet, are an important document for understanding the history, culture, and everyday life of Bukharan Jews in the first two decades of Soviet rule in Central Asia. Nevertheless, thus far they have been widely excluded from the post-Soviet efforts of the Bukharan Jewish communities … von by Thomas Loy
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 91–99 {:en}Trust and Deception in (Post-)Soviet UzbekistanThe breakdown of the Soviet Union together with the dissolution of the socialist order was experienced as a painful severance from a life people in Uzbekistan had been intimately familiar with. The emotional response aroused by Uzbek independence becomes apparent in oral accounts of trust and deception. The older generation tends to view the past … von by Jesko Schmoller
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 100–14 {:en}Travel Destination: Tibet. Modernizing the Present and Concreting over the PastModernization is understood as the implementation of innovations of various kinds and can happen gradually or very suddenly. After the invasion of China’s People’s Liberation Army in 1951, Tibet was literally catapulted into “modernity.” Transformations took place on various levels. The introduction of the new Communist ideology went hand in hand with the destruction of … von by Diana Lange
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 115–36 {:en}The Successful Life of Qurbon Amirqulov: Memories of Leadership in the Southern Periphery of UzbekistanAutobiographical stories, which are a favorite literary genre in Central Asia today, provide rich source material for a yet-to-be-written cultural history of the region in Soviet and post-Soviet times. “Destiny” is the extended life story of Qurbon Amirqulov, a manager and entrepreneur from the periphery of Uzbekistan who in synopsis rates his lifetime struggles and … von by Ingeborg Baldauf
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 137–50 {:en}Mongolia’s Golden Ages: A Brisk Gallop through Changing Representations“Golden Age” is a trope commonly applied to periods of outstanding prosperity. Concerning Mongolia, it is likely to conjure up images of Genghis Khan1, the Mongol Empire, and the Pax Mongolica. Surprisingly, though, there exists (at least so far) no globally recognized Mongolian equivalent to such widely established concepts as the Danish, the Polish, the … von by Ines Stolpe
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Nr. 128 (2013) Editorial 5–8 {:en}East Asia’s Role in a New Era of Global Economic GovernanceWhen the current global financial crisis (GFC) broke out in 2008, observers soon embarked on a discussion on whether or not this would create a new leading role for East Asia. A first global summit on financial regulation and the global financial crisis held in Washington in November 2008 turned out to be the starting … von by Sebastian Bersick und and Jörn-Carsten Gottwald
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Nr. 128 (2013) Artikel Article 9–27 {:en}Power Shifts and China’s Challenges to Global Financial GovernanceThis paper aims to identify and assess the challenges facing global financial governance as a result of the shift of power from the West to the East in the world. It argues that these challenges are too weak to be able to alter the pattern of global financial governance in any significant way in the … von by Gerald Chan
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Nr. 128 (2013) Artikel Article 28–44 {:en}Existing and Emerging Powers in the G20: The Case of East AsiaOver the last twenty years, global financial integration and global financial volatility have greatly increased. The 2008 crisis represented a peak in the vulnerability of all countries around the world with regard to global financial volatility. In response to this volatility and as the first line of defense, states have used a growing array of … von by Yves Tiberghien und and Niall Duggan
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Nr. 128 (2013) Artikel Article 45–62 {:en}Focused Leadership: China’s New Role in Global Economic GovernanceChina’s rise in global politics and economics has further fueled perceptions of an East Asian dominance of global institutions. From a power-shift perspective, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) provides a window of opportunity for a rising power to change existing norms and organizations and to push for the creation of new ones. Although the PRC … von by Sebastian Bersick und and Jörn-Carsten Gottwald
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Nr. 128 (2013) Artikel Article 62–77 {:en}Regional Mediator: A New Role for South KoreaThis article aims at assessing the extent to which the G20 is empowering middlerange countries by analyzing the case of South Korea in the G20 process from an economics perspective. It examines South Korea’s ability to play the role of a regional mediator, particularly through its active role in hosting one of the post-GFC summits, … von by Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan
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Nr. 128 (2013) Artikel Article 78–92 {:en}Japan’s Role in the New Global Economic Governance: Domestic and international factorsJapan has traditionally assumed the role of regional representative in the leading mechanisms of global economic governance as the leading economic power in East Asia, historically speaking, and the only non-European/North American member of the G7/8. However, the rise of the G20, the inclusion of a number of Asian countries, and the supposed eclipse of … von by Hugo Dobson
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Nr. 126 (2013) Editorial 5–6 {:de}Hat Asien die richtigen Antworten auf soziale Herausforderungen in der Globalisierung?Die meisten Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländer in Asien werden auch im Jahr 2013 hohe Wachstumsraten verbunden mit einem schnellen Strukturwandel aufweisen. Für die 44 Länder, die im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum dazu zählen, prognostiziert die Asiatische Entwicklungsbank eine Wachstumsrate von durchschnittlich 6,6%. Für Ostasien, insbesondere China, werden zwar höhere Wachstumsraten vorausgesagt (7% bzw. 8,1%), aber auch Südasien, speziell … von by Margot Schüller
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Nr. 126 (2013) Editorial 7–9 {:de}Islam, Youth and Gender in India and Pakistan: Current Research PerspectivesShould women’s rights and gender justice be defined and guaranteed within an exclusively religious or secular framework? Is it at all possible to create the basis for a dialogue about the different normative positions that are held? These are questions that are the focus of current debates in South Asia. In view of the demographic … von by Nadja-Christina Schneider
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Nr. 126 (2013) Artikel Article 10–25 {:en}Strategic Engagements: Analyzing the Relationships of Indian and Pakistani Women’s Movements to IslamBoth the Indian and Pakistani women’s movements have had a contentious relationship with Islam, particularly since the 1980s. In India the Shah Bano case brought the issue of Muslim women’s rights to the center of national attention and led women’s groups to an impasse on the question of their own representation. Since this time, several … von by Nida Kirmani
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