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Asian Ethnology
DisciplineAsian Studies, Ethnology, Religious Studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byBenjamin Dorman and Frank J. Korom
Publication details
History1942 to present
Publisher
FrequencySemi-annual
All issues
ISO 4Find out here
Indexing
ISSN18826865
JSTORhttp://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=asianeth
OCLC no.298239510
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Asian Ethnology is a biannual open access journal of research on the cultures of Asia.[1] It was first published in 1942 at the Catholic University of Peking as Folklore Studies[2] and subsequently at Nanzan University, where from 1963 to 2007 it was known as Asian Folklore Studies.[3]

Asian Ethnology presents formal essays and analyses, research reports, and critical book reviews relating to a wide range of topical categories, including

  • narratives, performances, and other forms of cultural representation
  • popular religious concepts
  • vernacular approaches to health and healing
  • local ecological/environmental knowledge
  • collective memory and uses of the past
  • cultural transformations in diaspora
  • transnational flows
  • material culture

The journal is indexed in Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Bibliography of Asian Studies, Directory of Open Access Journals, and EBSCO: Academic Search Complete.

References

  1. ^ "Asian Ethnology". Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Folklore Studies - Volume One (cover page)". The Catholic University of Peking. JSTOR 3182920. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Asian Folklore Studies - publication information". JSTOR. Retrieved 7 February 2012.