Asian and African Area Studies No.17-2 March 2018    Index

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The Ngái in Vietnam:
The History, Religion, and Ethnicity of the Minority People of Hakka Origin

Foreword		Ito Masako  169
The Ngai People as a Trans-border Ethnic Group:   Reconsidering the Han Ethnic Groups in Vietnam		Kawai Hironao  180
Memories, Migration and the Ambiguity of Ethnic Identity:   The Cases of Ngái, Nùng and Khách in Vietnam		Nguyễn Văn Chính  207
The Gods Worshiped by the Hoa Nung: An Exploration in China, Vietnam, and Australia		Serizawa Satohiro  227
“We Are Not the Hoa”: Vietnamese State Policies towards the ‘Chinese’ in Vietnam and the Modern History of the Ngai Living in Northern Rural Areas.		Ito Masako  258

Book Reviews

Hisashi Simojo. War and Refugee: Oral Histories in A Multi-Ethnic Society of the Mekong Delta.
Tokyo: Fukyosha, 2016, 68 p.		Sasagawa Hideo  287
Toru Komma. How to Rule a Society without Rulers : With Special Reference to the Kipsigis of Kenya.
Yokohama: Kanagawa University Press, 2017, 256 p. .		Ishii Yoko  290
Robert G. Rabil. The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon: The Double Tragedy of Refugees and Impacted Host Communities.
London: Lexington Books, 2016, 125 p.		Mochizuki Aoi  293
Nikolaos van Dam. Destroying a Nation: The Civil War in Syria. London and New York:
I.B. Tauris, 2017, xiv+242 p.		Okabe Yuki  297

Fieldwork News

Ban Chiang: As a World Heritage Site and as a Local Symbol		Shiraishi Hanako  303
Mpiandry in Madagascar, Reminiscent of Shinto Shrine Priests in Japan		Ebata Mareyuki  307
In Pursuit of Livelihood: Significance of Cash from Tourists to Local People’s Livelihood in Ethiopia		Azeb Girmai  311
The Changing Burqa in Lahore		Kagawa Erika  316
An Experience of Establishing Relationships with Others in Kandy, Sri Lanka		Shimizu Kanako  31
Learning and Working across the Border: Immigrants in Mae Sot, Thailand		Kido Minami  323
Hello, Kazakhstan!: Cafe Hopping in Almaty		Lee Jinhye  327
The Revitalization of Waqf (Islamic Endowment) for Social Well-Being in Malaysia		Nur Izzati Binti Mohamad Norzilan  331