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GalleryBook Review: Precarious Labour and Informal Economy: Work, Anarchy and Society in an Indian Village by Smita Yadav
In Precarious Labour and Informal Economy: Work, Anarchy and Society in an Indian Village, Smita Yadav explores the life, labour and […]
GalleryBook Review: Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order by Bruno Maçães
In Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order, Bruno Maçães discusses the contours and possibilities of China’s Belt and […]
GalleryBook Review: Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers and the Transcontinental Railroad by Manu Karuka
In Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers and the Transcontinental Railroad, Manu Karuka challenges longstanding myths surrounding the history of the […]
GalleryBook Review: Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora by Gayatri Gopinath
In Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora, Gayatri Gopinath offers an interwoven exploration of diaspora, visuality and queer studies, […]
GalleryBook Review: Boys’ Love, Cosplay and Androgynous Idols: Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan edited by Maud Lavin, Ling Yang and Jing Jamie Zhao
In Boys’ Love, Cosplay and Androgynous Idols: Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, editors Maud […]
GalleryBook Review: Maoism: A Global History by Julia Lovell
The Marxist for our times? Julia Lovell’s fascinating new history of Maoism, Maoism: A Global History, reveals the resonance […]
GalleryBook Review: Nightmarch: Among India’s Revolutionary Guerillas by Alpa Shah
The Naxalite movement in India is one of the longest-running guerilla insurgencies in the world. Shortlisted for the Orwell […]
GalleryLong Read Review: Inside the World of the Eunuch by Melissa Dale and After Eunuchs by Howard Chiang
Tom Marling reviews two recent studies that examine the institution of eunuchism towards the end of the Qing Dynasty in […]
GalleryBook Review: China’s Footprints in Southeast Asia edited by Maria Serena I. Diokno, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Alan H. Yang
In China’s Footprints in Southeast Asia, editors Maria Serena I. Diokno, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Alan H. Yang bring together […]
GalleryBook Review: Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire by Renisa Mawani
In Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire, Renisa Mawani tells the story of […]
GalleryBook Review: The Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis by Arun K. Thiruvengadam
In The Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis, Arun K. Thiruvengadam provides a concise introduction to the Indian Constitution, with insights […]
GalleryBook Review: Remembering Women’s Activism by Sharon Crozier-De Rosa and Vera Mackie
In Remembering Women’s Activism, Sharon Crozier-De Rosa and Vera Mackie explore the memorialisation of women’s activism, drawing on case studies […]
GalleryBook Review: The Politics of Chinese Media: Consensus and Contestation by Bingchun Meng
In The Politics of Chinese Media: Consensus and Contestation, Bingchun Meng explores how the media industry in China has shaped and […]
GalleryBook Review: Natural Resources and the New Frontier: Constructing Modern China’s Borderlands by Judd C. Kinzley
In Natural Resources and the New Frontier: Constructing Modern China’s Borderlands, Judd C. Kinzley tracks Xinjiang’s transformation from a disregarded ‘wasteland’ […]
GalleryBook Review: The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State by Elizabeth Economy
In The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State, Elizabeth Economy offers an exhaustive study of Xi Jinping’s first […]
