COMPARATIVE STUDIES of SOUTH ASIA, AFRICA and the MIDDLE EAST (CSSAAME)

Volume 26 | No. 1 | 2006


CONTENTIONS 

Ali Mirsepassi
New Geographies of Modernity
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 1-15 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-001 [PDF]  

BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE OLD GEOGRAPHIES : NATIVES, CITIZENS, EXILES, AND COSMOPOLITANS 

Ali Mirsepassi
Introduction: Globalization and Place
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 16-21 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-002 [PDF]  
Mervat F. Hatem
In the Eye of the Storm: Islamic Societies and Muslim Women in Globalization Discourses
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 22-35 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-003 [PDF]  
Vivek Bhandari
Civil Society and the Predicament of Multiple Publics
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 36-50 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-004 [PDF]  
Abdullahi A. An-Na'im
Toward a Normative and Institutional Framework for Cosmopolitan Justice
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 51-62 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-005 [PDF]  
Fred Dallmayr
Globalization and Inequality: A Plea for Cosmopolitan Justice
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 63-74 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-006 [PDF]  

POSTCOLONIAL MEMOIRS : A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO WRITERS 

Ali Mirsepassi
Introduction: The Postcolonial Memoirs as a Work of Memory
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 75-78 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-007 [PDF]  
Leila Ahmed
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America — a Woman's Journey
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 79-82 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-008 [PDF]  
Ilan Stavans
On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 83-86 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-009 [PDF]  
Michelle Stephens
Critical Comments
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 87-90 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-010 [PDF]  

Exchange with Audience
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 91-95 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-011 [PDF]  


VARIORUM 

Stefan Sperl
Epic and Exile: Comparative Reflections on the Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Virgil's Aeneid, and Valmiki's Ramayana
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 96-104 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-012 [PDF]  
Leila Hudson
Investing by Women or Investing in Women? Merchandise, Money, and Marriage and the Formation of a Prenational Bourgeoisie in Damascus
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 105-120 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-013 [PDF]  
Sule Toktas
The Conduct of Citizenship in the Case of Turkey's Jewish Minority: Legal Status, Identity, and Civic Virtue Aspects
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 121-133 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-014 [PDF]  
Janet A. Alexanian
Publicly Intimate Online: Iranian Web Logs in Southern California
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 134-145 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-015 [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS 

Hala Halim
Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out
Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out Fawzia Afzal-Khan, ed. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch, 2005 338 pp., $20 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 146-147 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-016 [PDF]  
James F. Fisher
International Education Systems and Contemporary Education Reforms
International Education Systems and Contemporary Education Reforms Adel T. Al-Bataineh and Mohamed A. Nur-Awaleh, eds. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2005 xiii, 178 pp., $45.00 (cloth)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 148-149 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-017 [PDF]  
Marcia E. Sutherland
Child Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa
Child Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa Loretta E. Bass Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2004 vii + 212 pp., $49.94 (cloth)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 149-151 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-018 [PDF]  
Brian Caton
"Sicques, Tigers, or Thieves": Eyewitness Accounts of the Sikhs (1606-1809)
"Sicques, Tigers, or Thieves": Eyewitness Accounts of the Sikhs (1606-1809) Amandeep Singh Madra and Parmjit Singh, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004 xxxiv, 397 pp., $27.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 151-152 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-019 [PDF]  
William A. Munro
Measuring Democracy and Human Rights in Southern Africa
Measuring Democracy and Human Rights in Southern Africa Henning Melber, comp. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2002 (Discussion Paper no. 18) 49 pp., $15.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 153-154 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-020 [PDF]  
Susan Akram
The Case for Palestine: An International Law Perspective
The Case for Palestine: An International Law Perspective John Quigley Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005 360 pp., $79.95 (cloth), $22.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 154-155 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-021 [PDF]  
Faranak Miraftab
For the City Yet to Come: Changing African Life in Four Cities
For the City Yet to Come: Changing African Life in Four Cities Abdou Maliq Simone Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004 297 pp., $84.95 (cloth), $23.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 155-157 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-022 [PDF]  
Leela Prasad
Raja Nal and the Goddess: The North Indian Epic Dhola in Performance
Raja Nal and the Goddess: The North Indian Epic Dhola in Performance Susan Snow Wadley Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004 216 pp., $22.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 157-159 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2005-023 [PDF]  

Contributors 

Contributors
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(1): 160-161 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201X-26-1-160 [PDF]