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‘Whar Women Learned When Men Gave Them Advice: Rewsting Paciarchy in Lace Nineteen Ceneary Bengal ‘Warden + Virus + Sey Shino fo Religious Spies and Ioriucons The Journal of Asian Studies See ee contents Ie This ue 6tt ‘Aaticles Shrines, Govering-Class dense, andthe Cll Widow Flt ia ‘MiceMing Jagan KATHERINECARLIT 612 juorae waist Gt Priese Paradigms within Japanese = JOHN NELSON OTR ‘The Death ofthe Xiaosian Empres: Buscar Hecayal and che Chace of Fighteeth-Century Chinese Rae Brown, LyxxJontS, and MILLER (oe) Eat Ain Seriy NORMAN KUTCHER 708 Shades of Widnes: Tribe, Caste, and Gender in Western India NIAYSKARIA 726 Book Reviews Asia General Se ee [Mans and AMES), Emin Aan Tha Din fv Conga os sikammenrere 70 ‘SiO ted, The Sanity ot Age of Gilat Penis foe Stevi sosenesne 750 (GLASS, Tle So Ve War Te Uni Sct Ai Fave Thal 1951-1995 rowing moe HAannisson, Law Ci in St Ae Site 6 “Tee Cre Tikal w. wooDWARD, Hxtey ted, Tht Law: Bui Lous By the al Hy f hen (nd ar chant. caeney Levee, The Lie Sa ate Sao Sent Ae 1983-1973 LiNcLe, Sn Atbitarien Cpa Aen Val, Pe Mark sro, ‘id Pat gene ane'r sencen ‘Lomres, Fw Pai War Paes Rae are, Isat, ene Le 7 Vituen ‘Davipsunee “Max, 0206, aod PorDsOs0£DAnMO es), Lange Ui ad ‘Chane Bran Darien foe ary mae Mary, ein Ho The Pras ReCretion of And Bi SOHN A. 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Mania: National Historia Ineieute, 1995. vi 326 pp. Manvel Saiyan hat explore aie nage ofinterese during bie lang ssdemic carer. Bor in Ta ia te early 1920, be sie in che United Stes ad eaughe for many geste atthe Univeity of Heidelberg. He hae wreten on Borm, Russ, snd Lavin Amerie apd eventually became intersted in the hie of Joe zl, whith be aonyzd in series of leis othe Asin Cente, Univesity of be Philipines, 1 1965, The cel dene of tis ink of exp, the "sue betwee Sp ad Spain” Le, the competing cuceas of eepubliciniss and counerevolution is neta cencory Spain, rerled from those lcrres and hasbeen pli as part of the on hundeedehanniversay of Rizal's execution ‘A his peicipal ak Sarisanz examines the induence of ainetenthcerary Spussh republicanism on Rizaschoughe and polical development. While ohee ‘scholars have noted the importance ofthe youn Filipino dlaiad's yas ia Seu, ‘this study brags the profunicy of his influence inc ler eit si explores Rial’ esons acocatons stl his inellectal debs to many of Spain’ leading politcal tefoomen, especially Francisco Pi y Macgll and Miguel Moray. Sucktyan also sens considerable ime discussing the Spanish eoluion of 1868 and che Republic 1 1875-74 as well as the teactoauy inact ofthe coservatve Catlise open. “This anced analysis chen succesflly conass ce republican ehoughe and pois thar Ril imbibe! ia Madd with che domination of his nave Plippine by the religious onlers Sacksyun chu offers the tear complex incllecl biography he alu inreased by the aor frequen cities of previous sais of Riz tnd the Char in the Philippines His analysis ofthe mali of Spain's clei leader canscerl more pedestian _destiptons othe liga orders a be show how they were genuine in cir bei however misguided and mesieal thei acticces may appear eodu. So, or example, {his hid chapter Sekiyane discuss Lo Tai’ raudulent an Awoncdaesbes ‘thich equated Masoney with devil worship. Despite Taxis later cecne of bis Eaton, his Fehood had been embraced by te Spanish Chute, whit had Igoe the ergial lie co preserve the Chuechs Chistian "Aushoecy” In cis way, seconding to Sacksyanss analysis, many fas justified Rizal's execution Beste ‘rou sve his wal Grom ce sin of Manic devil worship. Sockisans also maker eicl examination of fae decripcions of Ria’ lege recation and exceia. In this analysis Sakina avoids che piel of entangling Iimelf in che minaiae of che ection debate by chosing, insted, ro hold at sceaunce upto the ligheoflogi. The author's analysis cotenrnlined by cing thar Rizal's Spanish education bad made him che embodiment of everything he Seemed w dhveaten the fia’ superior pasion im the Philippine calany- The preertion of chis pskon was especially impor sice the Philippines mss chen fhe angle greece vemuning srengholl of morasne power. an abseuon Wich JespingTheran Republicsnem out of ce Philippines thus led n's religous sopeirs ware all roe attempts, aed when Rial reursed co che Pilippes 1 handful of sympathetic government ofa cul got long proc hi. Riza fevaction and execution there covered och is ple! and hs eligi deviation scm tim back fom the Rlibuseria of Masonry to che sae of submission by ‘he god ol to Ga aod Spi Stkayene haz produced a detild and inpovcive lok at the doramic ‘elaoaship Between Rizal and aiceeeneh-cencary Spanish sepia see within BOOK REVIEWS—SOUTHEASTASIA 573 ‘he broader context ofthe ideological confer Beco shat poi ideology ind is fontaine oppor In this analysis Mizas chasnser reais unblemished slough he emerges at mocea helpless victim chaa some of his einer may Meh Despite the book’: sreagehs, the authae would have been beter served by & steonge edo had, Sarkspea'socasionely ahead setence constuction made some passages nearly impossible eo ieee ond his unique fneoning style Was ete co flow. As wel, conger editor would have cut substantial portions of ‘he book's ace chaps which deeace ron the ex's cect hess atl een to oer le more cha beto worship. These fale aide, Manuel Sakina’ avergainn of Jose Rizal's encounter with Spanish republicanism will be aseul for Philippine sebolts oe sre ie 1 come PAULA. Rope Gage Sethe Unis

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