CONTENTIONS

C. M. Naim

A Clash of Fanaticisms
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 341-346 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-016 [PDF]  

CRITIQUES OF THE WEST

Cemil Aydin and Juliane Hammer

Introduction
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 347-352 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-017 [PDF]  

Engin Deniz Akarli

The Tangled Ends of an Empire: Ottoman Encounters with the West and Problems of Westernization—an Overview
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 353-366 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-018 [PDF]  

Michael Burtscher

Facing "the West" on Philosophical Grounds: A View from the Pavilion of Subjectivity on Meiji Japan
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 367-376 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-019 [PDF]  

Andrew Davison

Ziya Gökalp and Provincializing Europe
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 377-390 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-020 [PDF]  

Mehrzad Boroujerdi

"The West" in the Eyes of the Iranian Intellectuals of the Interwar Years (1919-1939)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 391-401 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-021 [PDF]  

Kevin M. Doak

Romancing the East, Rejecting the West: Japanese Intellectuals' Responses to Modernity in the Early Twentieth Century
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 402-415 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-022 [PDF]  

Ali Mirsepassi

Religious Intellectuals and Western Critiques of Secular Modernity
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 416-433 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-023 [PDF]  

Serdar Poyraz

Thinking about Turkish Modernization: Cemil Meriç on Turkish Language, Culture, and Intellectuals
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 434-445 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-024 [PDF]  

Cemil Aydin

Between Occidentalism and the Global Left: Islamist Critiques of the West in Turkey
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 446-461 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-025 [PDF]  

VARIORUM

Syed Akbar Hyder

Ghalib and His Interlocutors
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 462-475 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-026 [PDF]  

Subho Basu and Sikata Banerjee

The Quest for Manhood: Masculine Hinduism and Nation in Bengal
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 476-490 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-027 [PDF]  

Gavin Nardocchio-Jones

From Mau Mau to Middlesex? The Fate of Europeans in Independent Kenya
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 491-505 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-028 [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS

Alison Rice

Afrique sur Seine: A New Generation of African Writers in Paris; The Production of the Muslim Woman: Negotiating Text, History, and Ideology; Packaging Post/Coloniality: The Manufacture of Literature Identity in the Francophone World
Afrique sur Seine: A New Generation of African Writers in Paris
Odile Cazenave Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2005 200 pp., $70.00 (cloth)
The Production of the Muslim Woman: Negotiating Text, History, and Ideology
Lamia Ben Youssef Zayzafoon Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2005 232 pp., $75.00 (cloth), $24.95 (paper)
Packaging Post/Coloniality: The Manufacture of Literature Identity in the Francophone World
Richard Watts Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2005 208 pp., $60.00 (cloth), $22.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 506-513 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-029 [PDF]  

Nancy D. Tolson

In Praise of Black Women, Volume 1: Ancient African Queens; In Praise of Black Women, Volume 2: Heroines of the Slavery Era; In Praise of Black Women, Volume 3: Modern African Women
In Praise of Black Women, Volume 1: Ancient African Queens
Simone Schwarz-Bart with André Schwarz-Bart Rose-Myriam Réjouis and Val Vinokurov, trans. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2001 433 pp., $60.00 (cloth)
In Praise of Black Women, Volume 2: Heroines of the Slavery Era
Simone Schwarz-Bart with André Schwarz-Bart Rose-Myriam Réjouis and Val Vinokurov, trans. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2002 256 pp., $49.95 (cloth)
In Praise of Black Women, Volume 3: Modern African Women
Simone Schwarz-Bart with André Schwarz-Bart Rose-Myriam Réjouis and Val Vinokurov, trans. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003 256 pp., $49.95 (cloth)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 514-517 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-030 [PDF]  

Zakia Salime

Searching for a Different Future: The Rise of a Global Middle Class in Morocco
Searching for a Different Future: The Rise of a Global Middle Class in Morocco
Shana Cohen Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004 xii + 177 pp., $74.95 (cloth), $21.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 517-519 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-031 [PDF]  

Max Gulias, II

Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship
Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship
J. M. Coetzee Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996 xi + 289 pp., $24.95 (cloth)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 519-521 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-032 [PDF]  

Chelva Kanaganayakam

Stigmas of the Tamil Stage: An Ethnography of Special Drama Artists in South India
Stigmas of the Tamil Stage: An Ethnography of Special Drama Artists in South India
Susan Seizer Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005 464 pp., $89.95 (cloth), $24.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 521-523 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-033 [PDF]  

Joseph K. Adjaye

Bringing the Empire Home: Race, Class, and Gender in Britain and Colonial South Africa
Bringing the Empire Home: Race, Class, and Gender in Britain and Colonial South Africa
Zine Magubane Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004 222 pp., $45.00 (cloth), $18.00 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 523-524 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-034 [PDF]  

Shayoni Mitra

Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in Indian since 1947; Poetics, Plays, and Performances: The Politics of Modern Indian Theatre
Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in Indian since 1947
Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2005 xix + 478 pp., $49.95 (cloth)
Poetics, Plays, and Performances: The Politics of Modern Indian Theatre
Vasudha Dalmia New York: Oxford University Press, 2006 xix + 366 pp., $39.95 (cloth)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 524-527 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-035 [PDF]  

Eric Hooglund

Liberation from Liberalization: Gender and Globalization in Southeast Asia
Liberation from Liberalization: Gender and Globalization in Southeast Asia
Roksana Bahramitash London: Zed Books, 2005 xi + 186 pp., $39.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 527-528 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-036 [PDF]  

Leyla Rouhi

The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900
The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900
Rudi Mathee Washington, DC: Mage, 2005 xvii + 346 pp., $39.50 (cloth)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 529-530 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2006-037 [PDF]  

Contributors
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26(3): 531-532 (2006); DOI:10.1215/1089201X-26-3-531 [PDF]  

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