The University of Tokyo Studies on Asia

The University of Tokyo Studies on Asia series welcomes submissions from scholars in Asian Studies from across the world. We publish research monographs and edited volumes that offer comprehensive, high-quality scholarship on Asian art, politics, societies, history, and cultures, with particular emphasis in literature; social and cultural history; anthropology; visual studies; law; philosophy; and religious studies. This series is unique for its inclusion of North, East, South, Southeast and West Asia (also commonly known as the Middle East) in its remit. With an emphasis on Asian voices and moving beyond the traditional dominion of Asian Studies, this hybrid series publishes both Open Access and regular market books with particular emphasis on the utilitarian value of developing pathways for authors who would not normally consider Open Access. While we will offer a market book option, we are dedicated to the OA principles through which research outputs will be distributed online, free of cost, to readers across the world without barriers to copying or reuse. We aim to make Asian Studies research by Asian freely available for anyone who might benefit.

We aim to solicit works from authors and editors whose studies focus on individual Asian countries as well as regional and trans-regional topics. We define the boundaries of Asian Studies quite broadly – from North to South and East to West. The Series Editors curate a theoretically rich series deeply engaged with postcolonial theory, gender studies, and cultural studies, led by the expertise presented by the scholars, and affiliated network, of the series’ home: the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia. To date, postcolonial theory and gender studies have been prominent in scholarship by Anglo-phone scholars in the US, UK, and India. We aim this series to promote opportunities for new theoretical work by scholars from Korea, China, Southeast Asia, and Pacific-Asia.

The series editors invite submissions of original works across the broad spectrum of humanities and social sciences as well as translations of established works not previously published in English. Based at the University of Tokyo Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the series seeks to engage scholarship ‘on Asia in Asia’, with the intent of bringing forth the intellectual works of those not otherwise likely to be known to scholars whose primary language is English.

We welcome contributions to cutting-edge issues and debates from younger researchers as well as from established scholars. We are particularly interested in submissions that cross disciplinary boundaries or seek to establish new disciplinary methods.

This book is supported by funds from the UTokyo Foundation, and we would like to express our sincere thanks to the donors.