The Art of Rice : Spirit and Sustenance in Asia Book

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes to the Reader
Chapter 1. Introduction-Roy W. Hamilton

Part 1: Labor, Ritual, and the Cycle of Time
Chapter 2. Labor, Ritual, and the Cyle of TIme-Roy W. Hamilton
--BOX: The Balinese Tika-Garrett Kim
Chapter 3. Rice Festivals in Northeast Thailand-Suriya Smutkupt and Pattana Kitiarsa
Chapter 4. Body Art and Cyclic Time: Rice Dancing among the Tharu of Nepal-Gisele Krauskopff
Chapter 5. Rice Culture in Manipur, India-Mutua Bahadur
Chapter 6. The Purification of Rice Fields in Java with an Apotropaic Plank-Stephen C. Headley
Chapter 7. Rice Harvest Rituals in Two Highland Tai Communities in Vietnam-Vi Van An and Eric Crystal

Part 2: The Granary: A Home for the Rice Spirits
Chapter 8. The Granary: A Home for the Rice Spirits-Roy W. Hamilton
Chapter 9. The Granary of the Tharu of Nepal-Kurt W. Meyer and Pamela Deuel

Part 3: Rice Festivals: Community and Celebration
Chapter 10. Rice Festivals: Community and Celebration-Roy W. Hamilton
Chapter 11. The Pahiyas Festival of Lucban, Philippines-Roy W. Hamilton
Chapter 12. The Gods Walk on Rice in Selat, Bali-David J. Stuart-Fox
Chapter 13. Offering the New Rice to the Buddha in Mae Chaem, Northern Thailand-Roy W. Hamilton and Thitipol Kanteewong
Chapter 14. The Ghost Festival of Dan Sai, Loei Province, Thailand-Ruth Gerson
Chapter 15. The Ma'Bua' Pare Ceremony of the Sa'dan Toraja of Sulawesi, Indonesia-Eric Crystal
Chapter 16. Tro Tram Festival and the Veneration of Ngo Thi Thanh in a Vietnamese Village-Vu Hong Thudt and Roy W. Hamilton
Chapter 17. Of Mites and Men: The Shorei Festival at Mount Haguro, Japan-Toshiyuki Sano and Roy W. Hamilton

Part 4: The Goddess of Rice
Chapter 18. The Goddess of Rice-Roy W. Hamilton
BOX: Annapurna-Sohini Ray
Chapter 19. Ponniyamman, a Tamil Rice Goddess from South India-Nanditha Krishna
Chapter 20. Sri and Sedana at Pura Besakih, Bali-Daivd J. Stuart-Fox

Part 5: Sacred Food
Chapter 21. Sacred Food-Roy W. Hamilton
Chapter 22. Lakshmi of the House: Rituals, Realities, and Representations of Womanhood in Modern Bengal-Sohini Ray
Chapter 23. The Art of Rice in Balinese Offerings-Francine Brinkgreve
BOX: Sarad-Garrett Kam
Chapter 24. Sake in Japanese Art and Culture-Mariko Fujita
PHOTO-ESSAY: The Art of Sake-Roy W. Hamilton

Part 6: Straw Matters
Chapter 25. Straw Matters-Roy W. Hamilton

Part 7: Rice, Self, and State
Chapter 26. Rice, Self, and State-Roy W. Hamilton
Chapter 27. Rice in the Human Life Cycle: Traditions from Tamil Nadu, India-Nanditha Krishna
Chapter 28. Wrapping the Body with Images of Rice: Kimono Patterns from the Edo Period-Toshiyuki Sano
Chapter 29. Images of Rice in Imperial Chinese Culture-Francesca Bray

Part 8: The Future of Rice
Chapter 30. The Future of Rice-Roy W. Hamilton
Chapter 31. Let's Hope the Bile Is Good-Aurora Ammayao with Gene Hettel
Chapter 32. Mbok Sri Dethroned: Changing Rice Rituals in Rural East Java-Rens Heringa
Chapter 33. The Descent of Good Fortune and Material Wealth: A Contemporary Javanese Shadow Puppet Play-Roy W. Hamilton with Kik Soleh Adi Pramono
Chapter 34. Social and Agricultural Change in Korea's Rice Farming Communities-Kwang-Kyu Lee
Chapter 35. Rice in South Korean Life: The Transformation of Agricultural Icons-Michael Reinschmidt

Notes to the Text
References Cited
Contributors
Index