{"title":"Ethnic identity, self-esteem, and acculturation dispositions among indigenous adolescents in Taiwan","authors":"Chun-Hao Li , Ming-Chang Tsai","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100212","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100212","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Indigenous people in Taiwan have recently succeeded to reclaim the right to use their native names in formal institutions. This study investigates how using an Indigenous name use and maintaining proficiency in indigenous language influence school experiences, self-esteem, and acculturation strategies among Indigenous adolescents in this island society. Drawing on survey data from 1,144 indigenous adolescents attending in high schools in northern Taiwan, the findings reveal that a strong ethnic identity directly enhances self-esteem. However, ability of indigenous language also elevates academic pressure. Adolescents who embrace their Indigenous identity report a more positive self-concept and favor integration over assimilation in interactions with Han peers. This study underscores the importance of culturally inclusive practices and greater institutional support for Indigenous language and name usage, while also acknowledging the unique challenges faced by Indigenous adolescents in Han-dominated urban school settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 4","pages":"Article 100212"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145221122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chambers, J. (2024). Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and Everyday Ethics in Southeastern Myanmar. Singapore: NUS Press. 209 pages. ISBN: 978-981-325-269-1.","authors":"Erick White (Independent Scholar)","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100211","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100211","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 4","pages":"Article 100211"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145097560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Santikarn, Alisa (2025). Indigenous heritage and identity of the last elephant catchers in northeast Thailand. Amsterdam University Press. 260 pages. E-ISBN: 978-90-4856-200-8 (PDF)","authors":"Helle Jørgensen","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100213","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100213","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 4","pages":"Article 100213"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reconstructing gendered subjectivity in translation: Imagological analysis of female representation in Mo Yan’s frog","authors":"Jing Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100210","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100210","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>How do translators mediate gendered subjectivity in cross-cultural literary translation? This article explores this question by examining the representation of female characters in Mo Yan’s novel <em>Frog</em> and its English translation by Howard Goldblatt. Adopting an imagological approach—integrating literary imagology with translation studies—we analyze how the translator reconstructs the image of Chinese rural women at lexical, hierarchical, and narrative levels. A comparative corpus of 50 key passages was qualitatively coded for lexical substitutions, hierarchical shifts, and narrative emphases introduced in translation. The findings reveal that Goldblatt employs 3 main strategies in translating female subjectivity: lexical sanitization of derogatory or culture-specific terms, hierarchical equalization of gender power relations, and narrative reinforcement of traditional female imagery.These shifts suggest that the translator, influenced by both translatorial habitus and the target culture’s collective imagination, subtly disciplines the portrayal of women.This study’s imagological analysis highlights the translator’s visible role in shaping cultural images, offering a “cultural filter” model for examining how translation can challenge or reinforce prevailing stereotypes. The research contributes to translation studies by demonstrating how feminist subjectivities and cultural perceptions are negotiated in translation, and it provides insights into the potential of literary translation to either subvert or perpetuate Orientalist biases in global literary exchange.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 4","pages":"Article 100210"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145027798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moving forward against the odds: Intersectional stigma and identity management among female probationers in China","authors":"Caiyun Yang, Yuqian Song, Yueqi Ming","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100206","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100206","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although female probationers face not only stigmatization from their criminal experiences but also pressure from gender role expectations, their experience of intersectional stigma is often overlooked. Aiming to enrich the research in this area, this study used a qualitative approach to examine the intersectional stigma experienced by female probationers and their identity management strategies through the lens of intersectionality theory. The study involved collecting and analyzing interview data from 31 female probationers and three community correction social workers in City A, China. The findings indicate that female probationers experienced intersectional stigma in three forms: public stigma, self-stigma, and courtesy stigma. These women coped with stigma by using identity management strategies that involved combating stigma with the family and rebuilding self-identity. China’s unique family culture played a dual role in deepening and alleviating stigma.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100206"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144595909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaojin Li , Hirofumi Ueda , Pingping Zhao , Qiong Wang , Xin Gao
{"title":"Poetic dwelling and disciplinary configuration in ancestral hall spaces: A Triadic production mechanism study through the lens of everyday life politics","authors":"Xiaojin Li , Hirofumi Ueda , Pingping Zhao , Qiong Wang , Xin Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100207","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100207","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the spatial dynamics of ancestral halls in Shanxi Province, focusing on their ongoing cultural relevance despite the decline of feudal institutions. Drawing on Lefebvre’s spatial production theory, Bourdieu’s habitus, Foucault’s discipline, and De Certeau’s poetic resistance, it proposes a triadic model of “discipline–habitus–poetic resistance.” Rather than viewing ancestral halls as static relics, the study frames them as active cultural fields reproduced through everyday practice. Fieldwork at 22 ancestral halls reveals how these spaces sustain moral norms, reinforce family identity, and support local governance. The paper argues that ancestral halls operate as hybrid mechanisms, where institutional forms are localized and emotionally charged. In this way, they reflect the cultural resilience and adaptive strategies of grassroots Chinese society. This approach highlights the significance of ancestral halls not only as architectural heritage but as living, evolving spaces rooted in social rhythms and symbolic meaning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144579185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jianmei Liu, Chinese Thirdspace: The Paradox of Chinese Moderate Politics, 1946-2020. New York: Columbia University Press, 2025","authors":"Carlos Rojas","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100203","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100203","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100203"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144550036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regional dynamics and political praxis: A case study of the CPI (M) in Kerala","authors":"Balu Sunilraj , Aashti Salman","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100205","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100205","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article scrutinises the distinct political methods employed by the CPI(M) within the Malabar and Cochin-Travancore regions of Kerala, underlining the influence of regional dynamics in CPI(M)’s political praxis. Through a comprehensive comparative analysis, the research elucidates 2 principal findings: Firstly, the character of party-society affiliations exhibits considerable variation across the regions, incorporating both transactional (distributive) and nontransactional aspects that resist reductive vertical categorisation. Secondly, the CPI(M)'s political interaction with caste operates under fundamentally disparate logics within each region. In Cochin-Travancore, it is deemed an operational imperative, leading to negotiations with caste organisations, whereas the socio-political history of Malabar renders such negotiations superfluous.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100205"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144517174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Massacre in the clouds: An American atrocity and the erasure of history (2024), by Kim A. Wagner","authors":"Lena Obermaier","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100204","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100204","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144481289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}