The Journal of Asian Studies, August 2008 Published by the Association for Asian Studies, Inc by Cambrige University Press Articles Terror and the Pamphlet Legitimizing Violence: Seditious Propaganda and Revolutionary Pamphlets in Bengal, 1908 - 1918 Sukla Sanyal Rumors, Pamphlet, and the Politics of Paranoia in Indonesia Nils Bubandt Nationalism in South Asia Maps, Mother / Goddesses, and Martyrdom in Modern India Sumathi Ramaswamy The Making of an Indian Nationalist Archive: Lakshmibai, Jhansi, and 1857 Prachi Deshpande Princely States and the Hindu Imaginary: Exploring the Cartography of Hindu Nationalism in Colonial India Manu Bhagavan Language, the Nation, and Symbolic Capital: The Case of Punjab Alyssa Ayres Desire and Sacrifice in Medieval Asia Chigo in the Medieval Japanese Imagination Paul S. Atkins Violence, the State, and Memory in Muslim Asia A Historiography of Violence and the Secular State in Indonesia: Tuanku Imam Bondjoll and the Uses of History Jeffrey Hadler Violence, the State and a Chinese Muslim Ritual Rememberance Maris Gilette Books reviews __________________________________ I'll try to write summaries of most articles, but if one article / theme were of particular interest to you, please feel free to contact me and I'd write those in priority