Words in Motion

Introduction

Words in Motion / Carol Gluck 3

Works in Motion / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 11

Words with Shadows

Segurança/Security in Brazil and the United States / Itty Abraham 21

Adat/Indigenous: Indigeneity in Motion / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 40

Words That Expand

Ada/Custom in the Middle East and South Asia / Mona Abaza 67

Sekinin/Responsibility in Modern Japan / Carol Gluck 83

Words Unspoken

Ilmaniyya, Laïcité, Secularisme/Secularism in Morocco / Driss Maghraoui 109

Saburaimu/Sublime: A Japanese Word and Its Political Afterlife / Alan Tansman 129

Words That Cover

Aqalliyya/Minority in Modern Egyptian Discourse / Seteney Shami 151

Hijâb/Headscarf: A Political Journey / Claudia Koonz 174

Fear Words

Injury: Incriminating Words and Imperial Power / Lydia H. Liu 199

Conjuracion/Conspiracy in the Philippine Revolution of 1896 / Vicente L. Rafael 219

Terrorism: State Sovereignty and Militant Politics in India / Partha Chatterjee 240

Words That Set Standards

Komisyon/Commission and Kurul/Board: Words that Rule / Huri Islamoglu 265

Chumchon/Community in Thailand / Craig J. Reynolds 286

Thammarat/Good Governance in Glocalizing Thailand / Kasian Tejapira 306

Notes on Contributors 327

Index 329