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

Carol Gluck and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, eds.