WORDSin Motion

TOWARD A GLOBAL LEXICON

Edited by Carol Gluck

and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Durham and London

2009

CONTENTS

Introduction

Wordswith

Shadows

WordsThat

Expand

WordsUnspoken

3 Words in MotionCAROL GLUCK

11 Worlds in MotionANNA LOWENHAUPT TSING

21 Segurança/Security in Brazil and theUnited StatesITTY ABRAHAM

40 Adat/lndigenous: Indigeneity in MotionANNA LOWENHAUPT TSING

67 'Ada/Custom in the Middle East andSoutheast AsiaMONA ABAZA

83 Sekinin/Responsibility in Modern JapanCAROL GLUCK

r09 'llmaniyya, Laïcité, Secularisme/SecxAmsm

in MoroccoDRISS MAGHRAOUI

129 Saburaimu/ Sublime; AJapanese Wordand Its Political AfterlifeALAN TANSMAN

WordsThat

Cover

Fear Words

Words ThatSet Standards

151 'Aqalliyya/Minority in Modern EgyptianDiscourseSETENEY SHAMI

174 Hijab Headscarf: A Political Journey! CLAUDIA KOONZ

199 Injury: Incriminating Words and ImperialPowerLYDIA H. LIU

219 Conjuración /Conspiracy in the PhilippineRevolution of 1896VICENTE L. RAFAEL

240 Terrorism: State Sovereignty and MilitantPolitics in IndiaPARTHA CHATTERJEE

265 Komisyon/Commission and Kurull /Board:Words That RuleHURI ISLAMOGLU

2 86 Chumchon/Community in ThailandCRAIG J. REYNOLDS

306 Thammarat/'Good Governance inGlocalizing ThailandKASIAN TEJAPIRA

327 Notes on Contributors

329 Index