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- From: Karen Kay <LL23%NEMOMUS.bitnet@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Maya's poem
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- > But it's true. "Asia" in most people's minds (as far as I know) is east
- > of India, i.e. "East Asia".
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- This is relatively recent. The forms and the organizations have lagged
- behind people's thinking. The American Oriental Society deals mostly w/
- Indian stuff, and the Association for Asian Studies sure includes India!
- (Sometimes I think 1/2 the panels at the convention are on India.) This
- may change as Indian studies comes into its own.
-
- Karen
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