Melissa J. Brown

American anthropologist, historian, and sinologist

Melissa J. Brown (born 3 March 1963) is an American sociocultural anthropologist and historian specializing in China and Taiwan.^[1]^[2] She earned a bachelor's and a master's degree from Stanford University, and completed doctoral study at the University of Washington.^[1]

Selected publications

Brown, Melissa J., ed. (2008). Explaining Culture Scientifically. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98789-7.^[3]
Brown, Melissa J. (2004). Is Taiwan Chinese?. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-23182-5.^[4]
Brown, Melissa J. (1996). Negotiating Ethnicities in China and Taiwan. Routledge/Curzon. ISBN 978-1-55729-048-9.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Melissa J. Brown". Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "Melissa J. Brown". Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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Reviews of Explaining Culture Scientifically include:
- Gillison, Gillian (2010). "Review: Culture: A Post-Concept?". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 41 (2): 243–263. doi:10.1162/JINH_a_00052. JSTOR 40785101. S2CID 146262755.
- Gifford, Adam (2011). "Melissa J. Brown (ed.): Explaining culture scientifically". Journal of Bioeconomics. 13 (3): 275–280. doi:10.1007/s10818-011-9111-3. S2CID 145466805.
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Reviews of Is Taiwan Chinese? include:
- Ooi, Su-Mei (2007). "Is Taiwan Chinese? the Impact of Culture, Power, and Migration On Changing Identities. By Melissa J. Brown. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. 333 pp. $24.95. Paper". Journal of East Asian Studies. 7 (3): 501–503. doi:10.1017/S1598240800002605. S2CID 155615581.
- Woo, Franklin J. (2004). "Reviewed Work: Is Taiwan Chinese? The Impact of Culture, Power, and Migration on Changing Identities by Melissa J. Brown". China Review International. 11 (1): 30–34. doi:10.1353/cri.2005.0045. JSTOR 23732907. S2CID 257980499.
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Reviews of Negotiating Ethnicities include:
- Ng, Wing Chung (1998). "Negotiating Ethnicities in China and Taiwan". Pacific Affairs. 71 (2): 249–251. doi:10.2307/2760991. JSTOR 2760991.
- Dunlop, Sarah (July 1997). "Negotiating Ethnicities in China and Taiwan. Melissa J. Brown". The China Journal. 38: 196–198. doi:10.2307/2950352. JSTOR 2950352.
- Benson, Linda (1998). "Reviewed Work: Negotiating Ethnicities in China and Taiwan. China Research Monograph series, 46 by Melissa J. Brown". China Review International. 5 (2): 377–379. doi:10.1353/cri.1998.0019. JSTOR 23732349. S2CID 144058695.
- Mackerras, Colin (1997). "Book Reviews : Melissa J. BROWN, (Ed.), Negotiating Ethnicities in China and Taiwan. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies of the University of California 1996. China Research Monograph no. 46. x+335 pp., with glossary and index. ISBN: 1-55729-048-2 (pbk). Price: US$20.00". China Information. 11 (4): 159–160. doi:10.1177/0920203X9701100417.