Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-137) and indexes.
Reading Ruth again, in Asia / Jione Havea and Peter H.W. Lau -- Another postcolonial reading of the book of Ruth / Peter H.W. Lau -- The key to successful migration? Rereading Ruth's confession (1:16-17) through the lens of Bhabha's mimicry / Sin-lung Tong -- "Who is more to you than seven sons": a cross-textual reading between the book of Ruth and A pair of peacocks to the southeast fly / Yan Lin -- A reinterpretation of Levirate marriage in Ruth 4:1-12 for Kachin society / Roi Nu -- An intertextual reading of Ruth and Proverbs 31:10-31, with a Chinese woman's perspective / Elaine W.F. Goh -- Patriarchy, a threat to human bonding: reading the story of Ruth in the light of marriage and family structures in India / Surekha Nelavala -- The Boaz solution: reading Ruth in light of Australian asylum seekers discourse / Anthony Rees -- Stirring Naomi: another gleaning at the edges of Ruth 1 / Jione Havea