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Category Archives: culture
Book Announcement: Zainichi Korean Women in Japan: Voices
Zainichi Korean Women in Japan: Voices by Jackie Kim-Wachutka. https://www.routledge.com/p/book/9781138584853 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KTH39XD Description Presenting the voices of a unique group within contemporary Japanese society—Zainichi women—this book provides a fresh insight into their experiences of oppression and marginalization that over time … Continue reading
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Tagged community, ethnography, history, Japan, Japanese society, Korea, society, women, women's history, WWII, zainichi
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Book Announcement: Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline
Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline David Leheny Empire of Hope asks how emotions become meaningful in political life. In a diverse array of cases from recent Japanese history, David Leheny shows how sentimental portrayals of the nation … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Unbinding the Pillow Book: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic
Unbinding The Pillow Book The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic Gergana Ivanova An eleventh-century classic, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is frequently paired with The Tale of Genji as one of the most important works in the Japanese canon. Yet it has … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Modern Kyoto: Building for Ceremony and Commemoration, 1868-1940
Modern Kyoto: Building for Ceremony and Commemoration, 1868–1940 Alice Y. Tseng Can an imperial city survive, let alone thrive, without an emperor? Alice Y. Tseng answers this intriguing question in Modern Kyoto, a comprehensive study of the architectural and urban projects carried … Continue reading
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Tagged city, Japan, Japanese history, Kyoto, modern Japan, urban history, urban studies
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Book Announcement: Electrified Voices: How the Telephone, Phonograph, and Radio Shaped Modern Japan, 1868–1945
Electrified Voices How the Telephone, Phonograph, and Radio Shaped Modern Japan, 1868–1945 Kerim Yasar Long before karaoke’s ubiquity and the rise of global brands such as Sony, Japan was a place where new audio technologies found eager users and contributed … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese history, media, media studies, modern Japan, technology, technology studies
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Book Announcement: Christianity and the Modern Woman in East Asia
Christianity and the Modern Woman in East Asia Editor: Garrett L. Washington This edited volume explores the complex roles that Christian ideas and institutions played in the construction of modern womanhood in East Asia. While contributing to gender dynamics that … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, Christianity, east asia, East Asian Studies, modern, modern history, religion, women
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Call for Applications: Ise and Japan Study Program 2019
Kogakkan University (located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture) will be hosting a sixth year of the “Ise and Japan Study Program,” which is open to graduate (Master or PhD) or post-graduate researchers who are interested in learning more about Japanese … Continue reading
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Tagged Ise, Ise Program, Japan, study program
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Book Announcement: The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance.
The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance Edited by Bruce Baird, Rosemary Candelario The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance provides a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of the global art form butoh. Originating in Japan in the 1960s, butoh was a major innovation … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, book announcement, butoh, dance, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese dance, Japanese performance, performance, performance studies
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Workshop: Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography
We are delighted to announce that the Sixth Graduate Summer School in Japanese Early-modern Palaeography will run from Monday 5 August to Saturday 17 August 2019 at the University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College (Cambridge, UK). We are now accepting applications. The deadline for submitting an … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Miniature Bonsai Sculptures
In the past we’ve featured some neat Friday features on bonsai, like magnetic tree bases for your favorite trees or bonsai in space, and this week there’s even more fun to be had! Forbes recently featured the Japanese artist Takanori Aiba, … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, culture, fun link friday, Japan, Japanese culture, trees
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 