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Book Announcement: Poems of Penisist by Takahashi Mutsuo

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Paula

POEMS OF A PENISIST A collection of homoerotic poetry by one of Japan’s most prominent poets By Mutsuo Takahashi Translated by Hiroaki Sato, with introduction by Burton Watson University of Minnesota Press | 128 pages ISBN 978-0-8166-7972-0 | paperback | … Continue reading →

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Call for submissions: Asiascape: Digital Asia

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Paula

Launching in 2014, the bi-annual academic journal ‘Asiascape: Digital Asia’ now invites submissions for research articles that explore the political, social, and cultural impact of digital media in Asia. Although we do not exclude scholarship in digital culture and culture … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Twelve Views from the Distance

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Paula

TWELVE VIEWS FROM THE DISTANCE An incandescent memoir of a boy’s coming of age in wartime Japan By Mutsuo Takahashi Translated by Jeffrey Angles University of Minnesota Press | 256 pages ISBN 978-0-8166-7936-2 | paperback ISBN 978-0-8166-7277-6 | cloth | … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: publication projects on the subject of manga for girls/women

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Paula

In attempting to analyze the discursive aspects of shôjo or josei bunka (cultures created by and for girls/women) in contemporary Japan, we initially should reconfirm that shôjo manga have generally been regarded as a central force in the “discovery ” … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Race and Racism in Modern East Asia

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Paula

Rotem Kowner and Walter Demel (eds.), Race and Racism in Modern East Asia: Western and Eastern Constructions. Leiden: Brill, 2012. • xxiv, 594 pages Race and Racism in Modern East Asia juxtaposes Western racial constructions of East Asians with constructions … Continue reading →

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Fun Links Friday: JapanCulture NYC

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Travis

New York City is an incredible place for engaging in Japanese culture, and Japan-related activities. From restaurants to toy shops to art exhibits, festivals, lectures & talks, and lessons in traditional arts, at any given time, there is a lot … Continue reading →

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Kinokuniya Haiku Contest 2013

Posted on April 24, 2013 by LM

Deadline: postmarked by May 31, 2013 Cost to enter: free Text details after the image. Compose an English-form haiku (5-7-5 syllable format) on one of the following topics: nature, work, or baseball. Submit to Kikokuniya Haiku Contest 1073 Avenue of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Beyond the Western Liberal Order: Yanaihara Tadao and Empire as Society

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Paula

Beyond the Western Liberal Order: Yanaihara Tadao and Empire as Society The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought Ryoko Nakano ISBN: 978-1-137-29050-2, ISBN10: 1-137-29050-1, 5.500 x 8.500 inches, 216 pages Beyond the Western Liberal Order explores the international thought of Yanaihara … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Images, Relics and Legends: the Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Paula

Images, Relics and Legends: the Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites. Essays in Honour of Professor Koichi Shinohara Edited by James A. Benn, Jinhua Chen, and James Robson Mosaic Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780889629097 A major collection of important essays … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: CHANGING LIVES: The ‘Postwar’ in Japanese Women’s Autobiographies and Memoirs

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Paula

CHANGING LIVES: The ‘Postwar’ in Japanese Women’s Autobiographies and Memoirs (Association for Asian Studies, 2013) It is available in paperback ISBN: 978-0-924304-69-9. 216 pages. Changing Lives offers the reader substantial translations from memoirs and autobiographies by Japanese women. It contains … Continue reading →

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