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Book Announcement: A History of Japanese Theatre

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Travis

Jonah Salz (ed.), A History of Japanese Theatre, Cambridge University Press, 2016. From the Cambridge University Press official webpage for the book: Description Japan boasts one of the world’s oldest, most vibrant and most influential performance traditions. This accessible and … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creature of Japanese Folklore

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Paula

  The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creature of Japanese Folklore Michael Dylan Foster; with original illustrations by Shinonome Kijin University of California Press, 2015 http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520271029 This monograph introduces yokai in a style that is intended to be accessible to students … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Long Defeat: Cultural Trauma, Memory, and Identity in Japan

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Paula

Akiko Hashimoto, The Long Defeat: Cultural Trauma, Memory, and Identity in Japan Oxford University Press 2015. cloth, paperback, and eBook. ISBN: 9780190239169 (paper) From the publisher: In The Long Defeat, Akiko Hashimoto explores the stakes of war memory in Japan after its … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Nonformal Education and Civil Society in Japan

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Paula

Nonformal Education and Civil Society in Japan edited by Kaori H. Okano Critical Studies in Asian Education series About the Book Nonformal Education and Civil Society in Japan critically examines an aspect of education that has received little attention to date: … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Undiscovered Country: Text, Translation, and Modernity in the Work of Yanagita Kunio

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Paula

The Undiscovered Country: Text, Translation, and Modernity in the Work of Yanagita Kunio Yanagita Kunio (1875–1962) was a public intellectual who played a pivotal role in shaping modern Japan’s cultural identity. A self-taught folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, he promoted … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Paula

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima, has been published by Oxford University Press. The book explains the history of nuclear power in Japan, the sociopolitical backdrop of post-3.11 social movements, the censorial pressures that musicians are under, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Values, Identity and Equality in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Japan

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Paula

Values, Identity, and Equality in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Japan Edited by Peter Nosco, University of British Columbia, James E. Ketelaar University of Chicago, and Yasunori Kojima, International Christian University, Tokyo The chapters in this volume variously challenge a number of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Reading The Tale of Genji: Sources from the First Millennium

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Paula

Reading The Tale of Genji: Sources from the First Millennium Edited by Thomas Harper and Haruo Shirane Columbia University Press http://cup.columbia.edu/book/reading-ithe-tale-of-genjii/9780231166584 The Tale of Genji, written one thousand years ago, is a masterpiece of Japanese literature, is often regarded as … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War

Posted on December 27, 2015 by LM

Via University of Washington Press. Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War NORIKO KAWAMURA paperback not available $34.95 HARDCOVER (9780295995175) ADD TO CART PUBLISHED: November 2015 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian Studies / Japan; History; Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 248 pp., … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Fascist Effect: Japan and Italy, 1915-1952

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Paula

Reto Hofmann, The Fascist Effect: Japan and Italy, 1915-1952 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2015) Description During the interwar period, Japanese intellectuals, writers, activists, and politicians, although conscious of the many points of intersection between their politics and those of Mussolini, … Continue reading →

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