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Book Announcement: Japan Copes with Calamity: Ethnographies of the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disasters of March 2011

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Paula

JAPAN COPES WITH CALAMITY Japan Copes with Calamity: Ethnographies of the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disasters of March 2011. It brings together nine varied ethnographic studies from the disaster region with a pair of introductory chapters framing the studies in … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Cute Studies

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Paula

Call for Papers: “Cute Studies,” a special issue of the East Asian Journal of Popular Culture Cuteness has a global reach: it is an affective response; an aesthetic category; a performative act of self-expression; and an immensely popular form of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Asia through Art and Anthropology: Cultural Translation Across Borders

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Paula

How has Asia been imagined, represented and transferred both literally and visually across linguistic, geopolitical and cultural boundaries? This book explores the shifting roles of those who produce, critique and translate creative forms and practices, for which distinctions of geography, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Noramoji

Posted on December 13, 2013 by LM

Today’s funk link is Noramoji, a new design project to preserve store-front fonts in Japan. Johnny writes on Spoon & Tamago‘s coverage of the project, These Japanese fonts won’t be found in textbooks or typography journals. You have to go … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor, Japanese Language, Literature, and Culture

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Paula

The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures at Dartmouth College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank in Japan Studies. Appointment will become effective July 1, 2014, with teaching duties beginning in September 2014. … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: ‘Brewed in Japan: The Evolution of the Japanese Beer Industry

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Paula

Brewed in Japan: The Evolution of the Japanese Beer Industry Jeffrey W. Alexander   www.brewedinjapan.com. Summary: Spanning the earliest attempts to brew beer in Japan to the recent popularity of local craft brews, ‘Brewed in Japan’ charts beer’s steady rise to become … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Banana Peel Tattoos

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Paula

It seems like every time I flip through my articles of the day I find something neat semi-related to a previous Fun Link Friday we’ve done. Much like the banana art that was all about carving out the insides of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Paula

Title: Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950 (UC Press, May 2013) Author: Fabian Drixler Summary: This book tells the story of a society reversing deeply held worldviews and revolutionizing its demography. In parts of eighteenth-century Japan, couples … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Maps & Map-Making in Asian Cultural Studies

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Paula

Maps and Map-Making in Asian Cultural Studies A Special Issue of Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context Winter 2014/15 Issue  Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context contact email: tmurphy@yonsei.ac.kr Please share the following Call For Papers with interested colleagues. … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Dubious Gastronomy: The Cultural Politics of Eating Asian in the USA

Posted on September 1, 2013 by LM

Dubious Gastronomy: The Cultural Politics of Eating Asian in the USA Author: Robert Ji-Song KU 296pp. December 2013 Cloth – Price: $42.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3921-5 California roll, Chinese take-out, American-made kimchi, dogmeat, monosodium glutamate, SPAM—all are examples of what Robert Ji-Song … Continue reading →

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