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Author : Erik Robert Lofgren
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ōoka Shōhei and the Creation of Nobi written by Erik Robert Lofgren and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dennis Charles Washburn
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231138925
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (389 download)
Download or read book Translating Mount Fuji written by Dennis Charles Washburn and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dennis Washburn traces the changing character of Japanese national identity in the works of six major authors: Ueda Akinari, Natsume S?seki, Mori ?gai, Yokomitsu Riichi, ?oka Shohei, and Mishima Yukio. By focusing on certain interconnected themes, Washburn illuminates the contradictory desires of a nation trapped between emulating the West and preserving the traditions of Asia. Washburn begins with Ueda's Ugetsu monogatari (Tales of Moonlight and Rain) and its preoccupation with the distant past, a sense of loss, and the connection between values and identity. He then considers the use of narrative realism and the metaphor of translation in Soseki's Sanshiro; the relationship between ideology and selfhood in Ogai's Seinen; Yokomitsu Riichi's attempt to synthesize the national and the cosmopolitan; Ooka Shohei's post-World War II representations of the ethical and spiritual crises confronting his age; and Mishima's innovative play with the aesthetics of the inauthentic and the artistry of kitsch. Washburn's brilliant analysis teases out common themes concerning the illustration of moral and aesthetic values, the crucial role of autonomy and authenticity in defining notions of culture, the impact of cultural translation on ideas of nation and subjectivity, the ethics of identity, and the hybrid quality of modern Japanese society. He pinpoints the persistent anxiety that influenced these authors' writings, a struggle to translate rhetorical forms of Western literature while preserving elements of the pre-Meiji tradition. A unique combination of intellectual history and critical literary analysis, Translating Mount Fuji recounts the evolution of a conflict that inspired remarkable literary experimentation and achievement.
Author : David C. Stahl
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824825409
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (254 download)
Download or read book The Burdens of Survival written by David C. Stahl and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although still virtually unknown in the West, Ôoka Shôhei (1909-1988) is one of Japan's most important and influential writers and social critics. The Burdens of Survival is both a seminal English-language study of this preeminent literary figure and one of the first scholarly works to thoroughly examine the war literature of a major Japanese veteran-author. Drawing on Robert Jay Lifton's work on traumatic experience and survivor psychology, the book tells the illuminating story of Ôoka's arduous journey that began with guilt-ridden survival as a prisoner of war in the Philippines and culminated some twenty-five years later in the fruitful completion of survivor mission. David C. Stahl examines Ôoka's battlefield memoirs, including the established war classic Fires on the Plain (1952), in terms of extreme experience, survivor guilt, bearing witness, and the "inability to mourn." Writing enabled Ôoka to give cathartic expression to his haunting battlefield experience and made it possible for him to move from blame-shifting to empathy and mourning. The lengthy, exhaustively researched historical work The Battle for Leyte Island (1967-1969) faithfully details the personal and collective experience of battle, depravation, and loss, and clarifies who and what was ultimately responsible for defeat. Toward the end of this work and Return to Mindoro Island (1969), Ooka draws attention to the outstanding obligations owed by his countrymen to the war dead and suggests how they can be fulfilled by public confrontation, learning the lessons of defeat, and using them to rectify lingering social and political evils.
Author : Reiko Tachibana
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791436646
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Narrative as Counter-Memory written by Reiko Tachibana and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1998-07-30 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering study of German and Japanese postwar fiction, providing a broad cultural basis for understanding a half-century of responses to World War II from within the two societies.
Author : Shōhei Ōoka
Publisher : [Baltimore] : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Fires on the Plain written by Shōhei Ōoka and published by [Baltimore] : Penguin Books. This book was released on 1969 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Masao Miyoshi
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822381559
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Postmodernism and Japan written by Masao Miyoshi and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1989-07-27 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postmodernism and Japan is a coherent yet diverse study of the dynamics of postmodernism, as described by Lyotard, Baudrillard, Deleuze, and Guatarri, from the often startling perspective of a society bent on transforming itself into the image of Western “enlightenment” wealth and power. This work provides a unique view of a society in transition and confronting, like its models in the West, the problems induced by the introduction of new forms of knowledge, modes of production, and social relationships.
Author : Michael Howard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192803786
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)
Download or read book The Oxford History of Twentieth Century written by Michael Howard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-08 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ambitious book, some of the most distinguished historians in the world survey the momentous events and the significant themes of recent times, with a look forward to what the future might bring. Early chapters take a global overview of the century as a whole, from a variety of perspectives - demographic, scientific, economic, and cultural. Further chapters, all written by acknowledged experts, chart the century's course, region by region. The Oxford History of the Twentieth Century is an invaluable repository of information and offers unparalleled insights on the twentieth century.
Author : Ian Nish
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134246773
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Britain and Japan Vol II written by Ian Nish and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second collection under the 'Biographical Portraits' title, incorporates a further 20 studies of key personalities, including Edmund Morel, pioneer railway builder in Meiji Japan, Alexander Shand, an important figure in the development of Japanese banking, Lafcadio Hearn, the great interpreter of Japanese culture, Rev. Dr. John Batchelor whose work with the Ainu people of northern Japan is legendary and, more recently, Shigeru Yoshida, Japan's first post-war prime minister and Christmas Humphreys, founder of the Buddhist Society.
Author : Carol Gluck
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393310641
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Showa written by Carol Gluck and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of Emperor Hirohito marked the end of Japan's Showa era. This collection of original essays on Japan's history and culture in the 20th century provides a mix of American and Japanese perspectives on Showa. It explores the strengths of the Japanese economy, the issue of democracy and Japan's political culture, Japan's achievements in technology and the arts and its relationship with other nations and the United States.
Author : Salvador Jiménez Murguía
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442261676
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films written by Salvador Jiménez Murguía and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the horror genre has been embraced by filmmakers around the world, Japan has been one of the most prolific and successful purveyors of such films. From science fiction terrors of the 1950s like Godzilla toviolentfilms like Suicide Circle and Ichi the Killer, Japanese horror film has a diverse history. While the quality of some of these films has varied, others have been major hits in Japan and beyond, frightening moviegoers around the globe. Many of these films—such as the Ringu movies—have influenced other horror productions in both Asia and the United States. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films covers virtually every horror film made in Japan from the past century to date. In addition to major and modest productions, this encyclopedia also features entries on notable directors, producers, and actors. Each film entry includes comprehensive details, situates the film in the context and history of Japanese horror cinema, and provides brief suggestions for further reading. Although emphasizing horror as a general theme, this encyclopedia also encompasses other genres that are associated with this theme, including Comedy Horror, Science Fiction Horror, Cyber-punk Horror, Ero Guru (Erotic Grotesque), and Anime Horror. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films is a comprehensive reference volume that will appeal to both cinema scholars as well as to the many fans of this popular genre.
Author : John Whittier Treat
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226811789
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Writing Ground Zero written by John Whittier Treat and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treat summarizes the Japanese contribution to such ongoing international debates as the crisis of modern ethics, the relationship of experience to memory, and the possibility of writing history. This Japanese perspective, he shows, both confirms and amends many of the assertions made in the West on the shift that the death camps and nuclear weapons have jointly signaled for the modern world and for the future.
Author : Eric Cazdyn
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822329398
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (293 download)
Download or read book The Flash of Capital written by Eric Cazdyn and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-04 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVRelates the history of Japanese film to the history of the capitalist transformation of Japan./div
Author : Hisao Kakehi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110809044
Total Pages : 1468 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Iconic Expressions in Japanese written by Hisao Kakehi and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 1468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lexicon of Japanese contains a large number of conventional mimetic words which vividly depict sounds, manners of action, states of mind etc. These words are notable for their distinctive syntactic properties, for the strikingly patterned way in which they exploit sound-symbolic correspondences, and for the copiousness of their use in conversation as well as in many written registers of Japanese. This dictionary is a comprehensive resource for linguists, language teachers, translators, and others who require detailed information about this important sector of the Japanese vocabulary. Examples created by the editors are accompanied by thousands of contextualized, referenced examples from published sources to illustrate the alternative meanings of each mimetic form. All examples appear in Japanese orthography, in romanization, and in English translation. Concise information is provided concerning the varieties of syntactic usage appropriate for each mimetic. An extensive English index facilitates comparison of English and Japanese vocabulary.
Author : Henry Scott Stokes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0761868100
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Fallacies in the Allied Nations' Historical Perception as Observed by a British Journalist written by Henry Scott Stokes and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1941, Imperial Japan rapidly brought an end to the British Empire in Asia. Because a non-white race dared to upset the white colonialists’ status quo in Asia, the British resented the Japanese long after the war. Mr. Henry Scott-Stokes states that he held such a view as well before arriving in Japan as a foreign correspondent. Mr. Scott-Stokes writes of his transformation, of uncritical acceptance of the western colonialist’s version of the Greater East Asian War, the so-called Pacific War, to realization of its absolute vacuousness. “[The Japanese],” he states, “were supposed to simply accept, without any criticism or opposition whatsoever, the noble wisdom of civilization [the verdicts of the Tokyo Trials].” Mindless parroting of historical fabrications by modern Japanese suggests a loss of national consciousness, of what it means to be Japanese, as Yukio Mishima expressed in his discussions with Mr. Scott-Stokes. Japan lost her independence to America and is merely a protectorate and not a nation with her own culture and history. Japanese people need to take it upon themselves to change this situation. Mr. Stokes’ mother-in-law, however, wryly commented that today’s Japanese are cowards, so it will take another 200 or 300 years.
Author : Asiatic Society of Japan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan written by Asiatic Society of Japan and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of transactions, v. 1-41 in v. 41.
Author : Terry Rowan
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 110546489X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (54 download)
Download or read book World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide Volume I A-K written by Terry Rowan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Complete Film Guide to motion pictures and television shows that pertain to WWII. Facts and stories about Hollywood personal that served in the Armed Forces, War Bond drives, USO shows, Hollywood Canteen and those who were ruled 4 F during the war. Complete history of world cinema during the years of the war. As well as other interesting facts are also included in the first volume. Featurine shorts, cartoons, documentaries, and feature films. Don't forget to get the second volume L-Z.
Author : David M. Rosenfeld
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739103654
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Unhappy Soldier written by David M. Rosenfeld and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work chronicles the writings of Hino Ashihei, who rose to celebrity status during the Pacific War for his accounts of campaigns in China and Southeast Asia. The study shows how writing about the war was read during and after the conflict.
