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Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan

Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape after the Triple Disasters

by Saeko Kimura ...

Translated by Rachel DiNitto, Doug Slaymaker ...

Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
This seminal book is the first sustained critical work that engages with the varieties of literature following the triple disasters—the earthquake, tsunami, and meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant. ... Read more

$33.99 USD

This seminal book is the first sustained critical work that engages with the varieties of literature following the triple disasters—the earthquake, tsunami, and meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
... Read more
Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure

A Tale That Begins with Fukushima

by Hideo Furukawa ...

Translated by Doug Slaymaker, Akiko Takenaka ...

Series series Weatherhead Books on Asia
"As we passed from the city center into the Fukushima suburbs I surveyed the landscape for surgical face masks. I wanted to see in what ratios people were wearing such masks. I was trying to determine, consciously and unconsciously, what people do in response. So, among people walking along the roadway, and people on motorbikes, I saw no one with masks. Even among the official crossing guards ... Read more

$19.99 USD

"As we passed from the city center into the Fukushima suburbs I surveyed the landscape for surgical face masks. I wanted to see in what ratios people were wearing such masks. I was trying to determine, consciously and unconsciously, what people do in response. So, among people walking along the roadway, and people on motorbikes, I saw no one with masks. Even among the official crossing guards
... Read more
Wild Lines and Poetic Travels

A Keijiro Suga Reader

by Takako Arai, Hideo Furukawa, Shoshannah Ganz, Tatsuki Hayashi, Rei Magosaki, Toru Oda, Miyako Otsuji, Motoyuki Shibata, Hiroko Tanabe, Yoko Tawada, Christophe Thouny0, Toshiya Ueno1, Hisaaki Wake2, Doug Slaymaker4 ...

Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
This volume of essays and translations analyzes the prodigious and wide-ranging output of Keijiro Suga. Based in Japan, Keijiro Suga's works are wide-ranging and multilingual. His volumes of poetry have been shortlisted for a range of poetry prizes, and he was awarded the 2011 Yomiuri Shinbun Prize for Travel writing. He has translated dozens of books and has authored or co-authored more than ... Read more

$33.99 USD

This volume of essays and translations analyzes the prodigious and wide-ranging output of Keijiro Suga. Based in Japan, Keijiro Suga's works are wide-ranging and multilingual. His volumes of poetry have been shortlisted for a range of poetry prizes, and he was awarded the 2011 Yomiuri Shinbun Prize for Travel writing. He has translated dozens of books and has authored or co-authored more than
... Read more
Tawada Yoko

On Writing and Rewriting

by Naoki Sakai, Sigrid Wiegel, Christine Ivanovic, Gizem Arslan, Paul McQuade, Madalina Meirosu, Fujiwara Dan, Annegret Märten, Sachiyo Taniguchi, Tingting Hui, Suzuko Knott, Tomoko Takeuchi Slutsky, Seungyeon Kim, Brett de Bary ...

Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
This collection draws from scholars across different languages to address and assess the scholarly achievements of Tawada Yoko. Yoko, born in Japan (1960) and based in Germany, writes and presents in both German and Japanese. The contributors of this volume recognize her as one of the most important contemporary international writers. Her published books alone number more than fifty volumes, with ... Read more

$38.99 USD

This collection draws from scholars across different languages to address and assess the scholarly achievements of Tawada Yoko. Yoko, born in Japan (1960) and based in Germany, writes and presents in both German and Japanese. The contributors of this volume recognize her as one of the most important contemporary international writers. Her published books alone number more than fifty volumes, with
... Read more
Literature among the Ruins, 1945–1955

Postwar Japanese Literary Criticism

by Atsuko Ueda, Richi Sakakibara, Hirokazu Toeda, James Dorsey, Ko Youngran, Seiji M. Lippit, Ann Sherif, Michael K. Bourdaghs1, Doug Slaymaker2 ...

Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
In the wake of the disaster of 1945—as Japan was forced to remake itself from “empire” to “nation” in the face of an uncertain global situation—literature and literary criticism emerged as highly contested sites. Today, this remarkable period holds rich potential for opening new dialogue between scholars in Japan and North America as we rethink the historical and contemporary significance of such ... Read more

$39.99 USD

In the wake of the disaster of 1945—as Japan was forced to remake itself from “empire” to “nation” in the face of an uncertain global situation—literature and literary criticism emerged as highly contested sites. Today, this remarkable period holds rich potential for opening new dialogue between scholars in Japan and North America as we rethink the historical and contemporary significance of such
... Read more
Ecocriticism in Japan

by Alex Bates, Koichi Haga, Ursula Heise, Daisuke Higuchi, Ronald Loftus, Margherita Long, Christine Marran, Kyoko Matsunaga, Livia Monnet, Marjorie Rhine, Shuji Takazawa, Toshiya Ueno, Caroline Wake, Doug Slaymaker ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
What can ecocriticism do when engaging with Japanese literature and culture? This edited volume Ecocriticism in Japan attempts to answer this question. The contributors place themselves inside the domestic fields of production of works of art and express their concerns and ideas for the English-speaking spheres of the world. Taking up subjects ranging from the eleventh-century novel The Tale of ... Read more

$44.99 USD

What can ecocriticism do when engaging with Japanese literature and culture? This edited volume Ecocriticism in Japan attempts to answer this question. The contributors place themselves inside the domestic fields of production of works of art and express their concerns and ideas for the English-speaking spheres of the world. Taking up subjects ranging from the eleventh-century novel The Tale of
... Read more
Sacred Cesium Ground and Isa's Deluge

Two Novellas of Japan's 3/11 Disaster

by Yūsuke Kimura ...

Translated by Doug Slaymaker ...

Series series Weatherhead Books on Asia
In these two novellas, Kimura Yūsuke explores human and animal life in northern Japan after the natural and nuclear disasters of March 11, 2011. Kimura inscribes the “Triple Disaster” into a rich regional tradition of storytelling, incorporating far-flung voices and experiences to testify to life and the desire to represent it in the aftermath of calamity.In Sacred Cesium Ground, a woman from ... Read more

$15.99 USD

In these two novellas, Kimura Yūsuke explores human and animal life in northern Japan after the natural and nuclear disasters of March 11, 2011. Kimura inscribes the “Triple Disaster” into a rich regional tradition of storytelling, incorporating far-flung voices and experiences to testify to life and the desire to represent it in the aftermath of calamity.In Sacred Cesium Ground, a woman from
... Read more
Sacred Cesium Ground and Isa's Deluge

Two Novellas of Japan's 3/11 Disaster

by Yūsuke Kimura ...

Translated by Doug Slaymaker ...

Series series Weatherhead Books on Asia
In these two novellas, Kimura Yūsuke explores human and animal life in northern Japan after the natural and nuclear disasters of March 11, 2011. Kimura inscribes the “Triple Disaster” into a rich regional tradition of storytelling, incorporating far-flung voices and experiences to testify to life and the desire to represent it in the aftermath of calamity.In Sacred Cesium Ground, a woman from ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In these two novellas, Kimura Yūsuke explores human and animal life in northern Japan after the natural and nuclear disasters of March 11, 2011. Kimura inscribes the “Triple Disaster” into a rich regional tradition of storytelling, incorporating far-flung voices and experiences to testify to life and the desire to represent it in the aftermath of calamity.In Sacred Cesium Ground, a woman from
... Read more
Literary Mischief

Sakaguchi Ango, Culture, and the War

by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker ...

Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) was a writer who thrived on iconoclasm and agitation. He remains one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of twentieth-century Japan. Ango was catapulted into the public consciousness in the months immediately following Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945. The energy and iconoclasm of his writings were matched by the outrageous and outsized antics of ... Read more

$105.99 USD

Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) was a writer who thrived on iconoclasm and agitation. He remains one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of twentieth-century Japan. Ango was catapulted into the public consciousness in the months immediately following Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945. The energy and iconoclasm of his writings were matched by the outrageous and outsized antics of
... Read more

The Shamanic Drum: A Guide to Sacred Drumming

by Michael Drake ...

Shamanic drumming is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing and self-expression. Based on his studies and personal shamanic experience, Michael presents the first practical guide to applying this ancient healing art to our modern lives. Through a series of simple exercises and lessons, he teaches the basic shamanic methods of drumming. The focus is on creating sacred space, ... Read more

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Shamanic drumming is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing and self-expression. Based on his studies and personal shamanic experience, Michael presents the first practical guide to applying this ancient healing art to our modern lives. Through a series of simple exercises and lessons, he teaches the basic shamanic methods of drumming. The focus is on creating sacred space,
... Read more
Birthing A New Civilization

Transition to the New Golden Age in 2032

by Diana Cooper ...

In Birthing a New Civilization Diana Cooper takes stock of where humanity stands in its evolutionary development looking at the current transition towards 2032.This fascinating forecast highlights the new spiritual energies entering the planet and bringing shifts to economic, political, and climatic arenas. Further predictions are offered for individual countries and include a time frame for this ... Read more

$11.99 USD

In Birthing a New Civilization Diana Cooper takes stock of where humanity stands in its evolutionary development looking at the current transition towards 2032.This fascinating forecast highlights the new spiritual energies entering the planet and bringing shifts to economic, political, and climatic arenas. Further predictions are offered for individual countries and include a time frame for this
... Read more
Clearing

A Guide to Liberating Energies Trapped in Buildings and Lands

by Jim PathFinder Ewing ...

Working from the premise that every natural and human-made space has an energy of its own that can physically and emotionally effect anyone in that space, this introduction to ancient practices of environmental shamanism--or transformation of the energy of spaces--explains in practical terms how to liberate old, unproductive energy that may be stored in any space, making room for new vibrations to ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Working from the premise that every natural and human-made space has an energy of its own that can physically and emotionally effect anyone in that space, this introduction to ancient practices of environmental shamanism--or transformation of the energy of spaces--explains in practical terms how to liberate old, unproductive energy that may be stored in any space, making room for new vibrations to
... Read more

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