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“eiji uehiro”

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  • Practical Ethics for Our Time

    by Eiji Uehiro ...
    Translated by Carl Becker ...
    A scathing critique of the global consumer culture that's bound to cause controversy among Western readers, Practical Ethics for Our Time argues that Japan's future success as a nation depends upon the ability of its citizens to uphold traditional family values and to fashion new, environmentally sustainable patterns in their daily lives.Mr. Uehiro's argument is not unfamiliar. He posits that ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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    Sakura and sushi are only two things about Japan that the world knows about. There are so many more to love about the country, and this book will give you a glimpse of what those other reasons are. Picture books not only make learning fun but also encourages self-awareness. They provide the opportunity for children to associate with the world. Order your copy now! ... Read more

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  • Zen and Shinto

    A History of Japanese Philosophy

    by Chikao Fujisawa ...
    This history of Japanese philosophical traditions underscores the importance of Zen and Shinto to the development of Japanese culture.How do the Japanese talk about their native philosophy, Shinto, so many years after the Western Allies abolished it as a state religion? What is its relationship to Buddhism, and particularly to Zen? How modern can this very ancient creed ever be? These are some of ... Read more

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  • The World of the Shining Prince

    Court Life in Ancient Japan

    by Ivan Morris ...
    Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan. • "A book which should delight anyone interested in Japan.” —The New York Times Book ReviewUsing The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. ... Read more

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  • Kazuo Ishiguro

    by Wai-chew Sim ...
    Series series Routledge Guides to Literature
    Having earned an international reputation with his booker-prize-winning novel, The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro is fast emerging as an important cultural figure of our times.In this guide to Ishiguro’s varied and often experimental work, Wai-chew Sim presents:a biographical survey of Ishiguro’s literary career, and an introduction to his novels, plays and short storiesan accessible overview ... Read more

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  • The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami

    by Matthew Carl Strecher ...
    In an “other world” composed of language—it could be a fathomless Martian well, a labyrinthine hotel or forest—a narrative unfolds, and with it the experiences, memories, and dreams that constitute reality for Haruki Murakami’s characters and readers alike. Memories and dreams in turn conjure their magical counterparts—people without names or pasts, fantastic animals, half-animals, and talking ... Read more

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  • The Fall of Language in the Age of English

    by Minae Mizumura ...
    Translated by Mari Yoshihara, Juliet Winters Carpenter ...
    Winner of the Kobayashi Hideo Award, The Fall of Language in the Age of English lays bare the struggle to retain the brilliance of one's own language in this period of English-language dominance. Born in Tokyo but raised and educated in the United States, Minae Mizumura acknowledges the value of a universal language in the pursuit of knowledge yet also embraces the different ways of understanding ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • The Search for the Beautiful Woman

    A Cultural History of Japanese and Chinese Beauty

    by Cho Kyo ...
    Translated by Kyoko Iriye Selden ...
    Series series Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
    While a slender body is a prerequisite for beauty today, plump women were considered ideal in Tang Dynasty China and Heian-period Japan. Starting around the Southern Song period in China, bound feet symbolized the attractiveness of women. But in Japan, shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth long were markers of loveliness.For centuries, Japanese culture was profoundly shaped by China, but in complex ... Read more

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  • Yoko Tawada

    Voices from Everywhere

    by Hiltrud Arens, Bernard Banoun, Bettina Brandt, Suzuko Mousel Knott, Christina Kraenzle, Margaret Mitsutani, Marjorie Perloff, Keijiro Suga, Reiko Tachibana, Yasemin Yildiz ...
    Series series AsiaWorld
    Yöko Tawada: Voices from Everywhere is the first volume of criticism dedicated to the work of Yöko Tawada, one of the most highly acclaimed writers of her generation. Douglas Slaymaker has collected a range of essays including many that were featured at the 2006 MLA Conference, where a presidential panel featuring Yöko Tawada was organized by MLA President Marjorie Perloff, who has contributed a ... Read more

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  • Translation in Modern Japan

    Edited by Indra Levy ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    The role of translation in the formation of modern Japanese identities has become one of the most exciting new fields of inquiry in Japanese studies. This book marks the first attempt to establish the contours of this new field, bringing together seminal works of Japanese scholarship and criticism with cutting-edge English-language scholarship.Collectively, the contributors to this book address ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Manga's Cultural Crossroads

    Edited by Jaqueline Berndt, Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
    Focusing on the art and literary form of manga, this volume examines the intercultural exchanges that have shaped manga during the twentieth century and how manga’s culturalization is related to its globalization. Through contributions from leading scholars in the fields of comics and Japanese culture, it describes "manga culture" in two ways: as a fundamentally hybrid culture comprised of both ... Read more

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  • The Uses of Literature in Modern Japan

    Histories and Cultures of the Book

    by Sari Kawana ...
    Series series SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
    The Uses of Literature in Modern Japan explores the varying uses of literature in Japan from the late Meiji period to the present, considering how creators, conveyors, and consumers of literary content have treated texts and their authors as cultural resources to be packaged, promoted, and preserved.As the printed word became a crucial form of entertainment and edification for an increasingly ... Read more

    $38.09 USD