japan literary - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Rethinking Identity in Modern Japan: Nationalism as Aesthetics

Book by Yumiko Iida; Routledge, 2001

Subjects:

Japan--Intellectual Life--20th Century, Nationalism--Japan

Collections: Philosophy, History, Entire Library

Examining the creative and academic works of a number of influential Japanese thinkers, this volume is a major reconsideration of Japanese late modernity and national hegemony.
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Tanegashima: The Arrival of Europe in Japan

Book by Olof G. Lidin; Routledge, 2002

Subjects:

Japan--Civilization--1185-1600, Japan--Civilization--1185-1600--Sources, Japan--Civilization--Western Influences, Japan--Civilization--Western Influences--Sources, Japan--Religion--To 1600, Japan--Religion--To 1600--Sources, Portuguese--Japan--Tanegashima--History--16th Century, Portuguese--Japan--Tanegashima--History--16th Century--Sources, Weapons--Japan--History--Kamakura Momoyama Periods, 1185-1600

Collections: History, Entire Library

...had other sources, since he relates events and facts that do not appear in the Tanegashima kafu . Nanpo seems also to have literary style in mind as he elaborated on certain events in terse and at times difficult Chinese. The Tanegashima kafu is in comparison...
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The Politics of Agriculture in Japan

Book by Aurelia George Mulgan; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Agriculture And State--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

This study of Japanese agricultural organizations considers their multifarious roles. It describes the policy issues that engage farmers' concerns and identifies the agricultural commodities that carry the greatest political significance.
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Sexual Violence and the Law in Japan

Book by Catherine Burns; RoutledgeCurzon, 2005

Subjects:

Rape--Japan, Sex Crimes--Japan, Sex Discrimination Against Women--Law And Legislation--Japan, Sex Discrimination In Justice Administration--Japan, Women--Crimes Against--Japan, Women--Violence Against--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

Catherine Burns provides a detailed examination of judicial decision-making in Japanese cases involving sexual violence. She describes the social factors that heavily influence attitudes towards sex crime & includes an analysis of specific case studies.
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History of Japan

Book by SaburŌ D. Ienaga; Japan Travel Bureau, 1962

Subjects:

Japan--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...legends and songs woven into the literary fabric as warp and woof. In...when the greater part of Japan was under the sway of the Yamato...another. Fifteenth century Japan found in Sogi 1421- 1502...raised to the same level of literary merit as the waka ; so much...

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Nostalgic Journeys: Literary Pilgrimages between Japan and the West

Journal article by Sonja Arntzen; Pacific Affairs, Vol. 76, 2003

Subjects:

Nostalgic Journeys: Literary Pilgrimages Between Japan and the West (Book)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Nostalgic Journeys: Literary Pilgrimages between Japan and the West...NOSTALGIC JOURNEYS: Literary Pilgrimages Between Japan and the West. Edited...1999, on the theme of literary pilgrimages between Japan and the West. The conference...
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No and Purification: The Art of Ritual and Vocational Performance

Journal article by Kiyoshi Tsuchiya; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 34, 2001

Subjects:

Japanese drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., No--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ritual--Japan, Zeami, Motokiyo--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...become well-practiced literary genres in Japan. Yet the Japanese...development. In Japanese literary history it has never...form in the next. In Japan the new did not replace...Representations of Powers: The Literary Politics of Medieval Japan. Honolulu: U of Hawaii...
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The Literary Larrikin: A Critical Biography of T.A.G. Hungerford

Journal article by Veronica Brady; Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 23, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Literary Larrikin: A Critical Biography of T.A.G. Hungerford (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...especially those who will enjoy meeting a literary larrikin--concluding his introduction...jungles of New Guinea and later occupied Japan, service which incidentally includes what...Aborigines and migrants, the successful literary man, the enemy of political correctness...
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Japan through Vietnamese Eyes (1905-1945)

Journal article by Tran May-Van; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 30, 1999

Subjects:

International relations--20th century, Japan--Relations with Japan, Japan--Relations with Vietnam

Collections: Entire Library

...contrast with the situation in other colonial territories where Japan posed as a liberator. Its policy toward Indochina created serious...and Nguyen Tuong Tam, a famous writer of the Tu Luc Van Doan literary group (under the pseudonym Nhat Linh) and founder of a pro...
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Multiethnic Japan and the Monoethnic Myth

Journal article by Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu; MELUS, Vol. 18, 1993

Subjects:

Ethnic relations--Japan, Japan--Race relations, National characteristics, Japanese--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...is the editor of a literary magazine for Japan-resident Koreans...been nominated for literary prizes, and Ogino...minority literature in Japan, this brief review...Nakagami, Kenji. "Literary Viewpoints." The Japan Times Weekly 22 April...

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In Search of Lost Japan - over One Hundred Years Ago, a Young Irish American Named Lafcadio Hearn Journeyed to Japan to Start a New Life and Became One of Its Literary Sons

Magazine article by Kristin L. Johannsen; World and I, Vol. 17, May 2002

Subjects:

Authors, Japanese--Behavior, Hearn, Lafcadio--Authorship, Japan--Social aspects, Japanese writers--Behavior

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Lafcadio Hearn Journeyed to Japan to Start a New Life and Became One of Its Literary Sons. by kristin l...start overseas. He travels to Japan and gets a job teaching English...successful new career explaining Japan to the world. Whats remarkable...
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Window to Japan's Past

Magazine article; World and I, Vol. 14, March 1999

Subjects:

Art, Artistic influence--Japan, Fukuoka, Japan, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)--Japan, Japan, Literary influence--Japan

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...internationalization" of their society. Nowhere in Japan is this desire to share its artistic traditions...lies just across from it on the Sea of Japan, it has been a gateway to Chinese and Korean...into Kyushu and then spread to the rest of Japan. Having long played an important role in...
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The Literary Politics of the Nobel Prize

Magazine article by Jeffrey Meyers; The Antioch Review, Vol. 65, Spring 2007

Subjects:

Literary prizes--Analysis, Literary prizes--Political aspects, Nobel Prizes

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Nobels equation of idealism and literary merit has bedeviled the choices...three; Chile, Greece, Israel, Japan, and South Africa with two...as those of the Vatican (the literary world eagerly waits for the...When I challenged Espmark at a literary festival in Toronto in October...
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Capitalism Triumphant? the Evidence from "Number One" (Japan)

Magazine article by Gavan Mccormack; Monthly Review, Vol. 42, May 1990

Subjects:

Capitalism--Analysis, Fukuyama, Francis--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japan--Economic aspects, Quality of life--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...already well above American ($23,300 to $19,800 in 1988), and Japan is also the worlds largest dispenser of aid funds ($11 billion...perceptive Australian, presented a few months ago in the Times Literary Supplement a droll vision of the future in which: Britain...
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Images of the Floating World: The Idea of Japan

Magazine article by Jeff Humphries; The Antioch Review, Vol. 53, Fall 1995

Subjects:

Japan--Portrayals

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Rozanzerusu in Japan. The result is...for "high" or literary Japanese, Edward...decadent in his literary affinities. Translator...before sailing for Japan, never to leave...several books of literary criticism and...about "The Idea of Japan."

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Dream-Like, Violent Stories of Women Adrift in Japan

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 30, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...slightly smaller than California, Japan has a remarkably rich literature...husband, who supported her literary aspirations, she found the...authors four-volume self-selected literary works, and that the author...Japanese literature who lives in Japan. Her most recent book is "Embracing...
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Rambling: Explore the Mitford Connection Down in the Leafy Cotswolds; A Literary Perspective on Batsford from Richard Shurey

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 3, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Explore the Mitford Connection Down in the Leafy Cotswolds; A Literary Perspective on Batsford from Richard Shurey. Byline...1894 after the baron returned from a diplomatic posting in Japan. He brought with him many plants and created a wild garden...
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Swansea Turns a Fresh, Young Page in Major Literary Prizes

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 22, 2006

Subjects:

Thomas, Dylan--Achievements and awards

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...this new prize I can help attract blazing literary talent from young writers all over the...London. She spent two years working in Japan after her graduation and has just completed...James spent a globe-trotting childhood in Japan, Brazil and Ecuador. After embarking on...
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The [Pounds Sterling]100 Writing Course That Led to Award for Best First Novel; Literary Honour: Segun Afolabi, Winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, outside His Former Workplace in Bloomsbury

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 3, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Sterling100 Writing Course That Led to Award for Best First Novel; Literary Honour: Segun Afolabi, Winner of the Authors Club Best First...his familywent on to live in Congo, Canada, East Germany and Japan. He came to Britain tostudy management and economics at Cardiff...
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Former Teacher Was 'A Very Literary, Studious Person'

Newspaper article by Kerry Lester; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 14, 2006

Subjects:

Teachers

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Marquette University," eldest son Gary Drenk said. "She was a very literary, studious person, and especially loved to read." It was at...Drenk traveled around the world, to Greece, Hong Kong and Japan. "She was known for saying a trip could be enjoyed three times...

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Societies, Learned and Literary

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Chinese Academy of Sciences (1949), the Science Council of Japan (1949), the Polish Academy of Sciences (1952), the Australian...specialization of knowledge has resulted in the establishment of literary, historical, archaeological, and scientific societies covering...
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Japanese Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...JAPANESE LITERATURE literary works produced in...the islands of Japan . See also Asian...dramatic opening of Japan to the West in 1858...than the rarefied literary language used by...government censored literary expression it considered...fiction in postwar Japan has been fed by the...
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Ishiguro, Kazuo

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...KAZUO 1954 , English novelist, b. Nagasaki. His family left Japan in 1960 and immigrated to England, where he attended the universities...1978) and East Anglia (M.A., 1980). Ishiguro, who began his literary career writing short stories, creates subtle, finely crafted...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...derivative, but a new popular literary form, the novel, appeared at...sporadically. Early in World War I, Japan seized the German leasehold...conference was unable to prevent Japan from being awarded the Shandong...Washington Conference (1921 22), Japan finally agreed to withdraw its...
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Zen Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the Tsao-tung (Jap. Soto), flourished and were transmitted to Japan in the 14th cent. The Rinzai sect placed greater emphasis on...occupied positions of political influence and became active in literary and artistic life. Zen monasteries, especially the main temples...

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