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Lovesick Japan
In Lovesick Japan, Mark D. West explores an official vision of love, sex, and marriage in contemporary Japan. A comprehensive body of evidence—2,700 court opinions—describes a society characterized by a presupposed absence of physical and emotional intimacy, affection, and personal connections. In compelling, poignant, and sometimes horrifying court cases, West finds that Japanese judges frequently opine on whether a person is in love, what other emotions a person is feeling, and whether those emotions are appropriate for the situation. Sometimes judges’ views about love, sex, and marriage emerge from their presentation of the facts of cases. Among the recurring elements are abortions ...
Linguistic Counter-Standardization
Language standardization is problematic because it imposes the dominant group’s linguistic variety as the only correct one and promotes the idea of unit thinking, i.e., seeing the world as consisting of bounded, internally homogeneous units. This volume examines intentional practices to subvert such processes of language standardization (what we call counter-standardization practices) in language education and other contexts. By suggesting alternative classroom pedagogies, language reclamation processes for indigenous populations, and discourses about (mis)pronunciation, this volume explores more liberatory approaches: the post-unit thinking of language.
The Bridge of Whispers
It is December of 2007 just outside Antwerp, Belgium, when Richard Van Pelt storms out of the dining room of his fathers residence. Time is running out for their familys copper-tubing company. With the Chinese nipping at their heels and the Brazilians not far behind,Optitube is doomed if the family does not take action soon. With a willing Japanese partner waiting in the wings, it seems everything is in line for a successful merger of two companies. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees. In Japan, the young and beautiful Natsumi Honma anxiously awaits the joint venture between her fathers company and Optitube. She has not only a fi nancial interest in the merger, but also a growing love interest in Richard. As the two continue to develop a passionate relationship across the ocean, jealousy, greed, and ambition drive a wedge between family members and instigate the creation of multiple plots that soon threaten both Richards and Natsumis lives. In this intriguing tale fueled by age-old confl icts and cruel ambition, a merger hangs in the balance as Natsumi suddenly goes missing. Now it is up to Richard to save both her and his companybefore it is too late.
Date A Live, Vol. 9 (light novel)
THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO TRANSFORM!In a nail-biting finish, Shido managed to correctly guess who Natsumi was impersonating. His reward for beating her at her own game? A house full of screaming children! In an act of pure frustration, Natsumi turned Shido’s friends into a bunch of kids before making a break for it. Of course, there’s no need to worry because she’s still hanging around, doing her best to ruin his reputation from a distance... Shido’s only chance to return the gang to normal and reclaim any semblance of peace is to give Natsumi...a makeover?!
Non Non Biyori Vol. 9
Koshigaya Natsumi Seventh grader attending Asahigaoka Branch School. She tends not to get enough sleep at New Year's because she sits in front of the TV from morning until night watching the special New Year's shows. Miyauchi Renge First grader, the youngest student at Asahigaoka Branch School. For her first calligraphy of the year, she wrote "Search for Truth." Koshigaya Komari Eighth grader attending Asahigaoka Branch School. She wants to buy an "eye phone" with her otoshidama, but she's not sure she has enough... Ichijo Hotaru Fifth grade transfer student from Tokyo. When it snows, familiar landscapes are turned completely white. It's like an illusion!
Non Non Biyori Vol. 5
The adventures of rural Asahigaoka Branch School and it's handful of students continues!
Mild Vertigo
In this intoxicating stream-of-consciousness novel, Mieko Kanai tackles the existential traps of motherhood, marriage, and domestic captivity The apparently unremarkable Natsumi lives in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and two sons: she does the laundry, goes to the supermarket, visits friends, and gossips with neighbors. Tracing her conversations and interactions with her family and friends as they blend seamlessly into her own infernally buzzing internal monologue, Mild Vertigo explores the dizzying reality of being unable to locate oneself in the endless stream of minutiae that forms a lonely life confined to a middle-class home, where both everything and nothing happens. With shades of Clarice Lispector, Elena Ferrante, and Kobo Abe, this verbally acrobatic novel by the esteemed novelist, essayist, and critic Mieko Kanai—whose work enjoys a cult status in Japan—is a disconcerting and radically imaginative portrait of selfhood in late-stage capitalist society.
Non Non Biyori Vol. 10
Koshigaya Natsumi Seventh grader at Asahigaoka Branch School. The Hina dolls are dressed up all stuffy. Must be hot and hard to breathe. She totally couldn't stand it. Ichijo Hotaru Fifth grade transfer student from Tokyo. Someday, she wants to make a Hina doll set with Senpai as the Empress! Miyauchi Renge First grader, the youngest student at Asahigaoka Branch School. "Are all the Hina dolls musicians? They look like they're having so much fun playing their music!" Koshigaya Komari Natsumi's older sister. Eighth grader at Asahigaoka Branch School. She adores the Empress doll, because she's royalty and definitely the most stylish.
Non Non Biyori Vol. 14
Miyauchi Renge: First grader, the youngest of the five students at Asahigaoka Branch School. With a dozen pencils as a prize, sports day at Asahigaoka's a big event, huh...? Koshigaya Natsumi: Seventh grader at Asahigaoka Branch School. She's been waiting and watching with a sharp eye...for this chance to get revenge on the graduates! Well, she doesn't have any secret strategy, but she's totally going to win!! Ichijo Hotaru: Fifth grade transfer student from Tokyo. There aren't enough people, so she keeps getting stuck in all the events. Sports day at Asahigaoka is super hard!! Koshigaya Komari: Eighth grader at Asahigaoka Branch School. She likes tug-of-war best of all the events where everyone joins together. “My strength's not useless. It's not...right?”
Red Moon over Black Earth
Set in a fictional world based on feudal Japan Red Moon over Black Earth is a tale of a young man of a noble family, Akihiko, and those closest to him. With a changing world around him Akihiko’s sheltered life in a small village is interrupted with a visit by an unexpected guest. When Akihiko is called off to war his loved ones are left to take care of each other and cope without him. The world and the places with in it are just as entertaining to read about as the overall story. Red Moon does not fail to deliver action, light whimsical comedy, fantasy, and romance.
