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Women's Performative Writing and Identity Construction in the Japanese Empire
In Women’s Performative Writing and Identity Construction in the Japanese Empire, the author examines how writers captured various experiences of living under imperialism in their fiction and nonfiction works. Through an examination of texts by writers producing in different parts of the empire (including the Japanese metropole and the colonies and territories of Taiwan, Korea, and Manchukuo), the book explores how women negotiated the social and personal changes brought about by modernization of the social institutions of education, marriage, family, and labor. Looking at works by writers including young students in Manchukuo, Japanese writer Hani Motoko, Korean writer Chang Tŏk-cho, and Taiwanese writer Yang Ch’ien-Ho, the book sheds light upon how the act and product of writing became a site for women to articulate their hopes and desires while also processing sociopolitical expectations. The author argues that women used their practice of writing to construct their sense of self. The book ultimately shows us how the words we write make us who we are.
History without Chronology
Although numerous disciplines recognize multiple ways of conceptualizing time, Stefan Tanaka argues that scholars still overwhelmingly operate on chronological and linear Newtonian or classical time that emerged during the Enlightenment. This short, approachable book implores the humanities and humanistic social sciences to actively embrace the richness of different times that are evident in non-modern societies and have become common in several scientific fields throughout the twentieth century. Tanaka first offers a history of chronology by showing how the social structures built on clocks and calendars gained material expression. Tanaka then proposes that we can move away from this chrono...
An Introvert’s Hookup Hiccups: This Gyaru Is Head Over Heels for Me! Volume 1
When the gorgeous Nanami Barato confesses to Yoshin Misumai, it seems too good to be true! Only, it is—and Yoshin knows it. How’s an introverted guy like him supposed to keep his cool when he knows this is all just a dare? Even more puzzling, despite her gaudy appearance, this supposed gyaru isn’t actually all that good with guys! Perhaps this is the perfect chance for this shy guy to pluck up his own courage and say yes to the guy-shy girl. So begins their new cushy life of morning meet-ups and handmade lunches. The thing is, judging by the way she’s acting, Nanami has fallen head over heels for him! From dares and dating to downright disasters, can these two first-timers figure out their feelings and maybe even fall in love—for real, this time?!
The Apothecary Witch Turned Divorce Agent: Volume 2
When Carla heads off to attend the annual “gathering of the witches,” Thane declares that he will accompany her. His motive seems to be tied to the foresight witch—the root of his distaste for witches in the first place. Although Carla reluctantly agrees to let Thane tag along, the arrangement leads to an unexpected job! It turns out they must help one of Ange’s clients with their divorce in order to meet the foresight witch. Will Carla take the case to help out the man she can’t stand? Find out in the second volume of this workplace fantasy, featuring the contrary couple of a witch who dislikes knights and a knight who despises witches!
Teaching Postwar Japanese Fiction
As Japan moved from the devastation of 1945 to the economic security that survived even the boom and bust of the 1980s and 1990s, its literature came to embrace new subjects and styles and to reflect on the nation's changing relationship to other Asian countries and to the West. This volume will help instructors introduce students to novels, short stories, and manga that confront postwar Japanese experiences, including the suffering caused by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the echoes of Japan's colonialism and imperialism, new ways of thinking about Japanese identity and about minorities such as the zainichi Koreans, changes in family structures, and environmental disasters. Essays provide context for understanding the particularity of postwar Japanese literature, its place in world literature, and its connections to the Japanese past.
An Introvert's Hookup Hiccups: This Gyaru Is Head Over Heels for Me! Volume 6
Yoshin and Nanami stumble upon a mysterious letter asking about their dare. While they’re both curious to track down the sender, they decide it best to wait and see how the situation unfolds. After all, it’s summer break—which calls for a trip to the fireworks festival while all dressed up in yukata! Even though the two try not to be too flirty while out in public, what would their relationship be without an unexpected accident that brings them even closer together? With a break packed with plans for karaoke dates and study sessions to prepare for exams, it’s seductively sweet business as usual for the summer installment of this couple’s sugar-filled romance!
Transnational Trajectories in East Asia
In recent decades, East Asia has become increasingly interconnected through trade, investment, migration, and popular culture at regional and global levels. At the same time, the region has seen renewed national assertiveness and nationalist impulses. The book interrogates these seemingly contradictory developments as they bear on the transformations of the nation and citizenship in East Asia. Conventionally, studies on East Asia juxtapose these developments, focusing on the much-exercised dichotomy of the national and transnational. In contrast, this book suggests a different orientation. First, it moves beyond the simplistic view that demarcates the transnational as "the West". Second, it ...
An Introvert’s Hookup Hiccups: This Gyaru Is Head Over Heels for Me! Volume 2
Yoshin Misumai, the perennial introvert, is now dating one of the most beautiful girls in school—Nanami Barato, the clean-cut gyaru who confessed to him on a dare. With a surprise stamp of approval from Nanami’s parents, the two are on their way to super flirty, ooey-gooey romance. But in the midst of a boba date and an accidental kiss, the two run into Yoshin’s parents, and Nanami learns that he’ll be home alone while his mom and dad are out. It’s time to amp up the mood with late-night meals and an impromptu sleepover. This introvert had better prepare himself because things are getting cushy—fast!
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Asia-Pacific Film Co-productions
This book examines cross-regional film collaboration within the Asia-Pacific region. Through a mixed methods approach of political economy, industry and market, as well as textual analysis, the book contributes to the understanding of the global fusion of cultural products and the reconfiguration of geographic, political, economic, and cultural relations. Issues covered include cultural globalization and Asian regionalization; identity, regionalism, and industry practices; and inter-Asian and transpacific co-production practices among the U.S.A., China, South Korea, Japan, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand.
