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Searching For Japan
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Author : Michele Monserrati
language : en
Publisher: Transnational Italian Cultures
Release Date : 2020-03-27
Searching For Japan written by Michele Monserrati and has been published by Transnational Italian Cultures this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-27 with History categories.
This book pursues the specific case of Italian travel narratives in the Far East, through a focus on the experience of Japan in works by writers who visited the Land of the Rising Sun beginning in the Meiji period (1868-1912) and during the concomitant opening of Japan's relations with the West. Drawing from the fields of Postcolonial and Transnational Studies, analysis of these texts explores one central question: what does it mean to imagine Japanese culture as contributing to Italian culture? Each author shares in common an attempt to disrupt ideas about dichotomies and unbalanced power relationships between East and West. Proposing the notion of 'relational Orientalism, ' this book suggests that Italian travelogues to Japan, in many cases, pursued the goal of building imaginary transnational communities, predicated on commonalities and integration, by claiming what they perceived as 'Oriental' as their own. In contrast with a long history of Western representations of Japan as inferior and irrational, Searching for Japan identifies a positive overarching attitude toward the Far East country in modern Italian culture. Expanding the horizon of Italian transnational networks, normally situated within the Southern European region, this book reinstates the existence of an alternative Euro-Asian axis, operating across Italian history.
Searching For Japan
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Author : Michele Monserrati
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Searching For Japan written by Michele Monserrati and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Japan categories.
This volume pursues the specific case of Italian travel narratives in the Far East, through a focus on the experience of Japan in works by writers who visited the Land of the Rising Sun beginning in the Meiji period (1868-1912) and during the concomitant opening of Japan's relations with the West. Drawing from the fields of Postcolonial and Transnational Studies, analysis of these texts explores one central question: what does it mean to imagine Japanese culture as contributing to Italian culture? Each author shares in common an attempt to disrupt ideas about dichotomies and unbalanced power relationships between East and West.
A History Of Modern Japan
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Author : Christopher Harding
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2020-06-30
A History Of Modern Japan written by Christopher Harding and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-30 with History categories.
"Lucid and lyrical…a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." --The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history--from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to Japanese feminists who fought for an equal political voice in the 1890s. Though highly successful, and typically portrayed as a unified effort, Japan's rebuilding throughout the 20th century faced a lot of domestic criticism. This story-led account gives a voice to those who felt they didn't fit in with what Japan was becoming. It's that push and pull that made the country what it is today. This book will be a fascinating read for anyone interested in Japanese culture--whether film and literature, or pop culture and manga--as big shifts in Japanese ideology and society tend to come from culture and the arts, rather than being politically-driven. It will also be of interest to those traveling to Japan who want a better sense of the place, or anyone seeking to better understand Japan's role on the global stage. With over 100 photographs, maps and prints, A History of Modern Japan showcases the compelling story of Japan's amazing growth and its resulting struggles. For all the country's advancement, the Japanese people continue to wrestle with the notion of what it means to be Japanese in a changing world.
Japan Through The Looking Glass
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Author : Alan MacFarlane
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2010-08-06
Japan Through The Looking Glass written by Alan MacFarlane and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-06 with Travel categories.
This entertaining and endlessly surprising book takes us on an exploration into every aspect of Japanese society from the most public to the most intimate. A series of meticulous investigations gradually uncovers the multi-faceted nature of a country and people who are even more extraordinary than they seem. Our journey encompasses religion, ritual, martial arts, manners, eating, drinking, hot baths, geishas, family, home, singing, wrestling, dancing, performing, clans, education, aspiration, sexes, generations, race, crime, gangs, terror, war, kindness, cruelty, money, art, imperialism, emperor, countryside, city, politics, government, law and a language that varies according to whom you are speaking. Clear-sighted, persistent, affectionate, unsentimental and honest - Alan Macfarlane shows us Japan as it has never been seen before.
Japanland
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Author : Karin Muller
language : en
Publisher: Rodale
Release Date : 2005-10-12
Japanland written by Karin Muller and has been published by Rodale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-12 with Travel categories.
A documentary filmmaker recounts her decision to spend a year in Japan to deepen her understanding and appreciation of Eastern traditions, describing her particular--and sometimes haphazard--pursuit to learn more about the region's spiritual philosophies about achieving a transcendent state of harmony.
In Search Of What S Japanese About Japan
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Author : John Condon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
In Search Of What S Japanese About Japan written by John Condon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
Japan S Search For Strategic Security Partnerships
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Author : Gauri Khandekar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-01-02
Japan S Search For Strategic Security Partnerships written by Gauri Khandekar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-02 with Political Science categories.
As tensions between China and Japan increase, including over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, Japan has adopted under Prime Minister Abe a new security posture. This involves, internally, adapting Japan’s constitutional position on defence and, externally, building stronger international relationships in the Asia-Pacific region and more widely. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of these developments. It shows how trust and co-operation with the United States, the only partner with which Japan has a formal alliance, is being rebuilt, discusses how other relationships, both on security and on wider issues, are being formed, in the region and with European countries and the EU, with the relationships with India and Australia being of particular importance, and concludes by assessing the likely impact on the region of Japan’s changing posture and new relationships.
In Search Of What S Japanese About Japan
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Author : John C. Condon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
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Looking For The Lost
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Author : Alan Booth
language : en
Publisher: Vertical Inc
Release Date : 2021-04-21
Looking For The Lost written by Alan Booth and has been published by Vertical Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-21 with Travel categories.
A VIBRANT, MEDITATIVE WALK IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL OF JAPAN Traveling by foot through mountains and villages, Alan Booth found a Japan far removed from the stereotypes familiar to Westerners. Whether retracing the footsteps of ancient warriors or detailing the encroachments of suburban sprawl, he unerringly finds the telling detail, the unexpected transformation, the everyday drama that brings this remote world to life on the page. Looking for the Lost is full of personalities, from friendly gangsters to mischievous children to the author himself, an expatriate who found in Japan both his true home and dogged exile. Wry, witty, sometimes angry, always eloquent, Booth is a uniquely perceptive guide. Looking for the Lost is a technicolor journey into the heart of a nation. Perhaps even more significant, it is the self-portrait of one man, Alan Booth, exquisitely painted in the twilight of his own life.
In Search Of Self In India And Japan
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Author : Alan Roland
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-13
In Search Of Self In India And Japan written by Alan Roland and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-13 with Psychology categories.
Drawing on work with Indian and Japanese patients, a prominent American psychoanalyst explores inner worlds that are markedly different from the Western psyche. A series of fascinating case studies illustrates Alan Roland's argument: the "familial self," rooted in the subtle emotional hierarchical relationships of the family and group, predominates in Indian and Japanese psyches and contrasts strongly with the Western "individualized self." In perceptive and sympathetic terms Roland describes the emotional problems that occur when Indians and Japanese encounter Western culture and the resulting successful integration of new patterns that he calls the "expanding self." Of particular interest are descriptions of the special problems of women in changing society and of the paradoxical relationship of the "spiritual self" of Indians and Japanese to the "familial self.? Also described is Roland's own response to the broadening of his emotional and intellectual horizons as he talked to patients and supervised therapists in India and Japan. "As we were coming in for a landing to Bombay," he writes, "the plane banked so sharply that when I supposedly looked down all I could see were the stars, while if I looked up, there were the lights of the city." This is the "world turned upside down" that he describes so eloquently in this book. What he has learned will fascinate those who wish to deepen their understanding of a different way of being.