Glorify the empire : Japanese avant-garde propaganda in Manchukuo / by Culver, Annika A., 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction --1 Laying the groundwork for the Japanese avant-garde propagandists -- 2 Literature in service of the state -- 3 Surrealism in service of the state -- 4 The lure of artistic vision and commercial prerogative -- 5 Reflections of labour and the construction of the new state -- 6 The Manchukuo publicity and news bureau's war of words and images -- 7 The legitimization of a multi-ethnic literary culture in Manchukuo -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Tokyo cyberpunk : posthumanism in Japanese visual culture / by Brown, Steven T.

Table of Contents: “…Letting in ghosts, shutting out the sun -- Into the mise en abyme: spectral flows and the forbidden room -- The human stain: suicide in the shadow of Hiroshima -- Avalon and "borderline cinema" -- The society of the spectacle -- The surrealism of (virtually) everyday life -- "Welcome to class real" -- Conclusion. …”

An anthropologist in Japan : glimpses of life in the field / by Hendry, Joy

Table of Contents: “…Part Part I Settling in and making contacts -- chapter 1 Arrival ... and an invitation -- chapter 2 The neighbourhood -- A 'world of blossom and willow' -- chapter 3 The hospital ... and a strange encounter -- chapter 4 The school ... and a fight -- chapter 5 A pilgrims' trail -- chapter 6 Shiroyama, the Satomi legend and a new look at power -- part Part II Events to attend -- chapter 7 Wrapping the body: two local festivals -- chapter 8 The housewives' 'Club for Life' -- chapter 9 Cubs, sports and a shock -- chapter 10 Suicide, funerals and the well-wrapped gift -- chapter 11 Paper walls and flowers at the bank -- part Part III The role of experts -- chapter 12 A foreigner at the 'Culture Festival' -- chapter 13 'Your Japanese is psychological torture' -- chapter 14 A volcanic eruption -- chapter 10 Tennis and the 'surreal' dinner -- chapter 16 Concerts, cakes and spiritual communication -- part Part IV Building a framework for analysis -- chapter 17 New Year -- Shrine, mochi and a tea ceremony -- chapter 18 Valentine's Day, and the 6th years pick on Hamish -- chapter 19 The gang-leader's wife -- chapter 20 Unwrapping the argument -- chapter 21 An artistic farewell.…”
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The Routledge companion to Butoh performance /

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The Routledge companion to Butoh performance /

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The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance /

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A body in Fukushima /

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Wind/Pinball : two novels / by Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

Tokyo Ueno station / by Yū, Miri, 1968-

Sacred cesium ground and Isa's deluge : two novellas of Japan's 3/11 disaster / by Kimura, Yūsuke, 1970-

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When tengu talk : Hirata Atsutane's ethnography of the other world / by Hansen, Wilburn

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