Japan is widely regarded as having a unique culture and a strong national identity. Paradoxically, however, many basic elements of Japanese culture are not originally Japanese. Since the beginning of its history, Japan has been one of the world’s major importers of foreign cultures. Its culture was thoroughly hybrid long before that word became fashionable in contemporary global studies. But this does not mean that Japan’s culture lacks originality. The Japanese have always made strikingly...

Shiga Naoya was a giant of Japanese literature but he is barely known outside Japan. This book is the first study of Shiga to explore in depth his affinities - both aesthetic and philosophic - with the long tradition of Zen art.

This first full length, and long overdue, study of Kawabata, Japans first Nobel laureate for literature and the most widely known for his novels Snow Country (1960) and Sound of the Mountain (1970).

Topics include: Government Intervention and Economic Growth in East Asia, Agricultural Nationalism in the Age of Globalization, Japan's Dominance and Multi- Racial Coalitions in Malaysia.

This collection presents twenty-seven new essays in Japanese aesthetics by leading experts in the field. Beginning with an extended foreword by the renowned scholar and artist Stephen Addiss and a comprehensive introduction that surveys the history of Japanese aesthetics and the ways in which it is similar to and different from Western aesthetics, this groundbreaking work brings together a large variety of disciplinary perspectives—including philosophy, literature, and cultural politics—to...

Popular children's book, first published in 1915.

The Starr family moves from their home in the city to a remote cabin in the Canadian forest, seeking a simpler way of life closer to nature. The children quickly adapt to their new surroundings and embark on a series of exciting escapades in the great outdoors.Throughout the novel, the Starr siblings encounter various challenges and obstacles, including wild animals, harsh weather, and unfamiliar terrain. But they also discover the beauty and wonder of the natural world, forging deep conne...

This book focuses on cellphilming as a participatory visual methodology in arts-based research and teaching. The book aims to advance critical perspectives—and re-visioning—in relation to the co-production of knowledge through cellphilming.Many of the chapters come out of an international virtual symposium hosted by McGill University in June 2022. It brings together authors working in a variety of interdisciplinary areas and settings including work with Indigenous groups in Canada,...

This book contains the secrets to living forever in good health without disease. Living forever without the fear of withering away, losing mobility, becoming a burden to others, forgetting who you are, where you live, or forgetting those you love. This book will tell you how to get healthy, become slim and fit, mentally sharp, self-reliant, and be a productive member of society. Death is not a certain once you understand the secrets known by the immortals among us. I am living like an immo...