Home Currents in Japanese Culture: Translations and Transformations by Amy Vladeck Heinrich (Editor) (ISBN: 9780231096966)

Stock photo: cover may vary

Currents in Japanese Culture: Translations and Transformations Hardback - 1997

Name: Currents in Japanese Culture
Price: 108.93 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Heinrich, Amy Vladeck [Editor]
ISBN: 9780231096966

by Amy Vladeck Heinrich (Editor)

Add to wish list

Browse more copies for sale ↓

Reader reviews for Currents in Japanese Culture: Translations and Transformations

Write a review for this book

Important Terms and Guidelines

Please focus on the book’s content and context. Also, add any personal comments as to how you enjoyed the book. Substantiate your likes and dislikes. You may make comparisons to other books.
Reviews must be at least 140 characters in length.
Please do not reveal critical plot elements.
This is not a help line. Contact customer support if you need help.

Your review must not include:

Obscenities, discriminatory language, or other insulting language not suitable for public domain
Advertisements, “spam” content, or references to other products, offers or websites.
Email addresses, URLs, phone numbers, physical addresses or other contact information.
Overly critical comments about other reviews or reviewers
Time-sensitive material (i.e. promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information

From the publisher

Encompassing a wide range of issues in Japanese literature and culture, the 29 essays in this volume focus on how cultural and literary genres and norms have developed in response to historical and cross-cultural influences. Each essay deals with an aspect of Japanese culture. They cover Japanese literature from the Heian period to the present, discussing poetry, drama, fiction autobiographical writing, film, the visual arts and social and intellectual history. They touch on topics such as: the art of translating Takuboku; Mishima Yukio's notion of No; the poetry of Saito Mokichi's Shoen; Japanese words used in Joyce's Finnegan's Wake; and Yokobue in literature and history.

From the rear cover

Currents in Japanese Culture surveys the translation of Japanese culture and the transformation it entails. The structure of the book is something like a renga, a poem with many links, each related to the previous one by image, tone, and subject. The twenty-nine chapters chart a unique exploration of stories from genre to genre, or genres from culture to culture, or texts translated from Japanese to English, or transformations that occur in the canon of Japanese literature.

Details

Title Currents in Japanese Culture: Translations and Transformations
Author Amy Vladeck Heinrich (Editor)
Binding Hardback
Edition Number Line 1098
Pages 480
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
Publication date 1997-04-15
ISBN 9780231096966 / 0231096968
Weight 2.02 lbs (0.92 kg)
Dimensions 9.31 x 6.37 x 1.37 in (23.65 x 16.18 x 3.48 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
Category Archaeology / Anthropology
Library of Congress subjects Japanese literature, Japan - Civilization
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96-46271
Dewey Decimal Code 952

More Copies for Sale

Stock photo: cover may vary