The newly arrived books in the library are now on display.
A list of books received in the past 40 days (continuously updated)
Recommended materials by the library staff from newly arrived books:
1. Japanese religions and globalization / Ugo Dessì This book analyzes how Japanese religions, including new religious movements, adapted to the current globalization age and established new identities. Publisher description: |
2. Japanese-German relations, 1895-1945 : war, diplomacy and public opinion / edited by Christian W. Spang and Rolf-Harald Wippich Written by a team of Japanese and German scholars, this book presents an interpretation of Japanese/German history and international diplomacy from the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 to the parallel defeat of Germany and Japan in 1945. Publisher description: |
3. Re-reading the salaryman in Japan : crafting masculinities / Romit Dasgupta This book analyzes gender in Japanese corporate culture, which is usually discussed focusing on women, by looking at men (salarymen). Publisher description: |
4. From postwar to postmodern, Art in Japan 1945-1989 : primary documents / edited by Doryun Chong [et al.] This book looks at avant-garde art in postwar Japan with plentiful photographs. Publisher description: |
5. Japan’s master gardens : lessons in space and environment / Stephen Mansfield The author explains the design of 25 representative Japanese gardens accompanied by beautiful photos. Publisher description: |
6. Rising from the flames : the rebirth of theater in occupied Japan, 1945-1952 / edited by Samuel L. Leiter The book discusses the revival of the performing arts in Japan during the Occupation period, and is divided into three parts: kabuki, other traditional theater (such as nō, ky ōgen, bunraku, and rakugo), and modern theater (such as shingeki and the Takarazuka revue). Publisher description: |
7. Encyclopedia of Japanese martial arts / David A. Hall The author studied martial arts in Japan and received a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies/Military History from UC Berkeley. The volume contains some 4,000 entries arranged alphabetically with bilingual entry headings and concise definitions. Publisher description: |
8. Politicizing Asian American literature : towards a critical multiculturalism / Youngsuk Chae This book examines U.S. multiculturalism in Asian American writing. The works of Ruth Ozeki and Karen Tei Yamashita are analyzed. Publisher description: |
9. Rewriting medieval Japanese women : politics, personality, and production in the life of Nun Abutsu / Christina Laffin Through the writings of a prolific noblewoman known as Abutsu-ni (Nun Abutsu), this book reviews how medieval Japanese women contributed to enrich Japanese cultural history. Publisher description: |
10. 101 modern Japanese poems / compiled by Makoto Ōoka ; translated by Paul McCarthy ; edited by Janine Beichman An anthology of poems by 55 Japanese modern poets selected by Makoto Ōoka, a poet and literary critic. It includes works by poets such as Shuntarō Tanikawa, Nobuo Ayukawa, Gōzō Yoshimasu, Ryūichi Tamura, and Noriko Ibaragi. Publisher description: |
11. Modern Japanese women writers as artists as cultural critics : Miyamoto, Ōba, Saegusa / Michiko Niikuni Wilson The first translations of essays by three postwar Japanese women writers (Yuriko Miyamoto, Kazuko Saegusa, and Minako Ōba) who expanded the field of literature to embrace criticism of Japanese society and culture. A deeply researched introduction provides an historical context for these trenchant essays. Publisher description: |