Japanese artist Yashima (1908-94) opposed the militarism of his country, and recorded in captioned drawings his experience and that of other dissenters at the time. He and his wife having moved to the
Silver (Japanese, Connecticut College) sets the stage: when Japan emerged from isolation in the late 19th century, her leaders decided she had to emulate the West in order to progress. Among the areas
Nunn (oceanic geoscience, U. of the S. Pacific, Fiji) presents a scientifically rigorous account of the vanished islands and hidden continents in the Pacific Ocean, designed to be accessible to educat
Roxworthy (theater and dance, U. of California, San Diego) examines the American internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II in terms of spectacle and drama, arguing that government and media
Salim (Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic U., Jakarta) examines the interaction between shari'a and the nation state of contemporary Indonesia, and the profound and ongoing legal and political dissonan
Turning to academic work after a decade at sea, Couper (Greenwich Maritime Institute, London) has spent much time conducting research in the Pacific. Here he traces the seafaring traditions the Pacifi
Nippon Modern is the first intensive study of Japanese cinema in the 1920s and 1930s, a period in which the country's film industry was at its most prolific and a time when cinema played a singular ro
These 16 essays, presented by Ferguson (political science and women's studies, U. of Hawai'i) and Mironesco (political science, U. of Hawai'i), apply a critical feminist lens to a variety of topics lo
Although scholars in the visual and fine arts, architecture, and poetry have embraced modanizumu as a key concept for describing and analyzing Japanese culture in the 1920s and 1930s, little has been
Developing a Dream Destination is an interpretive history of tourism and tourism policy development in Hawai'i from the 1960s-to the twenty-first century. Part 1 looks at the many changes in tourism s
Dancing from the Heart is the first study of gender, globalization, and expressive culture in the Cook Islands. It demonstrates how dance in particular plays a key role in articulating the overlapping
We do not see empty figures and outlines; we do not move in straight lines. Everywhere we are surrounded by dapple; the geometry of our embodied lives is curviform, meandering, bi-pedal. Our personal
Ambitious in its scope and scale, this environmental history of World War II ranges over rear bases and operational fronts from Bora Bora to New Guinea, providing a lucid analysis of resource exploita
Expanding and revising the second half of his doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Levine (history, U. of Georgia) analyzes the political theory and rhetoric within the dynasty that ruled nor
In the 1930s and 1940s the puppet state of Manchuko, situated in northeast China, became home to more than 320,000 Japanese emigrants who intended to become farmers in a rural utopia. However, in 1945
Kohn (emerita, religion and East Asian studies, Boston U.) has written an impressively thorough account of traditional Chinese medical exercises, called Daoyin, their origins in the Han dynasty, and c
"Suehiro’s strength lies in his grasp of capital accumulation, entrepreneurship, and its socioeconomic background, and his ability to place this body of knowledge in the wider international historical
This book is about passion, advocacy, and the willingness of parents to "go against the grain." It’s about Hawai‘i professionals choosing public education for their children in a state that adheres to
Japanese literature abounds in food, descriptions of meals, preparation and ingredients. Readers of these works in translation are likely to miss the cultural significance of what is eaten and what is
"Studies of Okinawa and Ryuukyuu were once considered marginal or, at best, esoteric topics to pursue within Asian Studies. However, with the rise of post-modern and post-colonial studies in the late-
