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The Birth of Chinese Feminism
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory Edited by Lydia H. Liu, Rebecca E. Karl, and Dorothy Ko (2013) "This magnificent volume opens up a past and conjures a future. Anarcho-feminist He-Yin Zhen published her passionate and closely reasoned essays more than a century ago, yet the issues she raises have yet to be … [Read more...]
Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon: A Geopolitical Prehistory of J-Pop
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The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan: More Stories of China
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Zhu Wen. The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan: More Stories of China Translated by Julia Lovell (2013) "Zhu Wen's prose is imbued with his own unique brand of black humor, which combined with an unbridled imagination, offers a satiric and disturbing take on the capitalist gluttony that has overtaken contemporary Chinese society. … [Read more...]
The Frontier Within: Essays by Abe Kōbō
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Abe Kōbō. The Frontier Within: Essays by Abe Kōbō Edited, translated, and with an introduction by Richard F. Calichman (2013) “The Frontier Within redresses the lopsided and biased understanding of Abe Kōbō as solely a writer of fiction. First and foremost a thinker, he was extremely conscious of the fundamental conditions in which language … [Read more...]
