Davidson 36 Views of Mount Fuji

On Finding Myself in Japan
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8818-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

By turns candid, witty, and poignant, 36 Views of Mount Fuji is an American professor's much-praised memoir about her experiences of Japan and the Japanese.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davidson, Cathy N.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Expeditions- & Reiseliteratur
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations xi

Preface xiii

1. Seeing and Being Seen 1

2. Foreigners 9

3. After School 21

4. From the Best Families 37

5. Typical Japanese Women 49

6. Night Moves 69

7. Sacred Places 83

8. Accident 105

9. Going Home 123

10. Sea of Japan, Oki, 1987 139

11. Tatami Room in Cedar Grove 155

12. Festival of the Dead 169

13. Photo Album: The Fourth Journey 185

14. The Practice House 205

15. House Guest 217

16. Climbing the Mountain 227

Afterword (2005) 233

Acknowledgments to the First Edition 241

Acknowledgments to the Second Edition 243

Glossary of Japanese Words and Expressions 245

A Note on Japanese Names ix

Über Autor(innen)

Cathy N. Davidson is Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, cofounder of the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, and Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English at Duke University. Her numerous books include Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America; Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory; and No More Separate Spheres! (with Jessamyn A. Hatcher), also published by Duke University Press. She is a past president of the American Studies Association and a previous editor of the journal American Literature.