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Ah Q Archaeology
Lexington Books 2006; US$ 43.99Ah Q Archaeology concretely situates Lu Xun's critique of national character vis-a-vis metanarratives of nationalism and modernity through a close examination of his works in their historical context. Paul B. Foster uses a discursive approach to tie together Lu Xun's major theme of national character critique and its fate in China's tumultuous twentieth... more...
Endö Shüsaku
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 195.00Endö Shüsaka is probably the most widely translated of all Japanese authors. In this first major study of Endö's works, Mark Williams moves the discussion on from the well-worn depictions of Endö as the 'Japanese Graham Greene', and places him in his own political and cultural context. more...
Yüan Hung-tao and the Kung-an School
Cambridge University Press 1988; US$ 34.00This book focuses upon the literary theories of Yüan Hung-tao (15681610) and his two brothers. more...
Contesting Genres in Contemporary Asian American Fiction
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 85.00This book answers recent calls in criticism and theory to examine the influence of genre on contemporary Asian American literary production. Drawing on cultural theories of representation, social theories of identity, and poststructuralist genre theory, this study shows how popular prose fictions have severely constrained the development of Asian... more...
CliffsNotes on Tan's The Joy Luck Club
John Wiley & Sons 1999; US$ 5.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. Explore how generational and cultural differences can divide — and... more...
Essays on Japan
BRILL 2010; US$ 216.00Essays on Japan is a compilation of Professor Michael F. Marra's essays written in the past ten years on the topics of Japanese literature, Japanese aesthetics, and the space between the two subjects. Marra is one of the leading scholars in the field of Japanese aesthetics and hermeneutics and has published extensively on medieval and early modern... more...
Shank's Mare
Tuttle Publishing 2011; US$ 16.95A pair of irrepressible scoundrels are the heroes of this madcap chronicle of adventure, full of earthy humor, along the great highway from Tokyo to Kyoto. The lusty tale of their disreputable doings is Japan's most celebrated comic novel. Shank's Mare was originally issued serially beginning in 1802, and was so successful that the author wrote... more...
Betrayal and Other Acts of Subversion
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 31.95Asian American women have long dealt with charges of betrayal within and beyond their communities. Images of their "disloyalty" pervade American culture, from the daughter who is branded a traitor to family for adopting American ways, to the war bride who immigrates in defiance of her countrymen, to a figure such as Yoko Ono, accused of breaking up... more...
Another Canon
Anthem Press India 2009; US$ 99.00Both rigorous and readable, Another Canon is an original contribution to the study of Indian English literature. more...









