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Between the Eagle and the Sun : Traces of Japan /

An invitation to voyage east leads Ihab Hassan to reflect on his origins in Egypt, on his home in America, and on his host country, Japan. Part memoir, part cultural perception, Between the Eagle and the Sun records a journey, echoing the "wanderers of eternity." The result is not a book a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hassan, Ihab, 1925-2015 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2015.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I: Previews; Appearances; Iwao Iwamoto; Bewilderments: 1974; Suki; Part II: Through the Literary Glass; Texts and Conceits; Kojin Karatani; Part III: "Them"; Primary Differences (Space, Time, People); Seiji Tsutsumi (Takashi Tsujii); Exceptionalism; Shuichi Kato; Stereotypes and Paradoxes (Coolness, Courtesy, Conformity); Kiyomi and Kumiko Mikuni; Internationalism or Change?; Lady in a Large Hat: An Imaginary Portrait; Part IV: Education; Hiroko Washizu; The Quest for Transcultural Values; Makoto Ooka; Part V: Entries, A to Z.
  • Japanese Culture: A Personal DictionaryDonald Richie; Part VI: Envoy; Between the Eagle and the Sun?; Mariko Shimizu; Amor Loci?