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The Egyptian Discovery Of The Rising Sun: Re-Evaluating The Pan-Asianist Rhetoric Of Mustafa Kamil And Trans-Imperialism, Hung Pan (Eric) Li Sep 2026

The Egyptian Discovery Of The Rising Sun: Re-Evaluating The Pan-Asianist Rhetoric Of Mustafa Kamil And Trans-Imperialism, Hung Pan (Eric) Li

Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal

Mustafa Kamil (1874–1908) is widely celebrated in modern historiography as a founding father of modern Egypt for his contributions to Egyptian nationalism. It is conventionally understood that he achieved mastery in "speaking back to the Occident" by leveraging both domestic and international support, reconciling his nationalist agenda of self-determination with Pan-Asianist rhetoric and international solidarity against Western imperialism. One of the most frequently cited pieces of evidence for this position can be found in his 1904 work on Japan, The Rising Sun, in which he praised Japan's modernization and its resistance to the West, and encouraged Egyptians to follow …


From “Defilement” To “Modernity”: How Japan's Encounter With The West Brought Beef To The Table, Ying Yi Tan Jul 2024

From “Defilement” To “Modernity”: How Japan's Encounter With The West Brought Beef To The Table, Ying Yi Tan

Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal

The long Tokugawa – Meiji transition (1850s – 1880s) is arguably one of the most profound socio-economic transitions that Japan underwent in its history. This paper uses beef consumption in Japan as a lens to further investigate the players involved in this transition. Historically more eschewed than other types of meat and tightly associated with the notion of the “other,” beef became an embodiment of progress and modernity during the Meiji Period. Through tracing the historical shift in the Japanese perception of beef, this paper argues that the evolution of beef consumption corresponds to the radically shifting attitudes of the …


Transnational Japanese Literature: Diversity And Diaspora In Modern Japanese Literature (Jpns 073) Syllabus, William O. Gardner Oct 2021

Transnational Japanese Literature: Diversity And Diaspora In Modern Japanese Literature (Jpns 073) Syllabus, William O. Gardner

Japanese Faculty Works

Transnational Japanese Literature: Diversity And Diaspora In Modern Japanese Literature course description:
This course will challenge the myths of Japanese ethnic homogeneity and cultural isolation and explore how modern “Japanese” literature crosses national and cultural borders. Topics to be examined include Japanese writers writing from abroad, colonial and postcolonial literatures, migration and writing in the Japanese diaspora, and the writings of ethnic minorities in Japan, including writers from Okinawa and Japan’s resident Korean community.


Japanese Modernism (Jpns 075) Syllabus, William O. Gardner Oct 2018

Japanese Modernism (Jpns 075) Syllabus, William O. Gardner

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Japanese Modernism course description:
A lively and cosmopolitan modernist literature and art scene thrived in early 20th Century Japan, as cities such as Tokyo and Osaka grew rapidly, and writers and artists established connections with their counterparts across the globe. During the same decades, stylish "modern girls" and "modern boys" in Japanese cities were hailed in the press as avatars of newly liberated lifestyles and fashions, or derided by conservatives as the dupes of corrupt Western influences. This course will explore Japanese modernist literature, its global connections, and its social context, using a seminar format. Topics include: Japanese avant-garde literature, …


Visionary Media In Edgar Allan Poe And Edogawa Rampo, William O. Gardner Jan 2012

Visionary Media In Edgar Allan Poe And Edogawa Rampo, William O. Gardner

Japanese Faculty Works

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Translation Of "A Love Letter" By H. Kyojiro, H. Kyojiro, William O. Gardner , Translator Jan 2012

Translation Of "A Love Letter" By H. Kyojiro, H. Kyojiro, William O. Gardner , Translator

Japanese Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Japanese Modernism And "Cine-Text": Fragments And Flows At Empire's Edge In Kitagawa Fuyuhiko And Yokomitsu Riichi, William O. Gardner Jan 2012

Japanese Modernism And "Cine-Text": Fragments And Flows At Empire's Edge In Kitagawa Fuyuhiko And Yokomitsu Riichi, William O. Gardner

Japanese Faculty Works

This article notes that Kitagawa Fuyuhiko's writings from the 1920s and 1930s, together with the contemporaneous works of prose author Yokomitsu Riichi, are strongly marked by the confluence of the literary and the cinematic. Kitagawa and Yokomitsu's engagement with film was not limited to a fascination with the precision, objectivity, or mobility of the “camera eye.” Rather, it extended to the entire ability of the cinematic apparatus to capture the temporality of objects in motion, and of the ability of the filmmaker to organize segments of space into a new synthetic whole. The article explores this confluence through a brief …


Translation Of "Advertising Tower!" By H. Kyojiro, H. Kyojiro, William O. Gardner , Translator Jan 2012

Translation Of "Advertising Tower!" By H. Kyojiro, H. Kyojiro, William O. Gardner , Translator

Japanese Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


The 1970 Osaka Expo And/As Science Fiction, William O. Gardner Dec 2011

The 1970 Osaka Expo And/As Science Fiction, William O. Gardner

Japanese Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Two Renga Collaborative Poems, Marion J. Faber, William O. Gardner, Nicholas L. Gettino , '13, William S. Hamilton-Levi , '13, Benjamin C. Hattem , '12, David L. Hinojosa , '12, Joanie Jean , '11, Susanna D. Mitro , '11, Frank V. Mondelli , '12, N. Jackson Pietsch , '13, James M. Preimesberger , '11, Alice R. Wong , '13, James Wright , '13 Oct 2011

Two Renga Collaborative Poems, Marion J. Faber, William O. Gardner, Nicholas L. Gettino , '13, William S. Hamilton-Levi , '13, Benjamin C. Hattem , '12, David L. Hinojosa , '12, Joanie Jean , '11, Susanna D. Mitro , '11, Frank V. Mondelli , '12, N. Jackson Pietsch , '13, James M. Preimesberger , '11, Alice R. Wong , '13, James Wright , '13

Japanese Faculty Works

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Re-Translating Haruki Murakami's "The Second Bakery Attack", James Preimesberger , '11 Apr 2011

Re-Translating Haruki Murakami's "The Second Bakery Attack", James Preimesberger , '11

Alice L. Crossley Prize

"The Second Bakery Attack" is a short story written by Haruki Murakami, published in 1989 as the first story in a collection ofthe same name. It is the story of a man (known only by the pronoun "Boku," or "I") and wife who, after waking up in the middle of the night to find themselves hungrier than they have ever been, commit a minor crime with the hopes of satisfying their stomachs. "The Second Bakery Attack" explores interpersonal relationships as well as the relationship one has with one's own body. This translation seeks to emphasize this aspect of the story, …


From Parody To Simulacrum: Japanese Sf, Regionalism, And The Inauthentic In The Early Works Of Komatsu Sakyô And Tsutsui Yasutaka, William O. Gardner Jan 2010

From Parody To Simulacrum: Japanese Sf, Regionalism, And The Inauthentic In The Early Works Of Komatsu Sakyô And Tsutsui Yasutaka, William O. Gardner

Japanese Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Researching A Vanished "Science Fiction City", William O. Gardner Oct 2009

Researching A Vanished "Science Fiction City", William O. Gardner

Japanese Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


"Beat Takeshi Vs. Takeshi Kitano" By C. Abe, Translated By William O. Gardner And T. Hori, C. Abe, William O. Gardner , Translator, T. Hori , Translator Jan 2005

"Beat Takeshi Vs. Takeshi Kitano" By C. Abe, Translated By William O. Gardner And T. Hori, C. Abe, William O. Gardner , Translator, T. Hori , Translator

Japanese Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Attack Of The Phallic Girls: Review Of "Sentô Bishôjo No Seishin Bunseki" (Fighting Beauties: A Psychoanalysis) By S. Tamaki, William O. Gardner Nov 2002

Attack Of The Phallic Girls: Review Of "Sentô Bishôjo No Seishin Bunseki" (Fighting Beauties: A Psychoanalysis) By S. Tamaki, William O. Gardner

Japanese Faculty Works

No abstract provided.