The emergence of modernity has typically focused on Western male actors and privileged politics and economy over culture. The contributors to this volume successfully unsettle such perspectives by e……続きを見る
Focus: Music in Contemporary Japan explores a diversity of musics performed in Japan today, ranging from folk song to classical music, the songs of geisha to the screaming of underground rock, with ……続きを見る
In this delightfully engaging look at Japan’s traditional dance-drama, Matsui Kesako approaches kabuki in the same way a paleontologist might examine geological layers, with each play revealing a fa……続きを見る
Cabaret performances are often known for bringing alive the Great American Songbook from the 1920s through the 1950s for contemporary audiences. But modern-day cabaret does much more than preserve t……続きを見る
Music has long played a prominent role in cultural diplomacy, but until now no resource has comparatively examined policies that shape how non-western countries use music for international relations……続きを見る
We all know the Star Trek saga, and all about this universe and about this science fiction, but maybe not everyone knows that…
Why in the original Star Trek’s serie are there two pilot episodes inst……続きを見る
Tokyo Butei High School--- A special school where armed detectives, also known as "Butei", receive education as well as training. Kinji Tohyama, a sophomore, has a unique body that can initiate an a……続きを見る
Kinji Tohyama can’t seem to catch a break. As a Butei (an armed detective) he’s constantly running away from assassins and polishing up his detective skills, all while attempting to have a normal hi……続きを見る
Tokyo Butei High School, the specialized school renowned for training exemplary students to become world class buteis – military combative detectives with skills ranging from marksmanship, bomb deto……続きを見る
Kinji Tohyama can’t seem to catch a break. As a Butei (an armed detective) he’s constantly running away from assassins and polishing up his detective skills, all while attempting to have a normal hi……続きを見る
With the paranormal becoming so mainstream in the last decade between television, books, and movies, is the craze actually brand new? Before there was the entertainment industry that we know of toda……続きを見る
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), often referred to as "Japan's Shakespeare" and a "god of writers," was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the……続きを見る
A delightful treasure trove of tips on how to hold animals without hurting them.
Should you hold a mouse by its tail? A grasshopper by its leg? A butterfly by its wing?
How do you pick up a prickly ……続きを見る
Twins Itaru and Hajime have no one in this world but each other. After their abusive mother disappears, they are separated and sent to live with different families. They keep in touch via letters, s……続きを見る
Aria H. Kanzaki and Kinji Tohyama are Butei–armed detectives–and are hot on the trail of the Butei Killer!
Having foiled the Killer’s attempt to hijack a bus, both Kinji and Aria assumed that the ca……続きを見る
From the award-winning Canadian playwright, performer, and radio broadcaster Tetsuro Shigematsu comes 1 Hour Photo, the follow-up to his acclaimed one-man play Empire of the Son, which was nominated……続きを見る
É com imensa alegria que compartilhamos com vocês leitores o livro O Ensino do Teatro nos Quilombos: Memórias e identidades Kalunga em cena. Apresentamos nele algumas diretrizes de pesquisa que teve……続きを見る
How to Hold Animals is the irresistible guide to holding more than forty critters according to advice from wildlife specialists.
Learn from the expertsーa pet shop owner, a veterinarian, a wildlife ……続きを見る
