Sayonara

Author : Michael K. Bourdaghs
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231158742
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon written by Michael K. Bourdaghs and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beginning of the American Occupation in 1945 to the post-bubble period of the early 1990s, popular music provided Japanese listeners with a much-needed release, channeling their desires, fears, and frustrations into a pleasurable and fluid art. Pop music allowed Japanese artists and audiences to assume various identities, reflecting the country's uncomfortable position under American hegemony and its uncertainty within ever-shifting geopolitical realities. In the first English-language study of this phenomenon, Michael K. Bourdaghs considers genres as diverse as boogie-woogie, rockabilly, enka, 1960s rock and roll, 1970s new music, folk, and techno-pop. Reading these forms and their cultural import through music, literary, and cultural theory, he introduces readers to the sensual moods and meanings of modern Japan. As he unpacks the complexities of popular music production and consumption, Bourdaghs interprets Japan as it worked through (or tried to forget) its imperial past. These efforts grew even murkier as Japanese pop migrated to the nation's former colonies. In postwar Japan, pop music both accelerated and protested the commodification of everyday life, challenged and reproduced gender hierarchies, and insisted on the uniqueness of a national culture, even as it participated in an increasingly integrated global marketplace. Each chapter in Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon examines a single genre through a particular theoretical lens: the relation of music to liberation; the influence of cultural mapping on musical appreciation; the role of translation in transmitting musical genres around the globe; the place of noise in music and its relation to historical change; the tenuous connection between ideologies of authenticity and imitation; the link between commercial success and artistic integrity; and the function of melodrama. Bourdaghs concludes with a look at recent Japanese pop music culture.

Author : James A. Michener
Publisher : Dial Press
ISBN 13 : 080415144X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sayonara written by James A. Michener and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a great master of historical fiction comes a brilliant tale of love amid war. James A. Michener combines powerful storytelling with deep sensitivity in this novel of a U.S. Army man who, against all odds, falls for a fascinating Japanese woman. Stationed in the exotic Far East, Major Lloyd Gruver considers himself lucky. The son of a general, dating the daughter of another powerful military family, he can look forward to a bright future. And he just can’t understand guys like Private Joe Kelly, who throw away their lives in the States by marrying local girls. But then Lloyd meets Hana-ogi. After that, nothing matters anymore . . . nothing but her. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for James A. Michener “A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon.”—The Wall Street Journal “Sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”—The New York Times “Michener has become an institution in America, ranking somewhere between Disneyland and the Library of Congress. You learn a lot from him.”—Chicago Tribune “While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.”—Los Angeles Times

Author : George Fischoff
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573695223
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sayonara written by George Fischoff and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The haunting love story of jet pilot hero Major Ace Gruver and exotic Japanese actress Hana ogi, star of Japan's all female Takarazuka Theatre, whose forbidden passion grows against a lush backdrop of Japanese tradition, soaring melodies, and lavish production numbers"--Publisher.

Author : Susan Barker
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312362102
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sayonara Bar written by Susan Barker and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the center of the story is Mary, a graduate student from England who has taken a job at a hostess lounge in Osaka, Japan, so that she can earn money to travel the globe. Unfortunately, she has fallen in love with Yuji, Mama-san's son, who has an uneasy alliance with the Yakuza. Watanabe, a somewhat diffident cook who works at the Sayonara Bar, has also taken an interest in Mary, and supposedly he can see into a fourth dimension, a manga-infused dimension which allows one to see danger before it happens. And then there is Mr. Sato, who has become a regular at Sayonara Bar, as he tries to escape his wife's ghost. When Yuji crosses the Yakuza, it has dire consequences for them all, and their lives become irrevocably intertwined in this wonderfully imagined debut novel by Susan Barker.

Author : Maira Kalman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140541595
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sayonara, Mrs. Kackleman written by Maira Kalman and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander and his older sister Lulu visit Japan and discover many fascinating things including fish markets, outdoor baths, futons, and a frog who writes haiku.

Author : Parapuram Joseph John
Publisher : Monsoon Books
ISBN 13 : 9814625361
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sayonara Singapura written by Parapuram Joseph John and published by Monsoon Books. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was editor of The Malaya Tribune, a daily newspaper in Singapore, sleepily okaying Page One when 17 Japanese Zero bombers shattered the night. It was December 8, 1941. Having been fed daily stories full of optimism from London, we in Singapore hadn’t an inkling that war with Japan was imminent … I sneaked out when there was a pause in the bombing. Limbs of every description – European, Indian, Chinese, Malay and Eurasian – were everywhere. Parapuram Joseph John – ‘John’ to all – is given an ultimatum by the Japanese invaders: work for us or face the consequences. He becomes No.2 at the Domei news agency, working on Japanese propaganda in Southeast Asia and broadcasting propaganda to Indian troops in India, urging them to switch sides and fight against the British, for which he receives a special commendation from Heinrich Himmler – ‘I was not happy about Himmler’s intrusion into my life, but I kept my mouth shut and my neck intact’. John writes about wanton killings in Singapore and Malaya, the daily struggle to find food, and Blood Alley in Penang, where he witnesses a ‘cleansing’. He talks candidly about the rise of the Indian National Army and its charismatic leader Subhas Chandra Bose (whom he meets on several occasions), the creation of the all-female Rani of Jhansi combat regiment and the lure of the nationalist call of ‘Challo Dilli’ (‘On to Delhi’). This is a fascinating eyewitness account of the Japanese occupation of Singapore and Malaya as told by a career journalist. Following the war, John returned to The Malaya Tribune, where his deputy was S. Rajaratnam, the future Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.

Author : Stephen A. Enna & Dennis J. Wootten
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1491872373
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SAYONARA! written by Stephen A. Enna & Dennis J. Wootten and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sayonara is the last book, in the second trilogy, of the Aloha Series. The series begins in 1950 with Aloha and concludes in 2036 with Sayonara. The characters are the heart of the series. Through their eyes, opinions and actions the audience is taken through a series of themes and plot points drawn from today's headlines. Sayonara introduces a few new characters and continues with many of the popular ones that have surfaced during the past five books. In 2011, the great earthquake and tsunami hit Japan with a force as powerful as any natural disaster recorded in history. How is it possible that this natural event could lead to a nuclear war? The first woman President of the United States, Rose Kennedy Schlossberg, continues to govern with unparalleled popularity, but like all powerful leaders she is not without her enemies. President Schlossberg is also a single woman with significant feelings for a special man in her life. Can the President have a personal life while holding the most powerful position in the world and can she avoid the enemy that would give anything to see her dead? As usual, North Korea is the wild card in the state of world affairs. The succession of power in the country is of concern to all world powers. Will the son of the current Supreme Leader assume power and shake the world order with the threat of using a nuclear weapon? All of this combines to make Sayonara a thrill filled political ride that concludes this amazing series. If you have not read them in order, you should. They are Aloha, Adios, Goodbye, Shalom, Ciao and Sayonara. Available at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com

Author : James A. Michener
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN 13 : 0812986784
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sayonara written by James A. Michener and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a great master of historical fiction comes a brilliant tale of love amid war. James A. Michener combines powerful storytelling with deep sensitivity in this novel of a U.S. Army man who, against all odds, falls for a fascinating Japanese woman. Stationed in the exotic Far East, Major Lloyd Gruver considers himself lucky. The son of a general, dating the daughter of another powerful military family, he can look forward to a bright future. And he just can’t understand guys like Private Joe Kelly, who throw away their lives in the States by marrying local girls. But then Lloyd meets Hana-ogi. After that, nothing matters anymore . . . nothing but her. Praise for James A. Michener “A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon.”—The Wall Street Journal “Sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”—The New York Times “Michener has become an institution in America, ranking somewhere between Disneyland and the Library of Congress. You learn a lot from him.”—Chicago Tribune “While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.”—Los Angeles Times

Author : Max Value
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0359827888
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sayonara Japan written by Max Value and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few people can truly understand another country and write about it with insight, aplomb and humour. Clearly, Max Value is not one of them. But fewer still can live in a foreign country for 25 years and still not have a clue. This takes unparalleled ineptitude and naivety, and it's here the author really shines. 'Dazed and confused in Japan', 'Lost and incontinent in the Orient', 'How to mangle a foreign language', '101 Ways to Infuriate Locals' would all be good subtitles for this look back on an expatriate's life in Japan.

Author : Charles Wakefield Cadman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sayonara written by Charles Wakefield Cadman and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: