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  • Islands of Protest

    Japanese Literature from Okinawa

    by Steve Rabson, Professor Carolyn Anne Morley, Professor Amy C. Franks, Lin Loh Shi, Aimee Mizuno, Takuma Sminkey, Kyoko Selden, Dr. Alisa Freedman, Dr. Victoria Young0, Dr. Masaki Kinjo1, Professor Jon Holt2, Robert Tierney3 ...
    Literature is an important vehicle to further knowledge of other cultures, and English translations of Okinawan literary works have had a major impact on the field of Okinawan studies. Yet the riches of Okinawa's literature have yet to be adequately mined. Islands of Protest attempts to address this lacuna with this new selection of critically acclaimed modern and contemporary works in English.The ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • In the Woods of Memory

    by Shun Medoruma, Kyle Ikeda ...
    Translated by Takuma Sminkey ...
    A powerful and thought-provoking novel that raises important questions about World War II, war memory, and US imperialism and blowback.In the Woods of Memory is a powerful, thought-provoking novel that focuses on two incidents during the Battle of Okinawa, 1945: the sexual assault on Sayoko, 17, by four US soldiers and her friend Seiji’s attempt at revenge.Narrations through nine points of view, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • The Holocaust Industry

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  • Operation Nemesis

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