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Œuvres de Joshua S. Mostow

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Date de naissance
1957-04-27
Sexe
male
Études
University of Pennsylvania
International Christian University, Mitaka, Japan
Universite de Paris
Gakushuin University
Professions
academic
Organisations
University of British Columbia
Prix et distinctions
Royal Society of Canada, Fellow
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Joshua S. Mostow is Professor of Pre-Modern Japanese Literature and Art at the University of British Columbia. He received his doctorate in the Comparative Literature and Literary Theory Program of the University of Pennsylvania. He has studied at International Christian University (Mitaka, Japan), Universite de Paris (III, VII, and Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes), and Gakushuin University (Tokyo). He has been a visiting researcher at Gakushuin, Osaka University, and the National Institute of Japanese Literature; and visiting professor at the University of Minnesota; the University of California, Berkeley; and the Institute for East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University (Germany). He has received grants and fellowships from the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, the Japan Foundation, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fellowship Committee.

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An instructive introduction to the phenomenon of wakashu in Japanese culture and their depiction in traditional ukiyo-e woodcut prints. The useful introductory essays explain the meaning of wakashu - young men who have reached sexual maturity but are not yet old enough to have officially come of age, very much like the Greek ephebe - and also cover the depiction of these youths in prints - where they are distinguished by a distinctive glimpse of the shaved scalp behind the long forelock (as visible in the image on the cover). The top of the scalp would be fully shaved on coming of age. The catalogue itself is divided into sections exploring the way that wakashu were depicted as objects of attraction for both women and adult men, as well as considering links between this culture and that of the female impersonators in kabuki theatre. Essays at the beginning include discussions of more explicit shunga which could not be displayed in the exhibition itself. It is a useful and thought-provoking introduction to an aspect of Japanese culture that I, for one, wasn't fully aware of before: engaging and scholarly but not dauntingly academic for those who, like me, have little specialised understanding of Japanese prints.… (plus d'informations)
 
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TheIdleWoman | Dec 6, 2016 |
Handzaam handboek met zeer gedetailleerde index. Behandelt belangrijke themas op het gebied van de moderne Oostaziatische literatuur in essays met beknopte bibliografieën.
 
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eastasianlibrary | Mar 22, 2011 |

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Œuvres
5
Membres
50
Popularité
#316,248
Évaluation
½ 4.6
Critiques
2
ISBN
11

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