[PDF] Namazu E And Their Themes eBook

Author : Luigi Piccardi
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 22,97 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862392168

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"This book is the first peer-reviewed collection of papers focusing on the potential of myth storylines to yield data and lessons that are of value to the geological sciences. Building on the nascent discipline of geomythology, scientists and scholars from a variety of disciplines have contributed to this volume. The geological hazards (such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and cosmic impacts) that have given rise to myths are considered, as are the sacred and cultural values associated with rocks, fossils, geological formations and landscapes. There are also discussions about the historical and literary perspectives of geomythology. Regional coverage includes Europe and the Mediterranean, Afghanistan, Cameroon, India, Australia, Japan, Pacific islands, South America and North America. Myth and Geology challenges the widespread notion that myths are fictitious or otherwise lacking in value for the physical sciences." -- BOOK JACKET.

Author : Gennifer Weisenfeld
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 46,13 MB
Release : 2012-11-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520271955

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Imaging Disaster is a rich social history of Japan’s Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Drawing on a kaleidoscopic range of images from the fine arts, magazines, cartoons, and other popular sources, Gennifer Weisenfeld has produced an original study of this catastrophic event from an art historical perspective. —Jonathan Reynolds, Barnard College Imaging Disaster is an exhaustive and illuminating study of the visual culture generated by Japan’s most devastating natural disaster. Comprehensive in scope—covering photography, cinema, painting, postcards, sketches, urban planning, and even scientific models—Weisenfeld makes a compelling point that the massive profusion of visual representations that followed the quake must itself be considered an integral part of this tragic historical event.—Seiji Lippit, UCLA

Author : Frank Joseph Shulman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 923 pages
File Size : 36,67 MB
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1135158169

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First Published in 1971. This annotated bibliography of doctoral dissertations on Japan and Korea grew out of a decision to expand and bring up to date an earlier list entitled Unpublished Doctoral Dissertations Relating to Japan, Accepted in the Universities of Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and the United States, 1946-1963, compiled by Peter Cornwall and issued by the Center for Japanese Studies in 1965.

Author : Eiko Ikegami
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 21,3 MB
Release : 2005-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521601153

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This book combines sociological insights in organizations with cultural history.

Author : Gerald A. Figal
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,25 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822324188

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Discusses the representation/role of the supernatural or the "fantastic" in the construction of Japanese modernism in late 19th and early 20th century Japan.