Nancy Stalker
Biographic Data
| ID | 756471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nancy Stalker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nancy |
| FAMILY NAME | Stalker |
| SIGNATURE | STALKER N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan
In 1959 Japan celebrated both the marriage of Crown Prince Akihito to commoner Shōda Michiko, dubbed the ‘people’s princess’, and the crowning of the first Japanese Miss Universe, Kojima Akiko. Jan
Strange Nuptials
Matthew Barney's 2005 film-cum-performance-piece, Drawing Restraint 9 (DR9), portrays a budding romance between two individuals he terms the “Occidental Guests,” played by Barney and his real-life partner, the singer Björk, aboard a Japanese whaling ship. In the film's climactic scene, the Guests, dressed in imaginatively construed Japanese wedding dress, engage in a bloody orgy of violence and cannibalism that reveals they are both part whale. I…
The Globalisation of Macrobiotics as Culinary Tourism and Culinary Nostalgia
This article examines the malleable identity of the macrobiotic diet, a largely vegetarian regime focused on brown rice and traditional Japanese foods, popularly known as a diet that could cure diseases, including cancer. It argues that the historical and geographical context of macrobiotics helped determine its appeal, i.e. initial interest in the West was driven by a sense of ‘culinary tourism’ while Japanese contemporary interest in macrobioti…
Suicide, boycotts and embracing Tagore
In June 1924 popular protests over the US Immigration Exclusion Law erupted throughout Japan as individuals and groups mobilized to express their anger and resentment in a brief but potent wave of anti-Americanism. This paper traces several forms of popular protests and examines the reasons behind anti-American hysteria. I place the protests within the larger ‘dispute culture’ that arose under pre-war imperial democracy and identify how specific …
Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan
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Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan
Suicide, boycotts and embracing Tagore
In June 1924 popular protests over the US Immigration Exclusion Law erupted throughout Japan as individuals and groups mobilized to express their anger and resentment in a brief but potent wave of anti-Americanism. This paper traces several forms of popular protests and examines the reasons behind anti-American hysteria. I place the protests within the larger ‘dispute culture’ that arose under pre-war imperial democracy and identify how specific …
The Globalisation of Macrobiotics as Culinary Tourism and Culinary Nostalgia
This article examines the malleable identity of the macrobiotic diet, a largely vegetarian regime focused on brown rice and traditional Japanese foods, popularly known as a diet that could cure diseases, including cancer. It argues that the historical and geographical context of macrobiotics helped determine its appeal, i.e. initial interest in the West was driven by a sense of ‘culinary tourism’ while Japanese contemporary interest in macrobioti…
Strange Nuptials
Matthew Barney's 2005 film-cum-performance-piece, Drawing Restraint 9 (DR9), portrays a budding romance between two individuals he terms the “Occidental Guests,” played by Barney and his real-life partner, the singer Björk, aboard a Japanese whaling ship. In the film's climactic scene, the Guests, dressed in imaginatively construed Japanese wedding dress, engage in a bloody orgy of violence and cannibalism that reveals they are both part whale. I…
Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan
In 1959 Japan celebrated both the marriage of Crown Prince Akihito to commoner Shōda Michiko, dubbed the ‘people’s princess’, and the crowning of the first Japanese Miss Universe, Kojima Akiko. Jan
Sociology (5 works) · Japanese History and Culture (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · History (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)