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May 2004 to October 2004
Japan Collection - Non Fiction, Fiction and Short Stories

J                 Japan Collection - Nonfiction                                                    
J 306.7 FRU Colonizing sex : sexology and social control in modern Japan
 		 Fruhstuck, Sabine The Japanese view of sex and how it was controlled to shape Japan's policies and its effect on society.

 
J 364.15 MUR Underground Murakami, Haruki Accounts of the sarin gas attack by people who lived through the catastrophe.
J 390 YOS Ryuukyuu minzoku no teiryuu:  kokayo wa nani o kataru ka Yoshinari, Naoki Discusses the customs and folklore of the people who live on the islands in the  Ryukyu region.
J 495.682 RUB Making sense of Japanese Rubin, Jay A book that removes some of the hidden roadblocks to learning the Japanese kanji (characters) by making sense them.
J 731.4 KOB Creating the sapporo snow festival sculptures Kobayashi, Sally Detailed information on the creation of the snow sculptures that are made and displayed in the city of Sapporo every winter.
J 940.53 COO Fighting for honor : Japanese Americans and World War II Cooper, Michael L Examines the history of Japanese in the United States, focusing on their treatment during World War II, including the mass relocation to internment camps and the distinguished service of Japanese Americans in the American military.
J 952.03 BUR Inventing Japan, 1853-1964 Buruma, Ian Traces the history of Japan from the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 on a mission to open Japan to American traders, through its rise as a military empire, its defeat in World War II, and its turn to democracy.
 
 
J                 Japan Collection - Fiction   
 
J SC           Japan Collection - Short Stories
J SC OE Two novels: seventeen, j Oe, Kenzaburo Two views of a world whose traditional values have been blown away: Seventeen, the story of a lonely boy who turns to a right-wing group for self-esteem, and J, the story of a spoiled young drifter son of a Japanese executive.
 

      

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