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36 Views of Mount Fuji - On Finding Myself in Japan (Paperback, New Ed)
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36 Views of Mount Fuji - On Finding Myself in Japan (Paperback, New Ed)
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In 1980 Cathy N. Davidson traveled to Japan to teach English at a
leading all-women's university. It was the first of many journeys
and the beginning of a deep and abiding fascination. In this
extraordinary book, Davidson depicts a series of intimate moments
and small epiphanies that together make up a panoramic view of
Japan. With wit, candor, and a lover's keen eye, she tells
captivating stories-from that of a Buddhist funeral laden with
ritual to an exhilarating evening spent touring the "Floating
World," the sensual demimonde in which salaryman meets geisha and
the normal rules are suspended. On a remote island inhabited by one
of the last matriarchal societies in the world, a disconcertingly
down-to-earth priestess leads her to the heart of a sacred grove.
And she spends a few unforgettable weeks in a quasi-Victorian
residence called the Practice House, where, until recently,
Japanese women were taught American customs so that they would make
proper wives for husbands who might be stationed abroad. In an
afterword new to this edition, Davidson tells of a poignant trip
back to Japan in 2005 to visit friends who had remade their lives
after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, which had devastated
the city of Kobe, as well as the small town where Davidson had
lived and the university where she taught.36 Views of Mount Fuji
not only transforms our image of Japan, it offers a stirring look
at the very nature of culture and identity. Often funny, sometimes
liltingly sad, it is as intimate and irresistible as a long-awaited
letter from a good friend.
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