{"product_id":"yamamba-in-search-of-the-japanese-mountain-witch-paperback","title":"Yamamba: In Search of the Japanese Mountain Witch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Copeland\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLinda C. Ehrlich\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen, Magic, Wisdom: Explore a Japanese myth through the words and images of key scholars and artists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlluring, nurturing, dangerous, and vulnerable the yamamba, or Japanese mountain witch, has intrigued audiences for centuries. What is it about the fusion of mountains with the solitary old woman that produces such an enigmatic figure? And why does she still call to us in this modern, scientific era? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCo-editors Rebecca Copeland and Linda C. Ehrlich first met the yamamba in the powerful short story \"The Smile of the Mountain Witch\" by acclaimed woman writer Ōba Minako. The story revealed the compelling way creative women can take charge of misogynistic tropes, invert them, and use them to tell new stories of female empowerment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique collection represents the creative and surprising ways artists and scholars from North America and Japan have encountered the yamamba.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Copeland\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of Japanese literature at Washington University in St. Louis, a writer of fiction and literary criticism, and a translator of Japanese literature. Her stories travel between Japan and the American South and touch on questions of identity, belonging, and self-discovery. \u003cem\u003eThe Kimono Tattoo\u003c\/em\u003e, her debut work, takes readers on a journey into Kyoto's intricate world of kimono design, and into a mystery that interweaves family dynamics, loss, and reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLinda C. Ehrlich\u003c\/strong\u003e is an independent scholar who has published extensively about world cinema and traditional theater. Her recent publication, \u003cem\u003eThe Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), is the first book in English on this influential Japanese director. She has published poetry in\u003cem\u003e International Poetry Review, The Bitter Oleander, Southern Poetry Review, Literary Arts Hawaii, Pinesong\u003c\/em\u003e, and other literary journals. Dr. Ehrlich has taught at Duke University, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Tennessee\/Knoxville, and on two Semester-at-Sea voyages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 7.87 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334742413549,"sku":"9781611720662","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/aS8vdovK829781611720662.webp?v=1785021187","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/yamamba-in-search-of-the-japanese-mountain-witch-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}