Cathy N. Davidson36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan
Sprecher: Bailey, Alexandra
Cathy N. Davidson is Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, cofounder of the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, and Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English at Duke University. Her numerous books include Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America; Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory; and No More Separate Spheres! (with Jessamyn A. Hatcher), also published by Duke University Press. She is a past president of the American Studies Association and a previous editor of the journal American Literature.
List of Illustrations xi
Preface xiii
1. Seeing and Being Seen 1
2. Foreigners 9
3. After School 21
4. From the Best Families 37
5. Typical Japanese Women 49
6. Night Moves 69
7. Sacred Places 83
8. Accident 105
9. Going Home 123
10. Sea of Japan, Oki, 1987 139
11. Tatami Room in Cedar Grove 155
12. Festival of the Dead 169
13. Photo Album: The Fourth Journey 185
14. The Practice House 205
15. House Guest 217
16. Climbing the Mountain 227
Afterword (2005) 233
Acknowledgments to the First Edition 241
Acknowledgments to the Second Edition 243
Glossary of Japanese Words and Expressions 245
A Note on Japanese Names ix
