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The Kappa: A Study in the Lower Mythology of Japan

The Kappa: A Study in the Lower Mythology of Japan

Michael Dylan Foster

A Study in the Lower Mythology of Japan Michael Dylan Foster. 308t 47? /MAIN The thesis of Michael Dylan Foster is approved: __ 2, 2% /??" 7– 7- Co- ^ Date Chair s *— a Zoo< &2 & 2 <2 - . Date &- W/m/, Date University of California, ...
Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of ...

Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of ...

Michael Dylan Foster

Michael Dylan Foster tracks yôkai over three centuries, from their appearance in seventeenth-century natural histories to their starring role in twentieth-century popular media.
UNESCO on the Ground: Local Perspectives on Intangible ...

UNESCO on the Ground: Local Perspectives on Intangible ...

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Local Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage Michael Dylan Foster, Lisa Gilman. Contents. UNESCO on the Ground / Michael Dylan Foster 1 local studies 1 Voices on the Ground: Kutiyattam, UNESCO, and the Heritage of Humanity ...
The Folkloresque

The Folkloresque

Michael Dylan Foster

"This volume introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore and popular culture: the “folkloresque.” With “folkloresque,” Foster and Tolbert name the product created when popular culture appropriates ...
Michael Buble: The biography

Michael Buble: The biography

Juliet Peel

It was now up to Michael to convince Foster, once and for all, that he, Michael, was worth taking a bet on. And so, for a start, Michael relocated to Los Angeles: that's where Foster was, where the action was, where the money was, and where,  ...
Michael Foster and the Rise of the Cambridge School of ...

Michael Foster and the Rise of the Cambridge School of ...

Gerald L. Geison

CHAPTER FOUR FOSTER ON HIS WAY TO CAMBRIDGE Michael Foster sprang from yeoman stock. For generations his ancestors had farmed in 1.lertfordshi re and Bedfordshire, between London and Cambridge, The Fosters were ...
Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human

Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human

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8 MICHAEL DYLAN FOSTER Shape-shifting foxes, tengu mountain goblins, kappa water spirits, and a panoply of other fantastic beings have long haunted the Japanese cultural imaginary. In contemporary discourse, such creatures are ...
War/time

War/time

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For additional background on Mizuki, see Michael Dylan Foster, “The Otherworlds of Mizuki Shigeru,” in Mechademia 3 (2008): 8–28, and Frederik L. Schodt, Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga (Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press ...
Dylan Thomas: His Life and Work

Dylan Thomas: His Life and Work

John Ackerman

`That brilliant commentator on Dylan, John Ackerman' - Andrew Sinclair, Dylan Thomas: Poet of his People John Ackerman's highly acclaimed study of the poems and prose works of Dylan Thomas traces his development as a writer, linking this ...
Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Star

Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Star

Lee Marshall

As such an exalted figure, Dylan has been the subject of countless books and intricate scholarship considering various dimensions of both the man and his music. This book places new emphasis on Dylan as a rock star.
Handbook for Treatment of Attachment Problems in Children

Handbook for Treatment of Attachment Problems in Children

Beverly James

We planned together that Michael would have a therapy appointment right after a proposed visit, whether or not his birth mother ... Michael's tantrums and dangerous behaviors occurred more with his foster mother than with his foster father.
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore

The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore

Michael Dylan Foster

(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003). 5. Alan Dundes, “Who Are the Folk?” In Interpreting Folklore, ed. Alan Dundes (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980), 6–7. 6. Doris G. Bargen, A Woman's Weapon: Spirit Possession in ...
Political Rock

Political Rock

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In Bob Dylan:The Essential Interviews, edited by Jonathan Cott, 199–236. NewYork: Wenner Books, 2006. Shumway, David R.“Bob Dylan as Cultural Icon.” In The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan, editedby KevinJ.H. Dettmar, 110– 121.
Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night ...

Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night ...

Elijah Wald

In Dylan Goes Electric!, Elijah Wald explores the cultural, political and historical context of this seminal event that embodies the transformative decade that was the sixties.
The Poems of Dylan Thomas

The Poems of Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas

This new, revised edition of The Poems of Dylan Thomas is based on the collection edited by Thomas's life-long friend and fellow poet, Daniel Jones, first published by New Directions in 1971.
Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Star

Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Star

Lee Marshall

Showing how theories of stardom can help us understand both Bob Dylan and the history of rock music, Lee Marshall provides new insight into how Dylan's songs acquire meaning and affects his relationship with his fans, his critics and the ...
Dylan's Redemption: Book Three: The McBrides

Dylan's Redemption: Book Three: The McBrides

Jennifer Ryan

There's a new sheriff in Fallbrook … Meet Dylan McBride.
Bob Dylan Album File & Complete Discography

Bob Dylan Album File & Complete Discography

Brian Hinton

This is a must for every devoted Dylan fan.
Welsh Dylan: Dylan Thomas's Life, Writing, and His Wales

Welsh Dylan: Dylan Thomas's Life, Writing, and His Wales

John Ackerman

Welsh Dylan surveys Thomas's background, upbringing and life in Wales, and discusses the distinctively Welsh flavour of the Swansea stories, his Laugharne-indluenced later poetry, and the warm, gossiping village life that informs perhaps ...
The Cleverness of boys

The Cleverness of boys

Sally Featherstone

Michael the superhero Michael's story Most of what I know and understand about superheroes I learned from Michael! ... He had only been with us a few short weeks, and as he was in foster care, we weren't entirely sure how long he'd be with ...
Norman Foster: selected and current works of Foster and Partners

Norman Foster: selected and current works of Foster and Partners

Norman Foster

The work described in this volume can never be considered ordinary and the office of Foster and Partners has done more than most in recent years for high tech architecture.
Adolescents: Theoretical and Helping Perspectives

Adolescents: Theoretical and Helping Perspectives

Inger P. Davis

himself in an apartment, requested placement of Michael, who was by then 10 years old. ... Both Michael and his mother have expressed strong and justified feelings about Michael's first foster home experience, including anger, fear, and a  ...
Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Brian Southall

This beautiful book traces Dylan's path from Minnesota to Greenwich Village to worldwide fame, illuminating his groundbreaking impact as never before. Filled with stunning photos, it's an essential history for music fans.
Tarantula

Tarantula

Bob Dylan

Angry, funny, and strange, the poems and prose in this collection reflect the concerns found in Dylan's most seminal music: a sense of protest, a verbal playfulness and spontaneity, and a belief in the artistic legitimacy of chronicling ...
Bob Dylan: Voice of a Generation

Bob Dylan: Voice of a Generation

Jeremy Roberts

Examines the life and career of Bob Dylan, including his childhood in Minnesota, early performances in Greenwich Village, commercial success, and awards.
Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown

Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown

David Yaffe

Offers a historical look at the life and career of Bob Dylan from four perspectives: his relationship to blackness, the influence of his singing style, his image on film, and his songwriting.
Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life

Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life

Scott M. Marshall

An exclusive, in-depth interview with Carol Dennis, Dylan's former wife, provides an absolutely unique feature to the book. Until now, Dennis has never publicly spoken at length about her former husband.
Who Is Bob Dylan?

Who Is Bob Dylan?

Jim O'Connor

In the past five decades, Dylan's work has influenced everyone from John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and David Bowie to rapper Eminem. Young music lovers will be fascinated by this great artist's life! From the Hardcover edition.

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