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Yamamba : in search of the Japanese mountain witch / edited by Rebecca Copeland and Linda C. Ehrlich

Copeland, Rebecca L., 1956- [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Ehrlich, Linda C., 1952- [Herausgeberin/-geber]

Berkeley, CA : Stone Bridge Press [[2021]], [2021]

151 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 21 cm

Englisch, Japanisch

Japanischer. - Enthält bibliographische Angaben

In englischer Sprache mit einer zusätzlichen Titelseite in japanischer Sprache; Glossar und Kapitel poetry in englischer und japanischer Sprache

© 2021 Rebecca Copeland and Linda C. Ehrlich and respective authors.

1-61172-066-4 ; 978-1-61172-066-2

978-1-61172-948-1 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe)

OCoLC: 1286873161     

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GR530

398.21     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Witches -- Folklore ; Witches in literature ; Witches in art ; Witches -- Japan -- Poetry ; Folk literature, Japanese ; Japan -- Folklore

Folk literature, Japanese ; Witches ; Witches in art ; Witches in literature ; Japan ; Poetry ; Folklore

Beyond place, before time--why we seek the yamamba / Rebecca Copeland and Linda C. Ehrlich -- Locating the yamamba / Noriko T. Reider -- Yamamba on the Noh stage: with Noh actors Uzawa Hisa and Uzawa Hikaru -- Yamamba's mountains / Linda C. Ehrlich, Japanese translation by Ohmori Kayo -- Blue ridge yamamba / Rebecca Copeland -- A yamamba shrinebox / Laura Miller -- An encounter in Aokigahara / David Holloway -- The smile of a mountain witch (yamamba no bishō) / Ōba Minako, translated by Noriko Mizuta Lippit, assisted by Mariko Ochi -- Yamamba's laughter and other poems: an introduction / Mizuta Noriko, translated by Rebecca Copeland and Marianne Tarcov -- Dancing the yamamba: with Yokoshi Yasuko / Rebecca Copeland.

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Alluring, 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? Co-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. This unique collection represents the creative and surprising ways artists and scholars from North America and Japan have encountered the yamamba