| Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon さよならアメリカ さよならニッポン |
Some Cool Links:
- For a list of some links that I like, see here.
(Updated 8/14/12)
Contact Info:
Email:
Michael K. Bourdaghs's Home Page
マイケル･ボーダッシュのホームページ
Welcome! This page contains information about my
work in modern Japanese literature and culture, my
creative writing, my everchanging musical likes and
dislikes, and other useless information. All opinions,
rational conclusions, emotional outbursts, etc., are my
own. All errors are the fault of someone else.
マイケル･ボーダッシュのホームページ
Welcome! This page contains information about my
work in modern Japanese literature and culture, my
creative writing, my everchanging musical likes and
dislikes, and other useless information. All opinions,
rational conclusions, emotional outbursts, etc., are my
own. All errors are the fault of someone else.
Artwork by Versea Bourdaghs (1941-2008)
All contents copyright 2003-2012 by Michael K. Bourdaghs
Recent Scholarly Publications:
(Complete listing available here. Upated on 8/8/12)
(Complete listing available here. Upated on 8/8/12)
The Dawn That Never Comes: Shimazaki Toson and Japanese Nationalism
(Columbia University Press, 2003. The publisher's webpage is here.
(Columbia University Press, 2003. The publisher's webpage is here.
International Harper Lecture: "Rethinking Postwar Japanese Culture as Cold War
Culture," May 21, 2013, University of Chicago Japan Alumni Association, American Club,
Tokyo, Japan.
Comparative Literature Luncheon Series guest speaker, September 16, 2013, Pennsylvania
State University.
Association for Japanese Literary Studies Annual Meeting, October 18-20, 2013, University
of Chicago. Panel chair and conference co-organizer.
"Cosmopolitanism, Popular Song, and Asian Musical Responses to the Cold War," June 7-8, 2014,
University of Chicago Beijing Center, Beijing, China. Workshop co-organizer.
Culture," May 21, 2013, University of Chicago Japan Alumni Association, American Club,
Tokyo, Japan.
Comparative Literature Luncheon Series guest speaker, September 16, 2013, Pennsylvania
State University.
Association for Japanese Literary Studies Annual Meeting, October 18-20, 2013, University
of Chicago. Panel chair and conference co-organizer.
"Cosmopolitanism, Popular Song, and Asian Musical Responses to the Cold War," June 7-8, 2014,
University of Chicago Beijing Center, Beijing, China. Workshop co-organizer.
Recent Fiction and Creative Writing:
(Complete listing available here. Updated on 5/3/13)
(Complete listing available here. Updated on 5/3/13)
"In My Room (Ganz Allein)," novella, forthcoming in
Eunoia Review, September, 2013.
"Timing is Everything," short story, published in
Temporary Infinity #2 (2011).
"Invasive Species," short story, published in Avery:
An Anthology of New Fiction, #4 (2009). The
Emperor of Japan takes historical responsibility, one
fish at a time.
Translations of haiku by Kikaku that I did for the
February 2004 special "Japan" issue of
BigCityLit.com, which I guest-edited together with
Tomer Inbar.
"Memoirs of a Geist," short story, published in
Hawai'i Pacific Review, Vol. 16 (2002). Man
walks into a bar; turns out he's Hegel's Geist.
"Disorientation Day," short story, published in
Colere, Vol. 2 (2002). Rockabilly meets Husker Du
on the streets of Tokyo, circa 1987.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes," short story, published
in Elysian Fields Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1 (2002).
Kuki Shuzo and the Minnesota Twins, together at
last.... You can read a sample and order a copy here.
Eunoia Review, September, 2013.
"Timing is Everything," short story, published in
Temporary Infinity #2 (2011).
"Invasive Species," short story, published in Avery:
An Anthology of New Fiction, #4 (2009). The
Emperor of Japan takes historical responsibility, one
fish at a time.
Translations of haiku by Kikaku that I did for the
February 2004 special "Japan" issue of
BigCityLit.com, which I guest-edited together with
Tomer Inbar.
"Memoirs of a Geist," short story, published in
Hawai'i Pacific Review, Vol. 16 (2002). Man
walks into a bar; turns out he's Hegel's Geist.
"Disorientation Day," short story, published in
Colere, Vol. 2 (2002). Rockabilly meets Husker Du
on the streets of Tokyo, circa 1987.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes," short story, published
in Elysian Fields Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1 (2002).
Kuki Shuzo and the Minnesota Twins, together at
last.... You can read a sample and order a copy here.
Kamei Hideo, Transformations of Sensibility: The Phenomenology of Meiji
Literature, translation edited and with an introduction by Michael Bourdaghs, University of
Michigan Center for Japanese Studies Publications, 2002. The publisher's webpage is here.
Literature, translation edited and with an introduction by Michael Bourdaghs, University of
Michigan Center for Japanese Studies Publications, 2002. The publisher's webpage is here.
Upcoming and Recent Public Lectures and Conferences:
(Past events listed here. Updated on 5/3/2013)
(Past events listed here. Updated on 5/3/2013)
Natsume Soseki, Theory of Literature and Other Critical Writings, edited by Michael
K. Bourdaghs, Atsuko Ueda, and Joseph A. Murphy, Columbia University Press (2009). The
publisher's webpage is here.
K. Bourdaghs, Atsuko Ueda, and Joseph A. Murphy, Columbia University Press (2009). The
publisher's webpage is here.
The Linguistic Turn in Contemporary Japanese Literary Studies: Politics,
Textuality, Language, Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies, Number 68; edited by
Michael K. Bourdaghs; University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies Publications, 2010.
(US$70.00 hardcover, $26.00 paperback)
Textuality, Language, Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies, Number 68; edited by
Michael K. Bourdaghs; University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies Publications, 2010.
(US$70.00 hardcover, $26.00 paperback)
Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon: A Geopolitical Pre-History of J-Pop
(Columbia University Press, 2012). The publisher's webpage is here. Japanese translation by
Okuda Yuji (Byakuya Shobo, 2012) available here.
Online companion to the book, including sound samples and video links, available here.
(Columbia University Press, 2012). The publisher's webpage is here. Japanese translation by
Okuda Yuji (Byakuya Shobo, 2012) available here.
Online companion to the book, including sound samples and video links, available here.
"a significant contribution to the literature of both music
history and Japanese studies.... extremely well written and
meticulously researched, engaging the reader in a detailed
adventure from the early days of the US occupation of
Japan through the many stylistic transitions that define the
eclectic world of popular music.... Bravo!" Choice———
"Bourdaghs' work beats consistently up-tempo, direct,
clear prose.... reads quickly yet fully covers an important
historical span of modern Japan.... For music, history, or
cultural fans of contemporary Japan, this book is a chart-
topper."—Japan Times
"compellingly readable...an original account of how Japan,
in the post-war and Cold War years, was able to break
with an historical narrative centered on the U.S. military
occupation and Japan's subsequent confinement within the
American imperium to enter the actual world....
persuasively shows how Japan moved to engaging a
genuinely global geopolitical aesthetics, shaping it and
being shaped by it, that successfully left behind the narrow
precinct of America's Japan for the new world announced
by J-Pop."— Harry Harootunian, The Struggle Between
History and Memory (Duke University Press)
history and Japanese studies.... extremely well written and
meticulously researched, engaging the reader in a detailed
adventure from the early days of the US occupation of
Japan through the many stylistic transitions that define the
eclectic world of popular music.... Bravo!" Choice———
"Bourdaghs' work beats consistently up-tempo, direct,
clear prose.... reads quickly yet fully covers an important
historical span of modern Japan.... For music, history, or
cultural fans of contemporary Japan, this book is a chart-
topper."—Japan Times
"compellingly readable...an original account of how Japan,
in the post-war and Cold War years, was able to break
with an historical narrative centered on the U.S. military
occupation and Japan's subsequent confinement within the
American imperium to enter the actual world....
persuasively shows how Japan moved to engaging a
genuinely global geopolitical aesthetics, shaping it and
being shaped by it, that successfully left behind the narrow
precinct of America's Japan for the new world announced
by J-Pop."— Harry Harootunian, The Struggle Between
History and Memory (Duke University Press)
"A welcome edition to the recent corpus of Japanese
literary criticism. Brilliant...remarkable... clearly
written.... The many dialogues—both explicit and
implicit—between scholars based in Japan and in the
United States constitute the most rewarding part of
the book."—Journal of Japanese Studies
literary criticism. Brilliant...remarkable... clearly
written.... The many dialogues—both explicit and
implicit—between scholars based in Japan and in the
United States constitute the most rewarding part of
the book."—Journal of Japanese Studies
Winner, 2011 Scaglione Prize for Translation of a Scholarly
Study of Literature, Modern Language Association
One of the Best Books of 2011, Japan Times
"A revelation....The editors deftly explore Soseki's
connection with major currents in Western literary theory,
philosophy, and social and natural science.... An important
and impressive contribution to the field of Japanese literary
studies..."— Journal of Asian Studies
Study of Literature, Modern Language Association
One of the Best Books of 2011, Japan Times
"A revelation....The editors deftly explore Soseki's
connection with major currents in Western literary theory,
philosophy, and social and natural science.... An important
and impressive contribution to the field of Japanese literary
studies..."— Journal of Asian Studies
"a strikingly original work of remarkable erudition that is
also a rigorous theoretical practice...a book that speaks
widely to literary and cultural critics and is also a must
read for scholars of nationalism and Japanese
modernity." — Journal of Asian Studies
"In its originality and theoretical sophistication it
revolutionizes both the study of Toson and the study of
Japanese nationalism." —Harvard Journal of Asiatic
Studies
also a rigorous theoretical practice...a book that speaks
widely to literary and cultural critics and is also a must
read for scholars of nationalism and Japanese
modernity." — Journal of Asian Studies
"In its originality and theoretical sophistication it
revolutionizes both the study of Toson and the study of
Japanese nationalism." —Harvard Journal of Asiatic
Studies
“A significant contribution to the criticism in English on
modern Japanese literature that will rank as a
touchstone in the field.” —Modern Language
Quarterly
"An expert translation of Kamei Hideo's monumental
work." —Journal of Japanese Studies
modern Japanese literature that will rank as a
touchstone in the field.” —Modern Language
Quarterly
"An expert translation of Kamei Hideo's monumental
work." —Journal of Japanese Studies
