{"id":1387,"date":"2012-02-20T09:18:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T14:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2012-02-20T09:47:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T14:47:09","slug":"now-available-sayonara-amerika-sayonara-nippon-the-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=1387","title":{"rendered":"Now Available: Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon–The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMy new book, Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon: A Geopolitical Prehistory of J-Pop<\/em>, has just been published by Columbia University Press. It’s available in paperback through your local neighborhood bookstore<\/a>, and there’s also a Kindle e-book version<\/a>. Readers in Japan can order it through www.amazon.co.jp<\/a>\"\". You can also order it directly from the publisher here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Stay tuned: I’ll soon be adding a web feature over at www.bourdaghs.com including sound samples and other online resources relevant to the book.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, to whet your appetite, here’s Kasagi Shizuko (the heroine of chapter one) performing her signature number, “Tokyo Boogie Woogie”:<\/p>\n