The poetry of the Heian court of Japan has typically been linked with the emergence of a distinct Japanese language and culture. This concept of a linguistically homogeneous and ethnically pure 'Japaneseness' has been integral to the construction of a modern Japanese nation, especially during periods of western colonial expansion and cultural encroachment. But Thomas LaMarre ar...(展开全部)

During the Heian period (794–1185), the sacred mountain Kinpusen, literally the “Peak of Gold,” came to cultural prominence as a pilgrimage destination for the most powerful men in Japan―the Fujiwara regents and the retired emperors. Real and Imagined depicts their one-hundred-kilometer trek from the capital to the rocky summit as well as the imaginative landscape they navigate...(展开全部)

Review "Historians and other scholars of the Heian period will certainly want to add it to their shelves, but I warmly recommend it as a high-level introduction to theperiod for non-Japanese specialists as well." Karl Friday Jrnl of Japanese Studies "The over seven-hundred pades of the text provides a wealth of information...This volume remains an indispensible resource for all...(展开全部)

Dr Jussi Parikka is Reader in Media & Design at the Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton). Parikka is also Adjunct Professor in Digital Culture Theory at the University of Turku, Finland. He has a PhD in Cultural History (University of Turku), and teaches and writes on network culture, digital media theory and media archaeology. Personal website at: http://www.ju...(展开全部)

Since the early nineteenth century, when entomologists first popularized the unique biological and behavioral characteristics of insects, technological innovators and theorists have proposed insects as templates for a wide range of technologies. In Insect Media, Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect forms of social organization-swarms, hives, webs, and distributed intelligence-have...(展开全部)