In the Province of the Gods

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-299-31424-8
Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 207 mm, Gewicht: 256 g

Reihe: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies

Kenny Fries embarks on a journey of profound self-discovery as a disabled foreigner in Japan, a society historically hostile to difference. As he visits gardens, experiences Noh and butoh, and meets artists and scholars, he also discovers disabled gods, one-eyed samurai, blind chanting priests, and A-bomb survivors. When he is diagnosed as HIV positive, all his assumptions about Japan, the body, and mortality are shaken, and he must find a way to reenter life on new terms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fries, Kenny

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Prologue: In the Province of the Gods
-. Floating
- One: Genkan
- Two: Fortune
- Three: Barrier Free
- Four: Foreign Affairs
- Five: Mono no Aware
- Six: Physical Facts
- Seven: A Mountain of Skulls and Candlelit Graves
- Eight: An Infected Throat and a Healing Tree
- Nine: Borrowing the Hills
- II. Away
- One: Before
- Two: After
- III. World
- One: Survivals
- Two: A Pair of One-Winged Birds
- Three: History Being Created, or What the Leech Child Says
- Four: Rare and Uncommon Beings
- Five: Bubbling Water
- Six: My Japan
- Seven: Before and After
- Eight: Positive Effects
- Nine: New Stories in an Ancient Land
- Epilogue: Procession
- Acknowledgments
- Suggested Readings

Über Autor(innen)

Kenny Fries is the author of Body, Remember: A Memoir and The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin's Theory. He is the editor of Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out. He teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Goddard College and is the recipient of a prestigious Creative Capital grant.