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Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

Selden

Our Land Was A Forest

An Ainu Memoir
1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-8133-1880-6
Verlag: Routledge

An Ainu Memoir

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

ISBN: 978-0-8133-1880-6
Verlag: Routledge


This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, whose land, economy, and culture have been absorbed and destroyed in recent centuries by advancing Japanese. Based on the author's own experiences and on stories passed down from generation to generation, the book chronicles the disappearing world—and courageous rebirth—of this little-understood people. Kayano describes with disarming simplicity and frankness the personal conflicts he faced as a result of the tensions between a traditional and a modern society and his lifelong efforts to fortify a living Ainu culture. A master storyteller, he paints a vivid picture of the ecologically sensitive Ainu lifestyle, which revolved around bear hunting, fishing, farming, and woodcutting. Unlike the few existing ethnographies of the Ainu, this account is the first written by an insider intimately tied to his own culture yet familiar with the ways of outsiders. Speaking with a rare directness to the Ainu and universal human experience, this book will interest all readers concerned with the fate of indigenous peoples.

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Foreword -- Translators’ Note -- Our Nibutani Valley -- The Four Seasons in the Ainu Community -- My Grandfather, a Slave to the Shamo -- Following Forced Evacuation -- A Long Absence from School -- My Father’s Arrest -- An Adolescence Away from Home -- Realizing My Dream of Becoming a Foreman -- Lucky Is the One Who Dies First -- The Teachings of Chiri Mashiho -- Making the Acquaintance of Kindaichi Kyosuke -- Building the Museum of Ainu Cultural Resources -- As a Member of the Ainu People -- Epilogue


Kayano Shigeru, Kayano Shigeru



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