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The Fox and Dr. Shimamura toothsomely encompasses East and West, memory and reality, fox-possession myths, and psychiatric mythmaking. As an outstanding young Japanese medical student at the end of the nineteenth century, Dr. Shimamura is sent-to his dismay-to the provinces: he is asked to cure scores of young women afflicted by an epidemic of fox possession. Believing it's all a hoax, he considers the assignment an insulting joke, until he sees a fox moving under the skin of a young beauty... Next he travels to Europe and works with such luminaries as Charcot, Breuer and Freud-whose methods, Dr. Shimamura concludes, are incompatible with Japanese politeness. The ironic parallels between Charcot's theories of female hysteria and ancient Japanese fox myths-when it comes to beautiful, writhing young women-are handled with a lightly sardonic touch by Christine Wunnicke, whose flavor-packed, inventive language is a delight.
The Fox and Dr. Shimamura toothsomely encompasses East and West, memory and reality, fox-possession myths, and psychiatric mythmaking. As an outstanding young Japanese medical student at the end of the nineteenth century, Dr. Shimamura is sent-to his dismay-to the provinces: he is asked to cure scores of young women afflicted by an epidemic of fox possession. Believing it's all a hoax, he considers the assignment an insulting joke, until he sees a fox moving under the skin of a young beauty... Next he travels to Europe and works with such luminaries as Charcot, Breuer and Freud-whose methods, Dr. Shimamura concludes, are incompatible with Japanese politeness. The ironic parallels between Charcot's theories of female hysteria and ancient Japanese fox myths-when it comes to beautiful, writhing young women-are handled with a lightly sardonic touch by Christine Wunnicke, whose flavor-packed, inventive language is a delight.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Märchen & Sagen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780811226240 |
| ISBN-10: | 0811226247 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Wunnicke, Christine |
| Übersetzung: | Boehm, Philip |
| Hersteller: | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Maße: | 204 x 134 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Christine Wunnicke |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.04.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,174 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Märchen & Sagen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780811226240 |
| ISBN-10: | 0811226247 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Wunnicke, Christine |
| Übersetzung: | Boehm, Philip |
| Hersteller: | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Maße: | 204 x 134 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Christine Wunnicke |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.04.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,174 kg |
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