Yamamba

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In Search of the Japanese Mountain Witch

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Yamamba explores the intricate link between humans and nature through the lens of science and folklore. Set in Japan, the narrative delves into the mysterious presence of the Yamamba, a mythical mountain witch, and how her tale connects to both ecological understandings and cultural narratives. The book weaves scientific insight with traditional storytelling to offer a fresh perspective on environmental and human interdependence.
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Women, Magic, Wisdom: Explore a Japanese myth through the words and images of key scholars and artists.

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Women, Magic, Wisdom: Explore a Japanese myth through the words and images of key scholars and artists.

Alluring, nurturing, dangerous, and vulnerable, the yamamba, or Japanese mountain witch, has intrigued audiences for centuries. What is it about the fusion of mountains with the solitary old woman that produces such an enigmatic figure? And why does she still call to us in this modern, scientific era?

Co-editors Rebecca Copeland and Linda C. Ehrlich first met the yamamba in the powerful short story The Smile of the Mountain Witch by acclaimed woman writer ba Minako. The story revealed the compelling way creative women can take charge of misogynistic tropes, invert them, and use them to tell new stories of female empowerment.

This unique collection represents the creative and surprising ways artists and scholars from North America and Japan have encountered the yamamba.

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Yamamba is praised for its exploration of the complex and multi-dimensional figure of the Japanese Mountain Witch. The collection features a rich tapestry of narratives and artistic expressions, including poems, short stories, and scholarly essays, that both celebrate and critique the yamamba's symbolic significance. It is highlighted for its ability to deepen understanding of this cultural archetype through diverse voices and mediums, offering fresh insights and challenging traditional portrayals, especially regarding gender issues.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781611720662

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 August 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Stone Bridge Press

Illustration: B&W photos and illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Rebecca Copeland
Edited by Linda C. Ehrlich

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 144

Collections

Biography & Memoir Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Rebecca Copeland is a professor of Japanese literature at Washington University in St. Louis, a writer of fiction and literary criticism, and a translator of Japanese literature. Her stories travel between Japan and the American South and touch on questions of identity, belonging, and self-discovery. The Kimono Tattoo, her debut work, takes readers on a journey into Kyoto's intricate world of kimono design, and into a mystery that interweaves family dynamics, loss, and reconciliation.

Linda C. Ehrlich is an independent scholar who has published extensively about world cinema and traditional theater. Her recent publication, The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), is the first book in English on this influential Japanese director. She has published poetry in International Poetry Review, The Bitter Oleander, Southern Poetry Review, Literary Arts Hawaii, Pinesong, and other literary journals. Dr. Ehrlich has taught at Duke University, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Tennessee/Knoxville, and on two Semester-at-Sea voyages.