“Dimensions of Japanese Society: Gender, Margins and Mainstream”
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A 3 page review of the book by Kenneth Henshall. The author of this paper asserts that this book is not the typical exploration of Japanese society that we have come to expect from the modern press. The book distinguishes itself from the vast majority of the work written on Japan and her culture, in fact, in that it delves not only into the mainstream of Japanese culture but also the marginal aspects of that culture. Included is an expose on issues such as homosexuality and patriarchal domination, and the various other factors which serve to marginalize certain components of Japanese society. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPjapSoc.rtf

“Dragon Seed”: War and Women in Rural China as Presented in the Fictional Novel by Pearl Buck
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A 5 page discussion of the impacts of war on the small rural village of the Ling Tan family. This paper introduces Jade, one of the primary characters of the book, and details how war impacted her differently than it did the male members of the village. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPdrgnSd.rtf

“Embracing Defeat by John Dower”
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A paper which looks at John Dower’s account of the development of post-war Japan, in terms of the country’s recovery from the war, the years of American colonial occupation, and the ways in which Japanese and American cultural perspectives conflicted as the nation moved towards a new kind of sovereignty.
Filename: JLdower.wps