Category: University of Hawai’i Press
-
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Joan E. Ericson, Be a Woman: Hayashi Fumiko and Modern Japanese Womenβs Literature, University of Hawai’i Press, 1997. 292 pgs. The vicissitudes of womenβs literature in Japan have undergone…
![[REVIEW] βRe-evaluating ‘Womenβs Literature’ as a Category: Hayashi Fumiko as a Woman Writer in Modern Japanβ by Charlie Ng](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/joan-e.-ericson-be-a-woman-hayashi-fumiko-and-modern-japanese-womens-literature-.jpg?w=907)
-
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Anru Lee, Haunted Modernities: Gender, Memory and Placemaking in Post-industrial Taiwan, University of Hawaiβi Press, 2023. 246 pgs. Anru Lee first learned of the 25 Maiden Ladiesβ Tomb…
![[REVIEW] βFrom Spirits to Statues: Commemorating Women Workers in Anru Leeβs π»ππ’ππ‘ππ ππππππππ‘πππ β by Elsa Mathews](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/haunted-modernities-gender-memory-and-placemaking-in-postindustrial-taiwan.jpg?w=994)
-
πRETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Izumi KyΕka (author), Charles ShirΕ Inouye (translator and author of introduction and afterword), Japanese Gothic Tales, University of Hawaiβi Press, 1996. 202 pgs. Japan Gothic Tales comprises four short…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS]βThe Haunting World of Random Encounters in Izumi KyΕkaβs π½ππππππ π πΊππ‘βππ πππππ β by Vanessa Winghei Yeung](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/japanese-gothic-tales-1.png?w=1024)
-
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Read “Reading Jin Yong in Translation, Part I” HERE.ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ on John Minford. Jin Yong, aka Louis Cha Leung-yung (1924-2018). Picture via. β Jin Yong…
![[EXCLUSIVE] βHot Popping Momma!: Reading Jin Yong in Translation, Part II” by Jeff Tompkins](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240315172927214401contentphoto4.jpg?w=1000)
-
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Dennis WΓΌrthner (translator), Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk: KΕmo sinhwa by Kim SisΕp, University of Hawaiβi Press, 2020. 402 pgs. Also known as…
![[REVIEW] βFound in Translation: πππππ ππ π‘βπ ππ‘πππππ ππ¦ π πΎπππππ πΆππππ’ππππ ππππβ by Lydia Kwa](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dennis-wurthner.jpg?w=940)
-
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Read βReading Jin Yong in Translation, Part IIβ HERE. Jin Yong, aka Louis Cha Leung-yung (1924β2018). Picture via. β Jin Yong (author), Shelly Bryant, Gigi Chang, and Anna Holmwood…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Kung Fu Is a Store of Infinite Fun: Reading Jin Yong in Translation, Part I” by Jeff Tompkins](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/legends-of-the-condor-heroes--2.png?w=1024)
-
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Wenying Xu, Eating Identities: Reading Food in Asian American Literature, University of Hawai’i Press, 2007. 208 pgs. Food has long occupied an important space in art, whether in literature,…
![[REVIEW] “Formidable Exploration of the Symbolism of Food in LiteratureβWenying Xu’s πΈππ‘πππ πΌππππ‘ππ‘πππ : π
ππππππ πΉπππ ππ π΄π πππ π΄πππππππ πΏππ‘ππππ‘π’ππ” by Janet Hui Ching Tay](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/reading-identities-cha.jpg?w=1024)
-
π Return to First Impressionsπ Return to Cha Review of Books and Films Gong Ji-young (author), Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton (translators), Togani, University of Hawai’i Press, 2023. 264 pgs. Steeped in social justice themes, Korean writer Gong Ji-youngβs 2009 novel Togani…
![[REVIEW] “We Fight for Causes When the Odds Are Stacked Against Us: ππππππ (The Crucible)” by Jack Greenberg](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/togani-gong-ji-young-1.jpg?w=1024)
Cha 