Japanese American writer Karen Tei Yamashita’s first novel, Through the Arc of Rainforest (1990), portrays protagonist Kazumasa Ishimaru as “a Santa Claus”, depicted having a plastic ball spinning in front his face. Yamashita presents this magic realist hero satire Japan 1990s, which became developed nation needed to support developing world under new Marshall Plan. Focusing on Kazumaza’s parti...

Abstract This article takes up the short work of fiction Salam , written in Japanese 2006 by Shirin Nezammafi, and deploys it as a primary source history present. tells tale Layla, an Afghan migrant detained then expelled from Japan 2001. The argues that exposes unmaking postcolonial Japan: if meant territorial, sovereign nation-state built on hegemonic national myths, now is unsustainable. cal...

This study analyzes American Dervish in the light of Homi Bhabha’s cultural theory. As a postcolonial theorist, Bhabha who also had colonial past has made significant contributions to studies. He conceptualizes hybridity, third space, in-betweenness, or mimicry shed on interactions shade traces. His theory which draws attention impossibility pure culture is used this discover Shah family’s migr...

Background: The publication of articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals is a fairly complex and stepwise process that involves responding to referees’ comments. Little guidance is available in the biomedical literature on how to deal with such comments. Objective: The objective of this article is to provide guidance to notice writers on dealing with peer review comments in a way that maxim...

“Yoneko’s Earthquake” is a masterpiece among the short stories by Japanese American writer Hisaye Yamamoto, and it reflects plight tragedy of women. The plot story seemingly simple but profound, especially design underlying text, which full ingenuity. From perspective postcolonial ecocriticism, Yamamoto’s complicity colonialism ecologism in many aspects. Take close look at natural images (the d...