In this episode, Dr. Foster guides us into the realm of yōkai, or supernatural spirits and monsters, as an introduction to the study of Japanese folklore. We discuss the popularity of the kokkuri divination game during the Meiji period as evidence for how Japanese were reacting to changes in everyday life, the continuing prominence of yōkai in Japanese pop culture and global imaginations of Japan, and the political context of UNESCO intangible cultural heritage sites and local tourist advertising in Japan.
Episode 60 - Dr. Louise Young (Wisconsin)
Episode 59 - Dr. Garrett Washginton (UMass-Amherst)
Episode 58 - Dr. Andrew Gordon (Harvard)
Episode 57 - Dr. Timothy Brook (UBC)
Episode 56 - Dr. Indra Levy (Stanford)
Episode 55 - Dr. Anne Giblin Gedacht (Seton Hall)
Episode 54 - Dr. Andrew Bernstein (Lewis & Clark)
Episode 53 - Dr. Maren Ehlers (North Carolina-Charlotte)
Episode 52 - Dr. Frederick Dickinson (Penn)
Episode 51 - Dr. Alice Tseng (Boston)
Episode 50 - Dr. Sidney Lu (Michigan State)
Episode 49 - Dr. Laura Nenzi (Tennessee)
Episode 48 - Dr. Eric Han (William & Mary)
Episode 47 - Dr. Jakobina Arch (Whitman)
Episode 46 - Dr. Nick Kapur (Rutgers-Camden)
Episode 45 - Dr. Sarah Thal (Wisconsin)
Episode 44 - Dr. Takashi Fujitani (Toronto)
Episode 43 - Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki (ANU)
Episode 42 - Dr. Timothy David Amos (NUS)
Episode 41 - Dr. Anne Walthall (Irvine)
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