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Book SynopsisBrooke McCorkle Okazaki is Assistant Professor of Music at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. McCorkle Okazaki co-authored the book
Japan's Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema (2018) with Sean Rhoads. In it, they explore the various ways Japanese monster movies address contemporary ecological concerns. Thanks to a Japan Foundation Fellowship, McCorkle Okazaki is currently completing her next book,
Searching for Wagner in Japan.Table of ContentsList of Images and Tables Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Itadakimasu!
(Let’s Eat!) 1. Girl Bands and
Josei Rock, 1950s–1980s 2. Food, Gender, and Music in Postwar Japan 3. Shonen Knife’s Songs in the Key of Food 4.
Konnichiwa!: An Introduction to
Happy Hour (1998) and its Cover Art 5.
Happy Hour: Food, Music, and Transnational Flow 6. The Delicious Banality of “Banana Chips” 7. Sweet Candy Power: Shonen Knife and Their
Josei Rock Legacy
Notes Bibliography Discography Index
