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[Tomoyuki Tanaka]

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easiest way to read Jp WWW pages: http://www.shodouka.com (?)
http://www.embjapan.org.uk/viewer.html

BB's sci.lang.japan FAQ: http://www.hayamasa.demon.co.uk/afaq/afaq.html
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/afaq/afaq.html

Olaf's old <s.l.j> FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/japan/language

s.l.j (TT topics) FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/japan/language-TT
http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/japan/language-TT.html

<soc.culture.japan> FAQ files: http://welcome.to/SCJ
http://welcome.to/soc.culture.japan
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/japan
http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-bng/soc.culture.japan.html

the best/biggest compilations of Japan-related WWW links:
http://www.jwindow.net
http://www.embjapan.org.uk
http://www.ntt.co.jp/japan/index.html

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> D.R.Hofstadter: "alien" "inscrutable" "Oriental mind"
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>> in "Metamagical Themas" (1985) Hofstadter self-righteously
>> preached nonsexist language (word choices, etc) with
>> hypersensitivity.
>>
>> in "Le Ton beau de Marot" (1997) Hofstadter casually makes
>> fun of Asians with the phrases such as
>> "inscrutable" "the Oriental mind" and other outdated
>> (and inherently racist) stereotypes.
>>
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> from Douglas Hofstadter's book "Le Ton beau de Marot" (1997)
>
> "Could it be that the very idea of transculturation
> itself is a Western one, and strikes the Oriental mind
> as alien?" (Page 148)
>
> "By virtue of being overly Oriental, it would be
> extraordinarily disorienting!" (Page 149)
>
> have you read another book that's published in the last 20
> years or so that uses the words like "inscrutable" and "the
> Oriental mind" (or other racist stereotypes) to make fun of
> Asians?
>
> if so, could you let me know?
> i'm esp. interested in books by non-comedians.
>
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>> NYT's review article of Douglas Hofstadter's book "Le
>> Ton beau de Marot"
>> http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/07/20/reviews/970720.20altert.html
>> (Prof. Alter, using lenient language, points out
>> Hofstadter's superficial understanding of literature
>> and translation.)
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