The Gods of the Sea: Whales and Coastal Communities in Northeast Japan, c.1600-2019

ISBN-13: 9781009305518 / Angielski

Fynn Holm

Opis

Challenging common portrayals of Japan as a centuries-old whaling nation, Fynn Holm shows that many coastal communities in early modern Northeast Japan believed whales to be the incarnation of the god of the sea that brought fish to the shore, leading to violent anti-whaling protests that shocked the country.

Recenzje

'Gods of the Sea is a masterful and eloquent account of Japan's neglected northeast and that region's fascinating historical relationship with whales.  Holm goes beyond standard whaling histories to engage creatively and movingly with the larger oceanic ecosystems and human cultures that give this whale story deep meaning and wide resonance.' Ryan Tucker Jones, University of Oregon

Spis treści

Part One. Living with Whales, 1600-1850; 1. The Whale Pilgrimage; 2. The Beached God; 3. Bringing Sardines to the Shore; 4. Establishing Whaling in the North; Part Two. Destroying the Cetosphere, 1850-2019; 5. The Whaling Empire; 6. The First Whaling Town; 7. Burning Down the Whaling Station; 8. Washing Away the Past.