The physical descriptions of characters intrigues me - men seem to be described initially, but the initial lack of description of the female characters might mean something. Halfway through it I've finally gotten a description of Mari, but not really of her sister. Eri, the model, maybe needs no description because Japanese and Chinese models fit a type: tall and willowy of stature, with higher-bridged and more angular noses, and lacking the epicanthic fold. The mind wandered to how class and status define "beauty" and how the genders see differently. Ethnic groups see differently too. Japanese readers see something exotic in Denny's, the way someone from Kansas might find a Teppanyaki house.Doesn't the ICC have Roger Shimomura prints in storage? (art seen here is his). Though I recall the prints the school owns are earlier and more conservative works, but a lot of his later work - or what you find in the Nelson or at KU's Spencer museum - show that split world / past-modern/ Pop-schizo thing that I kinda see emerging from this book.
Resources for study.
Special thanks to E.K. for finding the book on CD and reminding me to get on my homework.
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