Mari Yoshihara Explained

is an American academic. She is a professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and specializes in American cultural history and US-Asian relations. She is also an amateur pianist.

Biography

Yoshihara was born in New York City and grew up in Tokyo.^[1] She attended high school in Yokohama and graduated from the University of Tokyo before earning a master's degree and doctorate from Brown University.^[2] Yoshihara has taught at the University of Hawaii at Manoa since 1997 and served as chief editor of the journal American Quarterly since 2014.^[3]

She played the piano since the age of three,^[4] but took a break from playing while in graduate school. As an adult, she has entered competitions like the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition as an amateur, and won in the 2014 Aloha International Piano Festival's amateur division.^{[5] [6]}

Selected bibliography

• Book: Yoshihara, Mari. Embracing the East : white women and American orientalism. 2003. Oxford University Press. 9780198033233. Oxford. 57365434.
• Book: Yoshihara, Mari. Musicians from a different shore : Asians and Asian Americans in classical music. Temple University Press. 2007. 9781592133345. Philadelphia. 233003149.

External links

• mariyoshihara.com - Yoshihara's personal website

Notes and References

1. News: About Mari Yoshihara . 31 December 2018 . University of Hawaii.
2. Web site: 1997 - Mari Yoshihara - American Civilization, PhD . . 31 December 2018.
3. Web site: People- Editor Mari Yoshihara, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. American Quarterly. Johns Hopkins University Press. 31 December 2018.
4. News: Ayoub . Nina C. . Musicians From a Different Shore: Asians and Asian Americans in Classical Music . 1 January 2019 . Chronicle of Higher Education . 9 November 2007.
5. Web site: Mari Yoshihara competes in international amateur piano competition. University of Hawaiʻi System News. 2018-12-31.
6. Web site: Mari Yoshihara – The Cliburn. 2018-12-31.