A review by cais
The Fox and Dr. Shimamura by Christine Wunnicke

4.0

Fox possession or female hysteria? Dr. Shimamura’s memory is incredibly confused (or under a foxy influence) & the women in his household are either playing games with him or trying to help him (a bit of both, I think). His reminiscences of investigating alleged fox possession in Japan and then visiting Europe to speak to the likes of Jean-Martin Charcot and Josef Breuer only highlight the male influence and creation of so-called female hysteria and the West's tradition of Orientalism, making exotic and strange anything east of Europe. This is a brilliant, bizarre, playful book that was a joy to read.