Urban Culture in Pre-War Japan

ISBN-13: 9780367728618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 284 str.

Adam Croft

Opis

In 1910s and 1920s Japan there was economic instability, political assassinations, and violent military interventions. This book explores the literature of the period, focusing on the Tatsukawa Library. It discusses how the books helped inculcate the generation that fought for Japan’s emerging empire with admiration for marital violence.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Contextualising the Tatsukawa Bunko, 2. Transitional Literature: Advances in Popular Publishing, 3. Human Networks: Cholera, Mass Migration, & Publishing Rivalries, 4. Resonant Voices: Performative Traditions in a Time of Mass Media, 5.Hyper-masculinity in Sarutobi-Sasuke: Decoding Transcultural Influences in the Text, 6. Reflections of Industrial Urbanism: Hyper-masculinity & Social Violence During the Taishō Era

O autorze

Adam Croft is an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Culture, History and Language in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University, Canberra.