17%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Osaka Modern: The City in the Japanese Imaginary
Michael P. Cronin
€ 44.99
€ 37.29
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Osaka Modern: The City in the Japanese Imaginary
Hardback. Japan's merchant capital in the late sixteenth century, Osaka remained an industrial center into the 1930s, developing a distinct urban culture to rival Tokyo's. Osaka Modern maps the city as imagined in Japanese popular literature and cinema as well as contemporary radio, television, music, and comedy from the 1920s to the 1950s. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Images of the city in literature and film help constitute the experience of modern life. Studies of the Japanese city have focused on Tokyo, but a fuller understanding of urban space and life requires analysis of other cities, beginning with Osaka. Japan's merchant capital in the late sixteenth century, Osaka remained an industrial center--the Manchester of the East --into the 1930s, developing a distinct urban culture to rival Tokyo's. It therefore represents a critical site of East Asian modernity. Osaka Modern maps the city as imagined in Japanese popular culture from the 1920s to the 1950s, a ... Read more
Images of the city in literature and film help constitute the experience of modern life. Studies of the Japanese city have focused on Tokyo, but a fuller understanding of urban space and life requires analysis of other cities, beginning with Osaka. Japan's merchant capital in the late sixteenth century, Osaka remained an industrial center--the Manchester of the East --into the 1930s, developing a distinct urban culture to rival Tokyo's. It therefore represents a critical site of East Asian modernity. Osaka Modern maps the city as imagined in Japanese popular culture from the 1920s to the 1950s, a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674975187
SKU
V9780674975187
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Michael P. Cronin
Michael P. Cronin is Assistant Professor of Japanese at the College of William and Mary.
Reviews for Osaka Modern: The City in the Japanese Imaginary