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Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic: Specters of Modernity
Michael J. Blouin
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Description for Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic: Specters of Modernity
Hardcover. Japan is imagined routinely in American discourse as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these two cultures have been exchanged, consumed, and adapted. Here, Blouin examines a prevalent tendency within the United States-Japan cultural relationship to project anxiety outward only to find shadowy outlines of the self abroad. Num Pages: 220 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Japan is imagined routinely in American discourse as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these two cultures have been exchanged, consumed, and adapted. Here, Blouin examines a prevalent tendency within the United States-Japan cultural relationship to project anxiety outward only to find shadowy outlines of the self abroad.
Japan is imagined routinely in American discourse as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these two cultures have been exchanged, consumed, and adapted. Here, Blouin examines a prevalent tendency within the United States-Japan cultural relationship to project anxiety outward only to find shadowy outlines of the self abroad.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137305213
SKU
V9781137305213
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99-15
About Michael J. Blouin
Michael J. Blouin is an assistant professor of English and Humanities at Milligan College.
Reviews for Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic: Specters of Modernity
"Blouin's transnational approach is an especially novel, and timely, one; certainly, it is the next stage in Asian Gothic Studies and Blouin engages with (and in many ways, spearheads) its discourse. Blouin's research, coupled with his relatively untrodden line of inquiry, makes this a valuable supplementary work in graduate seminars and for upper-division undergraduate courses." - John Edgar Browning, Arthur ... Read more