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Japan’s Cold War: Media, Literature, and the Law
Ann Sherif
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Description for Japan’s Cold War: Media, Literature, and the Law
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Critics and cultural historians take Japan's postwar insularity for granted, rarely acknowledging the role of Cold War concerns in the shaping of Japanese society and culture. Nuclear anxiety, polarized ideologies, gendered tropes of nationhood, and new myths of progress, among other developments, profoundly transformed Japanese literature, criticism, and art during this era and fueled the country's desire to recast itself as a democratic nation and culture. By rereading the pivotal events, iconic figures, and crucial texts of Japan's literary and artistic life through the lens of the Cold War, Ann Sherif places this supposedly insular nation at the center of ... Read more
Critics and cultural historians take Japan's postwar insularity for granted, rarely acknowledging the role of Cold War concerns in the shaping of Japanese society and culture. Nuclear anxiety, polarized ideologies, gendered tropes of nationhood, and new myths of progress, among other developments, profoundly transformed Japanese literature, criticism, and art during this era and fueled the country's desire to recast itself as a democratic nation and culture. By rereading the pivotal events, iconic figures, and crucial texts of Japan's literary and artistic life through the lens of the Cold War, Ann Sherif places this supposedly insular nation at the center of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231146623
SKU
V9780231146623
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About Ann Sherif
Ann Sherif is professor of Japanese language and literature at Oberlin College. Her publications include Mirror: The Fiction and Essays of Koda Aya (1999).
Reviews for Japan’s Cold War: Media, Literature, and the Law
This study will prove a worthy and ultimately rewarding challenge for motivated readers of cultural history... Recommended. Choice Edifying... [a] timely intervention.
John Whittier Treat American Historical Review An engaging and thought-provoking study of Japan's culture between 1945 and the early 1960s, which convincingly and with intellectual passion demonstrates how the tensions, anxieties, and repressions that were the global ... Read more
John Whittier Treat American Historical Review An engaging and thought-provoking study of Japan's culture between 1945 and the early 1960s, which convincingly and with intellectual passion demonstrates how the tensions, anxieties, and repressions that were the global ... Read more