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Culture Of Japanese Fascism
Alan . Ed(S): Tansman
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Description for Culture Of Japanese Fascism
Paperback. Focusing on Japan, scholars of history, literature, film, art history, and anthropology demonstrate the necessity of understanding fascism s cultural manifestations. Editor(s): Tansman, Alan. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 496 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPA; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 696.
This bold collection of essays demonstrates the necessity of understanding fascism in cultural terms rather than only or even primarily in terms of political structures and events. Contributors from history, literature, film, art history, and anthropology describe a culture of fascism in Japan in the decades preceding the end of the Asia-Pacific War. In so doing, they challenge past scholarship, which has generally rejected descriptions of pre-1945 Japan as fascist. The contributors explain how a fascist ideology was diffused throughout Japanese culture via literature, popular culture, film, design, and everyday discourse. Alan Tansman’s introduction places the essays in historical context ... Read more
This bold collection of essays demonstrates the necessity of understanding fascism in cultural terms rather than only or even primarily in terms of political structures and events. Contributors from history, literature, film, art history, and anthropology describe a culture of fascism in Japan in the decades preceding the end of the Asia-Pacific War. In so doing, they challenge past scholarship, which has generally rejected descriptions of pre-1945 Japan as fascist. The contributors explain how a fascist ideology was diffused throughout Japanese culture via literature, popular culture, film, design, and everyday discourse. Alan Tansman’s introduction places the essays in historical context ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Series
Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822344681
SKU
V9780822344681
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About Alan . Ed(S): Tansman
Alan Tansman is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Writings of Kōda Aya: A Japanese Literary Daughter and a co-editor of Studies in Modern Japanese Literature. Marilyn Ivy is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. She is the author of Discourses of the Vanishing: Modernity, Phantasm, ... Read more
Reviews for Culture Of Japanese Fascism
“So can a volume focused on the cultural aspects of a primarily political concept succeed? Yes, indeed. This book offers a wealth of fresh information on the era of fascism in Japan, ranging from the ‘high road’ of intellectual history and literary studies to more accessible insights on the role of dogs and propaganda lies about Pearl Harbour. . . ... Read more