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Planetary Atmospheres and Urban Society After Fukushima
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto (Ed.)
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Description for Planetary Atmospheres and Urban Society After Fukushima
Hardback. Editor(s): Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro. Num Pages: 218 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 282 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
This collection examines the event of Fukushima in Japan in terms of urban sociology and cultural politics to portray the triple catastrophe of March 2011 as both a planetary event and a dual economic and environmental crisis which indelibly marked Japan and the wider global community. The contributors examine how this new situation has been expressed in particular cultural forms (literature, film), political discourses and urban everyday life in Tokyo and Fukushima, arguing for an imperative need to redefine the national frame of analysis in terms of the concept of the planetary. Building on recent debates in ecocriticism, Planetary Atmospheres ... Read more
This collection examines the event of Fukushima in Japan in terms of urban sociology and cultural politics to portray the triple catastrophe of March 2011 as both a planetary event and a dual economic and environmental crisis which indelibly marked Japan and the wider global community. The contributors examine how this new situation has been expressed in particular cultural forms (literature, film), political discourses and urban everyday life in Tokyo and Fukushima, arguing for an imperative need to redefine the national frame of analysis in terms of the concept of the planetary. Building on recent debates in ecocriticism, Planetary Atmospheres ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811020063
SKU
V9789811020063
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99-15
About Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto (Ed.)
Christophe Thouny is Assistant Professor in the Center for Global Communication Strategies at The University of Tokyo, Japan. His research interests focus on the modern urban experience in Japan in relation with nationalism, globalization, and environmental problems. Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto is Professor at the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University, Japan. ... Read more
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