A history of popular culture in Japan : from the seventeenth century to the present /

"The first historical overview of popular culture in Japan from its origins in the 17th century to the present day, exploring themes of conflict, power, identity, and meaning in Japanese history"--Provided by publisher.

ग्रंथसूची विवरण
मुख्य लेखक: Atkins, E. Taylor (Everett Taylor), 1967- (लेखक)
स्वरूप: पुस्तक
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023 [reprinted].
संस्करण:Second edition.
विषय:
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विषय - सूची:
  • 1. The Worst to be Said and Thought? : Defining, Debating, and Deconstructing Popular Culture
  • 2. Floating Worlds : Urban Commoners and the Birth of Popular Culture in Japan
  • 3. Revolt of the Chonin? : On the Radical Potential of Edo-Period Popular Culture
  • 4. Popular Culture as Subject and Object of Meiji Modernization
  • 5. Modernism as Modanizumu : Cultures of Cosmopolitanism in Imperial Japan
  • 6. Entertaining an Empire : Popular Culture as Agent of Imperialism
  • 7. "Our Spirit Against Their Steel" : Mobilizing Culture for War
  • 8. Baseball, Boogie-Woogie, and Kissing Films : Democratizing Japan through Popular Culture
  • 9. Monstrosity and Nostalgia in an Age of Pensive Prosperity
  • 10. As GNP Falls, GNC Grows : Millennial Japan as Dream Factory
  • Afterword: Contemplating Cool.