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Asia Pacific Modern Ser.: Erotic, Grotesque, Nonsense : The Mass Culture of Japanese Modern Times by Miriam Silverberg (2007, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520222733
ISBN-139780520222731
eBay Product ID (ePID)53845455
Product Key Features
Number of Pages388 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameErotic, Grotesque, Nonsense : the Mass Culture of Japanese Modern Times
Publication Year2007
SubjectAsia / Japan, Asia / General, Customs & Traditions
TypeTextbook
AuthorMiriam Silverberg
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
SeriesAsia Pacific Modern Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight28.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2006-027326
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Leaves the reader longing to know more, and regretting that the author is no longer here to help us satisfy that wish."-- Japanese Studies, "This is a book not just for Japan specialists, but for anyone interested in a history of cosmopolitism and modern life."-- Journal Royal Anthro Inst, "This is a book not just for Japan specialists, but for anyone interested in a history of cosmopolitism and modern life."-- Jrnl Royal Anthro Inst, Leaves the reader longing to know more, and regretting that the author is no longer here to help us satisfy that wish., This is a book not just for Japan specialists, but for anyone interested in a history of cosmopolitism and modern life.
Series Volume Number1
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.0952/09041
SynopsisThis history of Japanese mass culture during the decades preceding Pearl Harbor argues that the new gestures, relationship, and humor of ero-guro-nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense) expressed a self-consciously modern ethos that challenged state ideology and expansionism. Miriam Silverberg uses sources such as movie magazines, ethnographies of the homeless, and the most famous photographs from this era to capture the spirit, textures, and language of a time when the media reached all classes, connecting the rural social order to urban mores. Employing the concept of montage as a metaphor that informed the organization of Japanese mass culture during the 1920s and 1930s, Silverberg challenges the erasure of Japanese colonialism and its legacies. She evokes vivid images from daily life during the 1920s and 1930s, including details about food, housing, fashion, modes of popular entertainment, and attitudes toward sexuality. Her innovative study demonstrates how new public spaces, new relationships within the family, and an ironic sensibility expressed the attitude of Japanese consumers who identified with the modern as providing a cosmopolitan break from tradition at the same time that they mobilized for war., This history of Japanese mass culture during the decades preceding Pearl Harbor argues that the new gestures, relationship, and humor ofero-guro-nansensu(erotic grotesque nonsense) expressed a self-consciously modern ethos that challenged state ideology and expansionism. Miriam Silverberg uses sources such as movie magazines, ethnographies of the homeless, and the most famous photographs from this era to capture the spirit, textures, and language of a time when the media reached all classes, connecting the rural social order to urban mores. Employing the concept of montage as a metaphor that informed the organization of Japanese mass culture during the 1920s and 1930s, Silverberg challenges the erasure of Japanese colonialism and its legacies. She evokes vivid images from daily life during the 1920s and 1930s, including details about food, housing, fashion, modes of popular entertainment, and attitudes toward sexuality. Her innovative study demonstrates how new public spaces, new relationships within the family, and an ironic sensibility expressed the attitude of Japanese consumers who identified with the modern as providing a cosmopolitan break from tradition at the same time that they mobilized for war.
LC Classification Number2006027326
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