Tokyo

Memory, Imagination, and the City

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Tokyo: Memory, Imagination, and the City is a collection of eight essays that explore Tokyo urban space from the perspective of memory in works of the imagination—novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and films. Written by scholars of Japanese studies based in England, Germany, Japan, and the United States, the book focuses on texts produced in Japan since the 1980s. The closing years of the Showa period (1926-1989) were a watershed decade of spatial transformation in Tokyo. It was also a time (in Japan, as elsewhere) when conversations about the nature of memory—historical, cultural, collective, and individual—intensified. The contributors to the volume share the view that works of the imagination are constitutive elements of how cities are experienced and perceived. Each of the essays responds to the growing interest in studies on Tokyo with a literary-cultural orientation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-09-13
Mått:150 x 231 x 13 mm
Vikt:331 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498523691

Utforska kategorier

Asiens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Barbara E. Thornbury is professor of Japanese studies in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Studies at Temple University.Evelyn Schulz is professor of Japanese studies in the Department of Asian Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Recensioner i media

This book is inspirational reading for the preparation of a trip to Tokyo and for long intercontinental flights from North America and Europe to the city. Inspired by the essays, scientific travellers from the architecture and urban planning community will certainly benefit from reading this book, beyond the visual they expect to see.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction, Barbara E. Thornbury and Evelyn SchulzChapter 1: “Pulling the Thorns of Suffering: Remembering Sugamo in Ito Hiromi’s “The Thorn-Puller,” Jeffrey AnglesChapter 2: “Pavane for a Dead Princess, or Exploring Geographies of the City, the Mind, and the Social: Fujita Yoshinaga’s Tenten and Miki Satoshi’s Adrift in Tokyo,” Kristina Iwata-WeickgenanntChapter 3: “On Möbius Strips, Ruins and Memory: The Intertwining of Places and Times in Hino Keizo’s Tokyo,” Mark PendletonChapter 4: “Mapping Environments of Memory, Nostalgia, and Emotions in 'Tokyo Spatial (Auto)biographies,'“ Evelyn SchulzChapter 5: “Held Hostage to History: Okuda Hideo’s 'Olympic Ransom,'" Bruce SuttmeierChapter 6: “The Tokyo Cityscape, Sites of Memory, and Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Café Lumière,” Barbara E. ThornburyChapter 7: “Remaking Tayama Katai’s Futon (1907) in Nakajima Kyoko’s FUTON (2003): Remembrance and Renewal of Urban Space through the Art of Rewriting,” Angela YiuChapter 8: “The Child of Memory: Cityscapes in Tsu