Cultural History of Late Meiji Japan

Empire and Decadence

AvAlistair Swale

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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This book argues that the emergence of empire and high culture needs to be more thoroughly integrated with an awareness of popular culture in urban life, a culture that at times exhibited a less than whole-hearted enthusiasm for the trappings of 'civilization', - a culture that was, in a sense, ‘decadent’.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-01
Mått:148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt:306 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:218
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031436482

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Alistair Swale is Associate Professor in the Japanese Programme at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He has written on the career and thought of Mori Arinori, as well as writing more broadly on the Restoration in The Meiji Restoration: Monarchism, Mass Communication and Conservative Revolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). More recently he has been engaged in research examining responses in popular culture to the "Civilization and Enlightenment" movement, particularly the gesaku legacy in early Meiji journalism, as well as the impact of political speech making and kōdan on the development of serialized novels in popular newspapers.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Constitution and Anarchy.- 3. The Cultural Legacy of the Sino-Japanese War.- 4. Fin de Siècle Japan.- 5. The Russo-Japanese War: An Ambiguous Victory.- 6. Meiji Twilight.- 7. Conclusion.