A History of popular culture in Japan : from the seventeenth century to the present / E. Taylor Atkins.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; Bloomsbury Academic, 2023Description: xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9781350195929 Pbk., Bp.Subject(s): Popular culture -- Japan -- History | Popular culture -- Political aspects -- Japan -- History | Japan -- Civilization | Japan -- Intellectual life | Japan -- Social life and customsLOC classification: DS 821 A85 2023 JAPANItem type | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | MMSU Main Library | Japanese Information Center | DS 821 A85 2023 JAPAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39795 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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