A Cultural History Of Late Meiji Japan
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A Cultural History Of Late Meiji Japan
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Author : Alistair Swale
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-11-30
A Cultural History Of Late Meiji Japan written by Alistair Swale and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-30 with History categories.
Scholarship on Japan’s development from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century has, perhaps quite understandably, been dominated by attention given to Japan’s emergence as a world power through a succession of military conflicts, and the burgeoning of a modern literary canon. 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’. It integrates coverage of popular culture across diverse media and platforms, accentuating the emergence of new modern forms that evolved from the inter-relation between textual, visual and performative traditions such as kōdan and gidayū. The commentary is seasoned with reference to contemporary narratives, aiming to capture more ‘on the street’ perceptions of momentous events such as war and natural disasters, as well as the more arcane or curious media sensations of the moment. These included exposés of scandalous conduct in high places, new fads in popular entertainments and riveting stories of human interest whether it be crime or tragedies of modern urban living.
A Cultural History Of Late Meiji Japan
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Author : Alistair Swale
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2024-01-08
A Cultural History Of Late Meiji Japan written by Alistair Swale and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-08 with History categories.
Scholarship on Japan’s development from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century has, perhaps quite understandably, been dominated by attention given to Japan’s emergence as a world power through a succession of military conflicts, and the burgeoning of a modern literary canon. 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’. It integrates coverage of popular culture across diverse media and platforms, accentuating the emergence of new modern forms that evolved from the inter-relation between textual, visual and performative traditions such as kōdan and gidayū. The commentary is seasoned with reference to contemporary narratives, aiming to capture more ‘on the street’ perceptions of momentous events such as war and natural disasters, as well as the more arcane or curious media sensations of the moment. These included exposés of scandalous conduct in high places, new fads in popular entertainments and riveting stories of human interest whether it be crime or tragedies of modern urban living.
Late Qing China And Meiji Japan
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Author : Joshua A. Fogel
language : en
Publisher: Eastbridge Books
Release Date : 2004-02
Late Qing China And Meiji Japan written by Joshua A. Fogel and has been published by Eastbridge Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02 with categories.
This book looks at the confluence between Chinese and Japanese history. Focusing on the cultural and political spheres, this volume places those relationships at center stage and presents a distinct new field of Sino-Japanese interactions that, while related to Chinese and Japanese history, has an integrity of its own.
Late Qing China And Meiji Japan
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Author : Joshua A. Fogel
language : en
Publisher: Eastbridge
Release Date : 2004
Late Qing China And Meiji Japan written by Joshua A. Fogel and has been published by Eastbridge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with China categories.
The Book In Japan
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Author : Peter Kornicki
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2000-12-01
The Book In Japan written by Peter Kornicki and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12-01 with History categories.
New in paperback. Of related interest: A History of Writing in Japan, by Christopher Seeley
Modern Japan
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Author : Elise K. Tipton
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2002
Modern Japan written by Elise K. Tipton and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Ranging from the Tokugwa period to the present day, this text provides a concise and fascinating introduction to the social, cultural and political history of modern Japan. Tipton covers political and economic developments and shows how they relate to social themes and developments. Her survey covers traditional political history as well as areas growing in interest: gender issues, labor conditions and ethnic minorities.
Late Qing China And Meiji Japan
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Author : Joshua A. Fogel
language : en
Publisher: Signature Books
Release Date : 2004
Late Qing China And Meiji Japan written by Joshua A. Fogel and has been published by Signature Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with China categories.
Japanese Fashion
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Author : Toby Slade
language : en
Publisher: Berg
Release Date : 2009-12-15
Japanese Fashion written by Toby Slade and has been published by Berg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-15 with Design categories.
This book examines the entire sweep of Japanese clothing history, from the sophisticated fashion systems of late-Edo period kimonos to the present day, providing possible theories of how Japan made this fashion journey and linking current theories of fashion to the Japanese example. The book is unique in that it provides the first full history of the last two hundred years of Japanese clothing. It is also the first book to include Asian fashion as part of global fashion as well as fashion theory. It adds a hitherto absent continuity to the understanding of historical and current fashion in Japan, and is pioneering in offering possible theories to account for that entire history. By providing an analysis of how that entire history changes our understanding of the way fashion works this book will be an essential text for all students of fashion and design.
The Culture Of The Meiji Period
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Author : Daikichi Irokawa
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-31
The Culture Of The Meiji Period written by Daikichi Irokawa and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with History categories.
The description for this book, The Culture of the Meiji Period, will be forthcoming.
Gender And Nation In Meiji Japan
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Author : Jason G. Karlin
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2014-04-30
Gender And Nation In Meiji Japan written by Jason G. Karlin and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-30 with History categories.
Gender and Nation in Meiji Japan is a historical analysis of the discourses of nostalgia in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Japan. Through an analysis of the experience of rapid social change in Japan’s modernization, it argues that fads (ryūkō) and the desires they express are central to understanding Japanese modernity, conceptions of gender, and discourses of nationalism. In doing so, the author uncovers the myth of eternal return that lurks below the surface of Japanese history as an expression of the desire to find meaning amid the chaos and alienation of modern times. The Meiji period (1868–1912) was one of rapid change that hastened the process of forgetting: The state’s aggressive program of modernization required the repression of history and memory. However, repression merely produced new forms of desire seeking a return to the past, with the result that competing or alternative conceptions of the nation haunted the history of modern Japan. Rooted in the belief that the nation was a natural and organic entity that predated the rational, modern state, such conceptions often were responses to modernity that envisioned the nation in opposition to the modern state. What these visions of the nation shared was the ironic desire to overcome the modern condition by seeking the timeless past. While the condition of their repression was often linked to the modernizing policies of the Meiji state, the means for imagining the nation in opposition to the state required the construction of new symbols that claimed the authority of history and appealed to a rearticulated tradition. Through the idiom of gender and nation, new reified representations of continuity, timelessness, and history were fashioned to compensate for the unmooring of inherited practices from the shared locales of everyday life. This book examines the intellectual, social, and cultural factors that contributed to the rapid spread of Western tastes and styles, along with the backlash against Westernization that was expressed as a longing for the past. By focusing on the expressions of these desires in popular culture and media texts, it reveals how the conflation of mother, countryside, everyday life, and history structured representations to naturalize ideologies of gender and nationalism.