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Item Details
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JAPAN AND THE COSMOPOLITAN GOTHIC
SPECTERS OF MODERNITY |
| By: |
Michael J. Blouin |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£55.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1137305223 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781137305220 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
16 April, 2013 |
| Description: |
Japan is imagined routinely in American discourse as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these two cultures have been exchanged, consumed, and adapted. Here, Blouin examines a prevalent tendency within the United States-Japan cultural relationship to project anxiety outward only to find shadowy outlines of the self abroad. |
| Synopsis: |
In American discourse, Japan is routinely imagined as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these cultures are exchanged, adapted, and consumed. By analyzing this phenomenon, in texts ranging from those of Lafcadio Hearn to the films of Shimizu Takashi, Blouin explores the relationship between the two countries as well as the layers of complexity that accompany constructions of foreignness. Specifically, in response to the rise of a "Global Gothic," Blouin interprets these unsettling works to be evidence of a "cosmopolitan Gothic," one that refuses satisfactory enclosure and advocates a turn inward to re-invigorate dialogues upon the world stage. |
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10 black & white halftones |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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