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Author |
: Michael P. Cronin |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2020-05-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781684175789 |
ISBN-13 |
: 168417578X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Osaka Modern by : Michael P. Cronin
"Images of the city in literature and film help constitute the experience of modern life. Studies of the Japanese city have focused on Tokyo, but a fuller understanding of urban space and life requires analysis of other cities, beginning with Osaka. Japan’s “merchant capital” in the late sixteenth century, Osaka remained an industrial center—the “Manchester of the East”—into the 1930s, developing a distinct urban culture to rival Tokyo’s. It therefore represents a critical site of East Asian modernity. Osaka Modern maps the city as imagined in Japanese popular culture from the 1920s to the 1950s, a city that betrayed the workings of imperialism and asserted an urban identity alternative to—even subversive of—national identity. Osaka Modern brings an appreciation of this imagined city’s emphatic locality to: popular novels by Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, favorite son Oda Sakunosuke, and best-seller Yamasaki Toyoko; films by Toyoda Shirō and Kawashima Yūzō; and contemporary radio, television, music, and comedy. Its interdisciplinary approach creates intersections between Osaka and various theoretical concerns—everyday life, coloniality, masculinity, translation—to produce not only a fresh appreciation of key works of literature and cinema, but also a new focus for these widely-used critical approaches."
Author |
: James L. McClain |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 350 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0801436303 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780801436307 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Osaka, the Merchant's Capital of Early Modern Japan by : James L. McClain
One of the first books to focus on a city other than Edo during the Tokugawa era, this work extends our understanding of Japanese urban life during that period. Portraying Osaka as a regional center of government with vibrant economic life and high and low culture, the book reveals much about the city's distinctiveness and development.
Author |
: James Steele |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 303 |
Release |
: 2017-03-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317377290 |
ISBN-13 |
: 131737729X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contemporary Japanese Architecture by : James Steele
Contemporary Japanese Architecture presents a clear and comprehensive overview of the historical and cultural framework that informs the work of all Japanese architects, as an introduction to an in-depth investigation of the challenges now occupying the contemporary designers who will be the leaders of the next generation. It separates out the young generation of Japanese architects from the crowded, distinguished, multi-generational field they seek to join, and investigates the topics that absorb them, and the critical issues they face within the new economic reality of Japan and a shifting global order. Salient points in the text are illustrated by beautiful, descriptive images provided by the architects and from the extensive collection of the author. By combining illustrations with timelines and graphics to explain complex ideas, the book is accessible to any student seeking to understand contemporary Japanese architecture.
Author |
: Philip Jodidio |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 448 |
Release |
: 2021 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3836575116 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783836575119 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contemporary Japanese Architecture by : Philip Jodidio
Since Osaka World Expo '70 brought contemporary forms center stage, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. Presenting the latest in Japanese building, this book reveals how the likes of Tadao Ando, SANAA, Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, and Junya Ishigami are relinking past, present, and future--building greener and smarter than ever before.
Author |
: Michiko Yusa |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 417 |
Release |
: 2017-09-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781474232692 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1474232698 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Philosophy by : Michiko Yusa
The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Philosophy examines the current vibrant trends in Japanese philosophical thinking. Situating Japanese philosophy within the larger context of global intercultural philosophical discourse and pointing to new topics of research, this Handbook covers philosophy of science, philosophy of peace, philosophy of social justice and healing. Introducing not only new readings of well-known Japanese philosophers, but also work by contemporary Japanese philosophers who are relatively unknown outside Japan, it makes a unique contribution by offering an account of Japanese philosophy from within and going beyond an objective description of it in its various facets. Also featured is the work of a younger generation of scholars and thinkers, who bring in fresh perspectives that will push the field into the future. These critical essays, by leading philosophers and rising scholars, to the past and the present of Japanese philosophy demonstrate ways of doing engaged philosophy in the present globalized age. With suggestions for further reading, a glossary, a timeline and annotated bibliography, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Philosophy is an ideal research guide to understanding the origin, transformation, and reception of Japanese philosophy in the 21st century.
Author |
: Alison Tokita |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2016-12-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317091639 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317091639 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Music, Modernity and Locality in Prewar Japan: Osaka and Beyond by : Alison Tokita
This anthology addresses the modern musical culture of interwar Osaka and its surrounding Hanshin region. Modernity as experienced in this locale, with its particular historical, geographic and demographic character, and its established traditions of music and performance, gave rise to configurations of the new, the traditional and the hybrid that were distinct from their Tokyo counterparts. The Taisho and early Showa periods, from 1912 to the early 1940s, saw profound changes in Japanese musical life. Consumption of both traditional Japanese and Western music was transformed as public concert performances, music journalism, and music marketing permeated daily life. The new bourgeoisie saw Western music, particularly the piano and its repertoire, as the symbol of a desirable and increasingly affordable modernity. Orchestras and opera troupes were established, which in turn created a need for professional conductors, and both jazz and a range of hybrid popular music styles became viable bases for musical livelihood. Recording technology proliferated; by the early 1930s, record players and SP discs were no longer luxury commodities, radio broadcasts reached all levels of society, and ’talkies’ with music soundtracks were avidly consumed. With the perceived need for music that suited 'modern life', the seeds for the pre-eminent position of Euro-American music in post-Second-World war Japan were sown. At the same time many indigenous musical genres continued to thrive, but were hardly immune to the effects of modernization; in exploring new musical media and techniques drawn from Western music, performer-composers initiated profound changes in composition and performance practice within traditional genres. This volume is the first to draw together research on the interwar musical culture of the Osaka region and addresses comprehensively both Western and non-Western musical practices and genres, questions the common perception of their being wholly separate domains
Author |
: Yoshio Sugimoto |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 672 |
Release |
: 2009-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107495463 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107495466 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture by : Yoshio Sugimoto
This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture traces the cultural transformation that took place over the course of the twentieth century, and paints a picture of a nation rich in cultural diversity. With contributions from some of the most prominent scholars in the field, The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture is an authoritative introduction to this subject.
Author |
: Norman Tolman |
Publisher |
: Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 489 |
Release |
: 2012-10-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781462903740 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1462903746 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Collecting Modern Japanese Prints by : Norman Tolman
Collecting Modern Japanese Prints is an authoritative guide to the contemporary Japanese art form of printmaking Authors, Mary and Norman Tolman have been involved with modern Japanese prints on every level for the past thirty years. They number among their close friends a great many contemporary Japanese printmakers. This Japanese print book contains several bodies of information. An introductory essay puts Japanese prints into historical perspective and gives a brief outline of techniques. All of the prints are in full color, in as large a format as possible, so that the art lover can savor the details of each work.
Author |
: Wm. Theodore de Bary |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 1449 |
Release |
: 2005-06-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231129848 |
ISBN-13 |
: 023112984X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sources of Japanese Tradition by : Wm. Theodore de Bary
In both the literal and metaphorical senses, it seemed as if 1970s America was running out of gas. The decade not only witnessed long lines at gas stations but a citizenry that had grown weary and disillusioned. High unemployment, runaway inflation, and the energy crisis, caused in part by U.S. dependence on Arab oil, characterized an increasingly bleak economic situation. As Edward D. Berkowitz demonstrates, the end of the postwar economic boom, Watergate, and defeat in Vietnam led to an unraveling of the national consensus. During the decade, ideas about the United States, how it should be governed, and how its economy should be managed changed dramatically. Berkowitz argues that the postwar faith in sweeping social programs and a global U.S. mission was replaced by a more skeptical attitude about government's ability to positively affect society. From Woody Allen to Watergate, from the decline of the steel industry to the rise of Bill Gates, and from Saturday Night Fever to the Sunday morning fervor of evangelical preachers, Berkowitz captures the history, tone, and spirit of the seventies. He explores the decade's major political events and movements, including the rise and fall of détente, congressional reform, changes in healthcare policies, and the hostage crisis in Iran. The seventies also gave birth to several social movements and the "rights revolution," in which women, gays and lesbians, and people with disabilities all successfully fought for greater legal and social recognition. At the same time, reaction to these social movements as well as the issue of abortion introduced a new facet into American political life-the rise of powerful, politically conservative religious organizations and activists. Berkowitz also considers important shifts in American popular culture, recounting the creative renaissance in American film as well as the birth of the Hollywood blockbuster. He discusses how television programs such as All in the Family and Charlie's Angels offered Americans both a reflection of and an escape from the problems gripping the country.
Author |
: William M. Tsutsui |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 633 |
Release |
: 2009-07-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781405193399 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1405193395 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Companion to Japanese History by : William M. Tsutsui
A Companion to Japanese History provides an authoritative overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japan’s history. Composed of 30 chapters written by an international group of scholars Combines traditional perspectives with the most recent scholarly concerns Supplements a chronological survey with targeted thematic analyses Presents stimulating interventions into individual controversies