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020			_a9781474258531 (hardback)
020			_a9781474258548 (paperback)
020			_z9781474258562 (PDF)
020			_z9781474258555 (ePub)
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100	1		_aAtkins, E. Taylor _q(Everett Taylor), _d1967- _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA History of Popular Culture in Japan : _bFrom the Seventeenth Century to the Present / _cE. Taylor Atkins.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aLondon: _bBloomsbury Academic, _c2023
300			_axi, 276 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. 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.
520	2		_a"The first historical overview of popular culture in Japan from its origins in the 17th century to the present day, exploring themes of conflict, power, identity, and meaning in Japanese history"--Provided by publisher.
520	2		_a"The phenomenon of 'Cool Japan' is one of the distinctive features of global popular culture of the millennial age; people of all ages throughout the world consume and emulate cultural products made in Japan. A History of Popular Culture in Japan provides the first historical and analytical overview of popular culture in Japan from its origins in the 17th century to the present day, using it to explore broader themes of conflict, power, identity and meaning in Japanese history. E. Taylor Atkins shows how Japan is one of the earliest sites for the development of mass-produced, market-oriented cultural products consumed by urban middle and working classes. The best-known traditional arts and culture of Japan--Noh theater, monochrome ink painting, court literature, poetry and indigenous music--inhabited a world distinct from that of urban commoners, who fashioned their own expressive forms and laid the groundwork for today's 'gross national cool.' Popular culture was pivotal in the rise of Japanese nationalism, imperialism, militarism, postwar democracy, and economic development. Eschewing a chronological narrative to instead offer historiographical and analytical frameworks for understanding its subject, A History of Popular Culture in Japan synthesizes the latest scholarship from a variety of disciplines. It is a vital resource for students of Japanese cultural history wishing to gain a deeper understanding of Japan's contributions to global cultural heritage, and a nuanced view of how popular culture provides a space for Japanese to understand themselves and their place in the world"--Provided by publisher.
526			_aLIB _lRJP
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650		0	_aPopular culture _zJapan _xHistory.
650		0	_aPopular culture _xPolitical aspects _zJapan _xHistory.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Asia / Japan. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Modern / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Social History. _2bisacsh
651		0	_aJapan _xCivilization.
651		0	_aJapan _xIntellectual life.
651		0	_aJapan _xSocial life and customs.
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