Modern Japanese culture : the insider view /
Morton, Leith,
Modern Japanese culture : the insider view / Leith Morton. - v, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-276) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Interpreting Culture in Modern Japan -- Yanagita Kunio and the Origins of Culture -- Yoshimoto Takaaki and Contemporary Culture -- The Literature of Contemporary Japan -- Mass Culture: TV, Cinema, and Manga -- Epilogue -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"This is the first detailed, comprehensive and critical overview of modern Japanese culture to be published in English. It provides readers with important insights into various dimensions of modern Japanese culture, focusing specifically upon a number of contemporary Japanese thinkers."--Publisher description.
0195540891 9780195540895
2003271088
Popular culture--Japan
Japan--Civilization--1945-
DS822.5 / .M686 2003
305.0952
Modern Japanese culture : the insider view / Leith Morton. - v, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-276) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Interpreting Culture in Modern Japan -- Yanagita Kunio and the Origins of Culture -- Yoshimoto Takaaki and Contemporary Culture -- The Literature of Contemporary Japan -- Mass Culture: TV, Cinema, and Manga -- Epilogue -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"This is the first detailed, comprehensive and critical overview of modern Japanese culture to be published in English. It provides readers with important insights into various dimensions of modern Japanese culture, focusing specifically upon a number of contemporary Japanese thinkers."--Publisher description.
0195540891 9780195540895
2003271088
Popular culture--Japan
Japan--Civilization--1945-
DS822.5 / .M686 2003
305.0952