The Cultural Evolution of Postwar Japan

The Intellectual Contributions of Kaizo's Yamamoto Sanehiko
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-36621-4
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4385 g

Yamamoto Sanehiko's (1885-1952) achievements as a publisher, writer, and politician in the interwar period served as both a catalyst and a template for developments after the wars. While exploring the accomplishments the compelling figure, this study sheds new light on the social, cultural, and political changes that occurred in postwar Japan.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keaveney, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Written in Ash: The Education of a Reconstructionist 2. The Comprehensive Magazine Kaiz?: Giving Voice to the Opposition and Challenging the Status Quo in Interwar Japan 3. Shouldering Giants: The Presentation of Western Intellectual and Cultural Elite to Interwar Japan 4. Power to the People: Kaiz?sha's Enpon Gamble and the Making of a Publishing Revolution 5. Literary Interventions: Yamamoto Sanehiko's Role in Sino-Japanese Literary Exchange 6. Embracing the Danse Macabre: The Politics and Political Career of Yamamoto Sanehiko 7. Last Man Standing: Courting Revival in Postwar Japan Epilogue. Yamamoto Sanehiko's Interwar Legacy in Postwar Japan Appendix: Glossary of Selected Terms from East Asian Languages

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher T. Keaveney is a Professor of Japanese and Asian Studies and co-chair of the Department of Modern Languages at Linfield College, USA.