E-Book, Englisch, 299 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Hutchinson Nagai Kafu's Occidentalism
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4384-3908-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
Defining the Japanese Self
E-Book, Englisch, 299 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-1-4384-3908-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
Describes how writer Nagai Kafu (1879–1959) used his experience of the West to reconcile modernization and Japanese identity.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Constructing the “West”: Binarism and Complexity in Kafu’s America
2. Imagining Authenticity: Literature and Civilization in Kafu’s France
3. Positioning the Observer: Kafu’s ‘Orient’ and Orientalism
4. Occidentalism: Contrast and Critique in the Returnee Stories
5. Resistance: Defining and Preserving the Japanese Self
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index




