Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism (Studies of the Weatherhead

Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute)

In this wide-ranging study of Japanese cultural expression, Alan Tansman reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibilityâ€”present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writingsâ€”helped create an "aesthetic of fascism" in the years leading up to World War II. Evoking beautiful moments of violence, both real and imagined, these works did not lead to fascism in any instrumental sense. Yet, Tansman suggests, they expressed and inspired spiritual longings quenchable only through acts in the real world. Tansman traces this lineage of aesthetic fascism from its beginnings in the 1920s through its flowering in the 1930s to its afterlife in postwar Japan.
Country USA
Brand University of California Press
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2009-08-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520245051

Country	USA
Brand	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2009-08-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520245051

Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute)