Modernism and Japanese Culture

An in-depth andcomprehensive account of the complex history of Japanese modernism from the mid-19th century "opening to the West" until the 21st century globalized world of "postmodernism." Its concept of modernism encompasses not just the aesthetic avant-garde but a wide spectrum of social, political and cultural phenomena.

Author: R. Starrs
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/12/2011
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780230229570

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2012

About the Author
ROY STARRS teaches Japanese and Asian Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has published widely on Japanese literature, art and culture, including books on Yukio Mishima, Yasunari Kawabata and Naoya Shiga. He has also edited three books on Japanese and Asian nationalism and globalization. His edited book, Politics and Religion in Modern Japan: Red Sun, White Lotus, is forthcoming from Palgrave in 2011.