LEADER 03632nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910455415603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35596-1 010 $a9786612355967 010 $a0-520-92462-2 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520924628 035 $a(CKB)1000000000799444 035 $a(EBL)470983 035 $a(OCoLC)609850130 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000295498 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225135 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295498 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10316093 035 $a(PQKB)10095228 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055976 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470983 035 $a(DE-B1597)520940 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520924628 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL470983 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10504610 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235596 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000799444 100 $a20060818d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aErotic grotesque nonsense$b[electronic resource] $ethe mass culture of Japanese modern times /$fMiriam Silverberg 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (423 p.) 225 1 $aAsia Pacific modern ;$v1 300 $a"A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--Jacket. 311 $a0-520-26008-2 311 $a0-520-22273-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 327-343) and index. 327 $aJapanese modern times -- Japanese modern within modernity -- Japanese modern sites -- The modern girl as militant (movement on the streets) -- The cafe? waitress sang the blues -- Friends of the movies (from Ero to empire) -- The household becomes modern life -- Asakusa--honky-tonk tempo -- Asakusa eroticism -- Down-and-out grotesquerie -- Modern nonsense. 330 $aThis history of Japanese mass culture during the decades preceding Pearl Harbor argues that the new gestures, relationship, and humor of ero-guro-nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense) expressed a self-consciously modern ethos that challenged state ideology and expansionism. Miriam Silverberg uses sources such as movie magazines, ethnographies of the homeless, and the most famous photographs from this era to capture the spirit, textures, and language of a time when the media reached all classes, connecting the rural social order to urban mores. Employing the concept of montage as a metaphor that informed the organization of Japanese mass culture during the 1920's and 1930's, Silverberg challenges the erasure of Japanese colonialism and its legacies. She evokes vivid images from daily life during the 1920's and 1930's, including details about food, housing, fashion, modes of popular entertainment, and attitudes toward sexuality. Her innovative study demonstrates how new public spaces, new relationships within the family, and an ironic sensibility expressed the attitude of Japanese consumers who identified with the modern as providing a cosmopolitan break from tradition at the same time that they mobilized for war. 410 0$aAsia Pacific modern ;$v1. 606 $aPopular culture$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aJapan$xCivilization$y1912-1926 607 $aJapan$xCivilization$y1926-1945 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 676 $a306.0952/09041 700 $aSilverberg$b Miriam Rom$f1951-2008.$01034928 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455415603321 996 $aErotic grotesque nonsense$92454341 997 $aUNINA