LEADER 03166nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910808300803321 005 20240417033025.0 010 $a1-4384-3908-3 010 $a1-4619-0749-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000205755 035 $a(OCoLC)795174586 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10574162 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606538 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11359763 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606538 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10581686 035 $a(PQKB)11774278 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407300 035 $a(OCoLC)794925094 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14206 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407300 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10574162 035 $a(DE-B1597)683589 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438439082 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000205755 100 $a20110128d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNagai Kafu?'s occidentalism$b[electronic resource] $edefining the Japanese self /$fRachael Hutchinson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany, [New York] $cSUNY Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4384-3907-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tConstructing the ?West? -- $tImagining Authenticity -- $tPositioning the Observer -- $tOccidentalism -- $tResistance -- $tConclusions -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aNagai Kaf? (1879?1959) spent more time abroad than any other writer of his generation, firing the Japanese imagination with his visions of America and France. Applying the theoretical framework of Occidentalism to Japanese literature, Rachael Hutchinson explores Kaf?'s construction of the Western Other, an integral part of his critique of Meiji civilization. Through contrast with the Western Other, Kaf? was able to solve the dilemma that so plagued Japanese intellectuals?how to modernize and yet retain an authentic Japanese identity in the modern world. Kaf?'s flexible positioning of imagined spaces like the "West" and the "Orient" ultimately led him to a definition of the Japanese Self. Hutchinson analyzes the wide range of Kaf?'s work, particularly those novels and stories reflecting Kaf?'s time in the West and the return to Japan, most unknown to Western readers and a number unavailable in English, along with his better-known depictions of Edo's demimonde. Kaf?'s place in Japan's intellectual history and his influence on other writers are also discussed. 606 $aCivilization, Western, in literature 606 $aEast and West in literature 607 $aJapan$xIn literature 615 0$aCivilization, Western, in literature. 615 0$aEast and West in literature. 676 $a895.6/344 700 $aHutchinson$b Rachael$01609108 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808300803321 996 $aNagai Kafu?'s occidentalism$93936186 997 $aUNINA