Glorify the empire [[electronic resource] ] : Japanese avant-garde propaganda in Manchukuo / / Annika A. Culver

• Autore: Culver Annika A
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.54887
• Soggetto topico: Propaganda, Japanese - China - Manchuria - History - 20th century; Arts - Political aspects - China - Manchuria - History - 20th century; Avant-garde (Aesthetics) - Political aspects - China - Manchuria - History - 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 - China - Manchuria - Propaganda; World War, 1939-1945 - China - Manchuria; Artists - Japan - History - 20th century; Propaganda in art
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Laying the Groundwork for the Japanese Avant-Garde Propagandists""; ""1 Laying the Groundwork for the Japanese Avant-Garde Propagandists""; ""2 Literature in Service of the State""; ""2 Literature in Service of the State""; ""3 Surrealism in Service of the State""; ""3 Surrealism in Service of the State""; ""4 The Lure of Artistic Vision and Commercial Prerogative""; ""4 The Lure of Artistic Vision and Commercial Prerogative"" ; ""5 Reflections of Labour and the Construction of the New State""""5 Reflections of Labour and the Construction of the New State""; ""6 The Manchukuo Publicity and News Bureauâ€?s War of Words and Images""; ""6 The Manchukuo Publicity and News Bureau?s War of Words and Images""; ""7 The Legitimization of a Multi-Ethnic Literary Culture in Manchukuo""; ""7 The Legitimization of a Multi-Ethnic Literary Culture in Manchukuo""; ""Conclusion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: "In the 1930s and '40s, Japanese political architects of the Manchukuo project in occupied northeast China realized the importance of using various cultural media to promote a modernization program in the region, as well as its expansion into other parts of Asia. Ironically, the writers and artists chosen to spread this imperialist message had left-wing political roots in Japan, where their work strongly favoured modernist, even avant-garde, styles of expression. In Glorify the Empire, Annika Culver explores how these once anti-imperialist intellectuals produced modernist works celebrating the modernity of a fascist state and reflecting a complicated picture of complicity with, and ambivalence towards, Japan's utopian project. During the war, literary and artistic representations of Manchuria accelerated, and the Japanese-led culture in Manchukuo served as a template for occupied areas in Southeast Asia. A groundbreaking work, Glorify the Empire magnifies the intersection between politics and art in a rarely examined period in Japanese history."--Publisher's website.
• Titolo autorizzato: Glorify the empire
• ISBN: 0-7748-2438-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779668903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II