This is an innovative, scholarly and original study of the ethics of modern Japanese aesthetics from the 1930s, through the Second World War and into the post-war period. Nina Cornyetz embarks on new and unprecedented readings of some of the most significant literary and film texts of the Japanese canon, for instance works by Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Abe K b and Shinoda Masahiro, all renowned for their texts' aesthetic and philosophic brilliance.
Cornyetz uniquely opens up the field in a fresh and controversial way by showing how these authors and filmmakers' concepts of beauty and relation to others were, in fact, deeply impacted by political and social factors. Probing questions are asked such as:
This ground-breaking work is truly interdisciplinary and will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese literature, film, gender, culture, history and even psychoanalytic theory.
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This is an innovative, scholarly and original study of the ethics of modern Japanese aesthetics from the 1930s, through the Second World War and into the post-war period. Nina Cornyetz embarks on new and unprecedented readings of some of the most significant literary and film texts of the Japanese canon, for instance works by Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Abe K b and Shinoda Masahiro, all renowned for their texts' aesthetic and philosophic brilliance.
Cornyetz uniquely opens up the field in a fresh and controversial way by showing how these authors and filmmakers' concepts of beauty and relation to others were, in fact, deeply impacted by political and social factors. Probing questions are asked such as:
This ground-breaking work is truly interdisciplinary and will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese literature, film, gender, culture, history and even psychoanalytic theory.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Routledge Contemporary Japan Series |
Release date | May 2008 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2008 |
Authors | Nina Cornyetz |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 226 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-47460-3 |
Barcode | 9780415474603 |
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LSN | 0-415-47460-4 |