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Language, Nation, Race : Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) /

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Language, Nation, Race explores the various language reforms at the onset of Japanese modernity, a time when ";national language"; (kokugo) was produced in order to standardize the Japanese language. Fa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ueda, Atsuko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2022]
Edición:1 ed.
Colección:New Interventions in Japanese Studies ; 1
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. "Pre-Nation"
  • 1. Competing "Languages"
  • 2. Sound, Scripts, and Styles
  • 3. Zoku as Aesthetic Criterion
  • Part II. Race and Language Reform
  • Introduction
  • 4. Racializing the National Language
  • 5. Tropes of Racialization in the Works of Natsume Sōseki
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index