Murder most modern : detective fiction and Japanese culture /

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The quintessential international genre, detective fiction often works under the guise of popular entertainment to expose its extensive readership to complex moral questions and timely ethical dilemmas. The first book-length study of interear Japanese detective fiction, Murder Most Modern considers t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kawana, Sari
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Temas:
1900-1999
Detective and mystery stories, Japanese > History and criticism.
Japanese fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Culture in literature.
Roman japonais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Culture dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
Culture in literature
Detective and mystery stories, Japanese
Japanese fiction
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Detective Fiction, Diphtheria, and Modernity
  • Tailing the Tail: How to Turn Paranoia into a Hobby
  • Eyeing the Privates: Sexuality as Motive
  • Mad Scientists and Their Prey: Bioethics and Murder
  • Drafted Detectives and Total War: Three Editors of Shupio
  • The Disfigured National Body: Unmasking Modernity in Postwar Mysteries
  • Epilogue: Beyond the Whodunit.

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