Tropics of savagery : the culture of Japanese empire in comparative frame /

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This is an incisive and provocative study of the figures and tropes of 'savagery' in Japanese colonial culture. The author demonstrates how imperial Japan constructed its own identity in relation both to the West and to the people it colonized.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tierney, Robert Thomas, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Series:Asia Pacific modern ; 5.
Subjects:
Imperialism > History.
Indigenous peoples > History.
Indigenous peoples > Public opinion.
Public opinion > Japan.
Popular culture > Japan > History.
Japanese literature > History and criticism.
Colonies in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Indigenous peoples in literature.
Impérialisme > Histoire.
Opinion publique > Japon.
Littérature japonaise > Histoire et critique.
Colonies dans la littérature.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Imperialism.
Indigenous peoples.
Japanese literature.
Popular culture.
Public opinion.
Japan > Colonies > History.
Japan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From taming savages to going native: self and other on the Taiwan Aboriginal frontier
  • Ethnography and literature: Sato Haruo's colonial journey to Taiwan
  • The adventures of Momotaro in the South Seas: folklore, colonial policy, parody
  • The colonial eyeglasses of Nakajima Atsushi
  • Cannibalism in postwar literature.

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