Bachelor Japanists : Japanese aesthetics and Western masculinities /

Challenging clichés of Japanism as a feminine taste, 'Bachelor Japanists' argues that Japanese aesthetics were central to contests over the meanings of masculinity in the West. Christopher Reed draws attention to the queerness of Japanist communities of writers, collectors, curators, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reed, Christopher, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Series:Modernist latitudes.
Subjects:
Aesthetics, Japanese.
East and West.
Masculinity in art.
Masculinity in literature.
Queer theory.
Esthétique japonaise.
Masculinité dans l'art.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Théorie queer.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
Aesthetics, Japanese
East and West
Masculinity in art
Masculinity in literature
Queer theory
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Originating Japanism: Fin-de-siecle Paris
  • Bachelor Brahmins: turn-of-the-century Boston
  • Sublimation and eccentricity in the art of Mark Tobey: Seattle at midcentury
  • On the End of Japanism.

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