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
Main Author: Tierney, Robert Thomas, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public opinion.
Popular culture.
Japanese literature.
Indigenous peoples > Public opinion.
Indigenous peoples in literature.
Indigenous peoples.
Imperialism in literature.
Imperialism.
Colonies in literature.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Imperialisme dans la litterature.
Colonies dans la litterature.
Litterature japonaise > Histoire et critique.
Opinion publique > Japon.
Imperialisme > Histoire.
Japanese literature > History and criticism.
Popular culture > Japan > History.
Public opinion > Japan.
Indigenous peoples > History.
Imperialism > History.
Japan.
Japan > Colonies > History.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780520947665

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