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 Japans detective fiction, Murder Most Modern considers the importan...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kawana, Sari
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Japanese fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, Japanese.
Culture in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
Culture dans la litterature.
Roman japonais > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Japanese fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, Japanese > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 Japans detective fiction, Murder Most Modern considers the important role of detective fiction in defining the countrys emergence as a modern nation-state. Kawana explores the interactions between the popular genre and broader discourses of modernity, nation, and ethics that circulated at this pivotal moment in Japanese history. The author contrasts Japanese works.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780816656592

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