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Japan and the cosmopolitan gothic : specters of modernity / by Michael J. Blouin.

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"In American discourse, Japan is routinely imagined as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these cultures are exchanged, adapted, and consumed. By analyzing this phenomenon, in texts ranging from those of Lafcadio Hearn to the films of Shimizu Takashi, we can better comprehend the relation...

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Main Author: Blouin, Michael J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
American literature > Japanese influences.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Art, American > Japanese influences.
Japan > In literature.
Japan > In motion pictures.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Specters of a Wandering Mind
  • 1. Ghosts and Spirits in Early Japanology
  • 2. Ghostly Maidens in Sidney McCall's Fiction
  • 3. Japonisme and the Female Gothic
  • 4. Nuclear Criticism and a Deferred Reading of the Toho Terror
  • 5. Japan Inc., and the American Nightmare
  • 6. Atemporality and Communal Ethics in the Films of Shimizu Takashi
  • 7. Difference and Doubt in Christopher Nolan's Inception
  • Conclusion: Haunted Echo Chambers.

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