Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque: The Living, Dead, and Undead in Japan's Imperialism, 1895-1945

by Mark Driscoll

In this major reassessment of Japanese imperialism in Asia, Mark Driscoll foregrounds the role of human life and labor. Drawing on subaltern postcolonial studies and Marxism, he directs critical attention to the peripheries, where figures including Chinese coolies, Japanese pimps, trafficked Japanese women, and Korean tenant farmers supplied the vital energy that drove Japan's empire. He identifies three phases of Japan's capitalist expansion, each...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082234761X
• ISBN13: 9780822347613
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"