The Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism

by Alan Tansman

Book Overview

In this wide-ranging study of Japanese cultural expression, Alan Tansman reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibility--present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writings--helped create an "aesthetic of fascism" in the years leading up to World War II. Evoking beautiful moments of violence, both real and imagined, these works did not lead to fascism in any instrumental sense. Yet, Tansman suggests, they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520245059
• ISBN13: 9780520245051
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"