Title Tropics of savagery : the culture of Japanese empire in comparative frame / Robert Thomas Tierney

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 307 pages) Series Asia Pacific modern ; 5 Asia Pacific modern ; 5. Contents From taming savages to going native: self and other on the Taiwan Aboriginal frontier -- Ethnography and literature: Sato Haruo's colonial journey to Taiwan -- The adventures of Momotaro in the South Seas: folklore, colonial policy, parody -- The colonial eyeglasses of Nakajima Atsushi -- Cannibalism in postwar literature 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-286) and index Notes Print version record Subject Imperialism -- History Indigenous peoples -- History Indigenous peoples -- Public opinion Public opinion -- Japan Popular culture -- Japan -- History Japanese literature -- History and criticism Colonies in literature. Imperialism in literature. Indigenous peoples in literature. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism. HISTORY -- Asia -- General. Colonies in literature Imperialism Imperialism in literature Indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples in literature Indigenous peoples -- Public opinion Japanese literature Popular culture Public opinion SUBJECT Japan -- Colonies -- History Subject Japan Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520947665 0520947665 1283277344 9781283277341

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