Title Osaka modern : the city in the Japanese imaginary / Michael P. Cronin

Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, [2017] Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Distributed by Harvard University Press ©2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Harvard East Asian monographs ; 403 Harvard East Asian monographs ; 403. Contents Introduction: Osaka as an idea -- Mastering the local: narration in Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's Manji -- A local practice of play: Oda Sakunosuke's Meoto zenzai -- City, empire, and flow: Osaka and the Philippines in Oda's Waga machi -- Diseased dream: nostalgia and futurity in Tanizaki's Sasameyuki -- The afterlife of the local voice: Yamasaki Toyoko and film adaptation -- Conclusion: National drag Summary "Examines the relationship between local and national orders of space, language, daily practice, etc. in literature, cinema, and other popular culture of the city of Osaka produced during the transwar era, from the 1920s through the 1950s"-- Provided by publisher Subject Popular culture -- Japan -- Osaka -- History -- 20th century Public opinion -- Japan -- Osaka -- History -- 20th century Civilization Popular culture Public opinion SUBJECT Osaka (Japan) -- Civilization -- 20th century Subject Japan -- Osaka Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781684175789 168417578X

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