Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic
Specters of Modernity
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | M. Blouin | ISBN: | 9781137305220 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | April 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | M. Blouin |
| ISBN: | 9781137305220 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | April 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Japan is imagined routinely in American discourse as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these two cultures have been exchanged, consumed, and adapted. Here, Blouin examines a prevalent tendency within the United States-Japan cultural relationship to project anxiety outward only to find shadowy outlines of the self abroad.
Japan is imagined routinely in American discourse as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these two cultures have been exchanged, consumed, and adapted. Here, Blouin examines a prevalent tendency within the United States-Japan cultural relationship to project anxiety outward only to find shadowy outlines of the self abroad.
