In this Book
- Glorify the Empire: Japanese Avant-Garde Propaganda in Manchukuo
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of British Columbia Press
summary
In the 1930s and '40s, Japanese rulers in Manchukuo enlisted writers and artists to promote imperial Japan's modernization program. Ironically, the cultural producers chosen to spread the imperialist message were previously left-wing politically. In Glorify the Empire, Annika A. Culver explores how these once anti-imperialist intellectuals produced avant-garde works celebrating the modernity of a fascist state and reflecting a complicated picture of complicity with, and ambivalence toward, Japan's utopian project. A groundbreaking work, this book magnifies the intersection between politics and art in a rarely examined period of Japanese history.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9780774824385
MARC Record
OCLC
813523114
Pages
284
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No