Glorify the empire : Japanese avant-garde propaganda in Manchukuo / Annika A. Culver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Culver, Annika A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Propaganda, Japanese--China--Manchuria--History--20th century.

Propaganda, Japanese.

Arts--Political aspects--China--Manchuria--History--20th century.

Arts.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Political aspects--China--Manchuria--History--20th century.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

World War, 1939-1945--China--Manchuria--Propaganda.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--China--Manchuria--Art and the war.

Artists--Japan--History--20th century.

Artists.

Propaganda in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In the 1930s and '40s, Japanese political architects of the Manchukuo project in occupied northeast China realized the importance of using various cultural media to promote a modernization program in the region, as well as its expansion into other parts of Asia. Ironically, the writers and artists chosen to spread this imperialist message had left-wing political roots in Japan, where their work strongly favoured modernist, even avant-garde, styles of expression. In Glorify the Empire, Annika Culver explores how these once anti-imperialist intellectuals produced modernist works celebrating the modernity of a fascist state and reflecting a complicated picture of complicity with, and ambivalence towards, Japan's utopian project. During the war, literary and artistic representations of Manchuria accelerated, and the Japanese-led culture in Manchukuo served as a template for occupied areas in Southeast Asia. A groundbreaking work, Glorify the Empire magnifies the intersection between politics and art in a rarely examined period in Japanese history."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Laying the Groundwork for the Japanese Avant-Garde Propagandists""; ""1 Laying the Groundwork for the Japanese Avant-Garde Propagandists""; ""2 Literature in Service of the State""; ""2 Literature in Service of the State""; ""3 Surrealism in Service of the State""; ""3 Surrealism in Service of the State""; ""4 The Lure of Artistic Vision and Commercial Prerogative""; ""4 The Lure of Artistic Vision and Commercial Prerogative""

""5 Reflections of Labour and the Construction of the New State""""5 Reflections of Labour and the Construction of the New State""; ""6 The Manchukuo Publicity and News Bureau�s War of Words and Images""; ""6 The Manchukuo Publicity and News Bureau?s War of Words and Images""; ""7 The Legitimization of a Multi-Ethnic Literary Culture in Manchukuo""; ""7 The Legitimization of a Multi-Ethnic Literary Culture in Manchukuo""; ""Conclusion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7748-2438-7

OCLC:

813523114