Ebook: Imaging disaster : Tokyo and the visual culture of Japan's Great Earthquake of 1923
Author: Weisenfeld Gennifer Stacy
- Tags: Arts Japanese -- 20th century -- Themes motives. Kanto Earthquake Japan 1923. Earthquakes in art. Arts and society -- Japan -- History -- 20th century. Earthquakes -- Social aspects -- Japan. ART -- Subjects & Themes -- General. ART -- General. Arts and society. Arts Japanese -- Themes motives. Earthquakes -- Social a
- Series: Asia--local studies/global themes 22
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: University of California Press
- City: Japan
- Language: English
- epub
Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation-the Great Kant? Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923-this fascinating volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. The Kant? earthquake triggered cultural responses that ran the gamut from voyeuristic and macabre thrill to the romantic sublime, media spectacle to sacred space, Read more...
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Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923, this volume examines the Read more...
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