Imaging Disaster: Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan's Great Earthquake of 1923 - Couverture rigide

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Weisenfeld, Gennifer

 
9780520271951: Imaging Disaster: Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan's Great Earthquake of 1923
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ISBN 10 : 0520271955 ISBN 13 : 9780520271951
Editeur : University of California Press, 2012

Synopsis

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 fascinating volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. The Kanto earthquake triggered cultural responses that ran the gamut from voyeuristic and macabre thrill to the romantic sublime, media spectacle to sacred space, mournful commemoration to emancipatory euphoria, and national solidarity to racist vigilantism and sociopolitical critique. Looking at photography, cinema, painting, postcards, sketching, urban planning, and even scientific visualizations, Weisenfeld demonstrates how visual culture has powerfully mediated the evolving historical understanding of this major national disaster, ultimately enfolding mourning and memory into modernization.

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À propos de l?auteur

Gennifer Weisenfeld is Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University and the author of Mavo: Japanese Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1905-1931 (UC Press).

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520271955
ISBN 13 
9780520271951
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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