Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic [electronic resource] : Specters of Modernity /
Blouin, M.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: The Specters of a Wandering Mind -- 1. Ghosts and Spirits in Early Japanology -- 2. Ghostly Maidens in Sidney McCall's Fiction -- 3. Japonisme and the Female Gothic -- 4. Nuclear Criticism and a Deferred Reading of the Toho Terror -- 5. Japan Inc. and the American Nightmare -- 6. Atemporality and Communal Ethics in the Films of Shimizu Takashi -- 7. Difference and Doubt in Christopher Nolan's Inception -- Conclusion: Haunted Echo Chambers.
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.
Cultural studies.
Communication.
Literature, Modern—18th century.
Japan—History.
Civilization—History.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Cultural Studies.
Media Studies.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.
History of Japan.
Cultural History.
Regional and Cultural Studies.