After the Meiji Restoration of 1868 Japan modernized rapidly, transforming itself perhaps more quickly than any other country in history. However, the change was not without its conflicts, many of them still unresolved as the pleasures of modern society vie with a respect for the traditional Japanese lifestyle. As the literature of change and of the young, science fiction acts as a window to the modern mind and the uneasy alliance of the old and new. This book, filled with detailed reference to numerous stories, traces the origin and development of the genre from the mid-nineteenth century to today, thus exploring unique insights into Japanese attitudes to commercialism, spirituality, the media, war and international relations.
| ISBN: | 9780415755023 |
| Publication date: | 10th September 2015 |
| Author: | Robert Matthew |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 9 pages |
| Series: | Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |
After the Meiji Restoration of 1868 Japan modernized rapidly, transforming itself perhaps more quickly than any other country in history. However, the change was not without its conflicts, many of them still unresolved as the pleasures of modern society vie with a respect for the traditional Japanese lifestyle. As the literature of change and of the young, science fiction acts as a window to the modern mind and the uneasy alliance of the old and new. This book, filled with detailed reference to numerous stories, traces the origin and development of the genre from the mid-nineteenth century to today, thus exploring unique insights into Japanese attitudes to commercialism, spirituality, the media, war and international relations.
Japanese Science Fiction features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Japanese Science Fiction is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Japanese Science Fiction was written by Robert Matthew and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Japanese Science Fiction has 9 pages
Yes it is part of Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies series
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