Tropics of savagery : the culture of Japanese empire in comparative frame

Tropics of savagery : the culture of Japanese empire in comparative frame / Robert Thomas Tierney.

This is an incisive and provocative study of the figures and tropes of 'savagery' in Japanese colonial culture. The author demonstrates how imperial Japan constructed its own identity in relation both to the West and to the people it colonized.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tierney, Robert Thomas, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Series:Asia Pacific modern ; 5.
Subjects:
Imperialism > History.
Indigenous peoples > History.
Indigenous peoples > Public opinion.
Public opinion > Japan.
Popular culture > Japan > History.
Japanese literature > History and criticism.
Colonies in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Indigenous peoples in literature.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Colonies in literature
Imperialism
Imperialism in literature
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples in literature
Indigenous peoples > Public opinion
Japanese literature
Popular culture
Public opinion
Japan > Colonies > History.
Japan
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Description
Summary:This is an incisive and provocative study of the figures and tropes of 'savagery' in Japanese colonial culture. The author demonstrates how imperial Japan constructed its own identity in relation both to the West and to the people it colonized.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 307 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-286) and index.
ISBN:9780520947665
0520947665
1283277344
9781283277341
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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