Robert Matthew

Japanese Science Fiction (eBook, ePUB)

A View of a Changing Society

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134983605
• Artikelnr.: 38242660

Autorenporträt

Robert Matthew

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 The Origins of Japanese Science Fiction
Chapter 1 The Beginnings
Chapter 2 The Period of Development
Part 2 The Concerns of a Changing Society
Chapter 3 The Jaded Japanese
Chapter 4 Advertising and the Media
Chapter 5 Economics and Commerce
Chapter 6 Human Concerns and Values
Chapter 7 Consciousness of Generational Change
Chapter 8 Sex
Part 3 Matters of the Mind and Spirit
Chapter 9 Moral Values, Ethics, and Religious Beliefs
Chapter 10 The Psyche, Perception, and Emotion
Part 4 The Consequences of Change
Chapter 11 Some Socio-Psychological Considerations
Chapter 12 Post-War Political and Politico-Moral Attitudes
Chapter 13 War and the Bomb
Chapter 14 International Relations and Future Directions