TY - BOOK AU - Atkins, E. Taylor, TI - A History of Popular Culture in Japan: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present SN - 978-1-3501-9592-9 U1 - 306.4 PY - 2017/// CY - London, New York PB - Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Cultura popular KW - Japón KW - Historia KW - Aspectos políticos KW - Historia moderna KW - ARMARC 2.0 en línea KW - Civilización KW - Vida intelectual KW - Vida social y costumbres N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The Worst to be Said and Thought? : Defining, Debating, and Deconstructing Popular Culture -- 2. Floating Worlds : Urban Commoners and the Birth of Popular Culture in Japan -- 3. Revolt of the Chonin? : On the Radical Potential of Edo-Period Popular Culture -- 4. Popular Culture as Subject and Object of Meiji Modernization -- 5. Modernism as Modanizumu : Cultures of Cosmopolitanism in Imperial Japan -- 6. Entertaining an Empire : Popular Culture as Agent of Imperialism -- 7. "Our Spirit Against Their Steel" : Mobilizing Culture for War -- 8. Baseball, Boogie-Woogie, and Kissing Films : Democratizing Japan through Popular Culture -- 9. Monstrosity and Nostalgia in an Age of Pensive Prosperity -- 10. As GNP Falls, GNC Grows : Millennial Japan as Dream Factory -- Afterword: Contemplating Cool N2 - "The first historical overview of popular culture in Japan from its origins in the 17th century to the present day, exploring themes of conflict, power, identity, and meaning in Japanese history"--Provided by publisher ER -