Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic: Specters of Modernity

Blouin, M.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-04-16

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137305213

DOI: 10.1057/9781137305220

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 208