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Glorify the empire : Japanese avant-garde propaganda in Manchukuo

Culver, Annika A., 1975- author

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\"In the 1930s and '40s, Japanese political architects of the Manchukuo project in occupied northeast China realized the importance of using various cultural media to promote a modernization program in the region, as well as its expansion into other parts of Asia. Ironically, the writers and artists chosen to spread this imperialist message had left-wing political roots in Japan, where their work strongly favoured modernist, even avant-garde, styles of expression. In Glorify the Empire, Annika Culver explores how these once anti-imperialist intellectuals produced modernist works celebrating the modernity of a fascist state and reflecting a complicated picture of complicity with, and ambivalence towards, Japan's utopian project. During the war, literary and artistic representations of Manchuria accelerated, and the Japanese-led culture in Manchukuo served as a template for occupied areas in Southeast Asia. A groundbreaking work, Glorify the Empire magnifies the intersection between politics and art in a rarely examined period in Japanese history.\"--Publisher's website.

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Subject: Propaganda, Japanese China Manchuria History 20th century. / Arts Political aspects China Manchuria History 20th century. / Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Political aspects China Manchuria History 20th century. / World War, 1939-1945 China Manchuria Propaganda. / World War, 1939-1945 China Manchuria Art and the war. / Artists Japan History 20th century. / Propaganda in art. / Propagande japonaise Chine Mandchourie Histoire 20e siلecle. / Arts Aspect politque Chine Mandchourie Histoire 2e siلecle. / Avant-garde (Esthâetique) Aspect politique Chine Mandchourie Histoire 20e siلecle. / Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Chine Mandchourie Propagande. / Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Chine Mandchourie Art et guerre. / Artistes Japon Histoire 20e siلecle. / Propagande dans l'art.
• ISBN: 9780774824361

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