Christophe Thouny

The Urban Planetary and Tokyo Modernity

Dwelling in Passing

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Produktbeschreibung

This book revisits Japanese modern literature in relation to Kon Wajir¿'s urban ethnography and draws a speculative genealogy of dwelling practices in the Japanese capital defined by mobility, affect and the beautiful, in particular what Kon called "accidental beauty."

Produktdetails

• New Studies in Modern Japan
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781666929300
• ISBN-10: 1666929301
• Artikelnr.: 69079926

Autorenporträt

Christophe Thouny is associate professor of visual culture and media studies, modern literature, and critical theory at Ritsumeikan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Encounters with the Planetary: Mori
gai's Cartographic Writing Chapter 2: The View from the Near-Suburb: Tayama Katai's Musashino Chapter 3: From Production to Attitude: Cartographic Heterotopia in Kaf
's Fair-Weather Clogs Chapter 4: Of Modernology and Parks: Kon Wajir
's Theory of Urban Ecologies Chapter 5: The Urban Voyant in the New Guidebook to Greater Tokyo