دانلود کتاب Glorify the Empire: Japanese Avant-Garde Propaganda in Manchukuo

In the 1930s and '40s, Japanese political architects of theManchukuo project in occupied northeast China realized the importanceof using various cultural media to promote a modernization program inthe region, as well as its expansion into other parts of Asia.Ironically, the writers and artists chosen to spread this imperialistmessage had left-wing political roots in Japan, where their workstrongly favoured modernist, even avant-garde, styles ofexpression.In "Glorify the Empire, " Annika A. Culver explores how theseonce anti-imperialist intellectuals produced modernist workscelebrating the modernity of a fascist state and reflecting acomplicated picture of complicity with, and ambivalence towards,Japan's utopian project. During the war, literary and artisticrepresentations of Manchuria accelerated, and the Japanese-led culturein Manchukuo served as a template for occupied areas in Southeast Asia.A groundbreaking work, "Glorify the Empire" magnifies theintersection between politics and art in a rarely examined period inJapanese history.Annika A. Culver is an assistant professor of EastAsian history at Florida State University. She also serves as a scholarin the US-Japan Network for the Future.