1st Edition
Performing the Politics of Translation in Modern Japan Staging the Resistance
By Aragorn Quinn
Copyright 2020
180 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Performing the Politics of Translation in Modern Japan sheds new light on the adoption of concepts that motivated political theatres of resistance for nearly a century and even now underpin the collective understanding of the Japanese nation. Grounded in the aftermath of the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and analyzing its legacy on stage, this book tells the story of the crucial role that... Read more
Introduction
1. Weaponizing Meiji Liberty
2. There Is a Specter Haunting Communism
3. Democracy Dies in Gifu
4. Shinsengumi: Live!
5. The Last Soshi
Biography
Aragorn Quinn is assistant professor of Japanese at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.
