Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic

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Author: M. Blouin ISBN: 9781137305220
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: April 17, 2013
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: M. Blouin
ISBN: 9781137305220
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: April 17, 2013
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

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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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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