Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction
Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945.
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Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction
Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945.
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Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction

Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction

by M. Tanaka
Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction

Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction

by M. Tanaka

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Overview

Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781349476664
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 01/29/2014
Edition description: 1st ed. 2014
Pages: 189
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Motoko Tanaka is an Associate Professor at Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan

Table of Contents

1. The Trajectory of Apocalyptic Discourse 2. Apocalypse in Japan 3. Apocalyptic Fiction from 1945 to the 1970s 4. Apocalyptic Fiction in 1980s Japan 5. Apocalyptic Fiction after 1995 – Sekaikei Works 6. Apocalyptic Imagination after 2011
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