{"product_id":"an-age-of-melodrama-9780804757775","title":"An Age of Melodrama","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines how, at the turn of the 19th century, Japanese fiction used melodrama's binary morality–the battle between good and evil–to generate alternative models of family to answer the needs of a modernizing society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are many good points about this book. For one thing, it addresses works that have not received the full attention they deserve .... It also continues an important scholarly practice of filling the gaps in our knowledge of the period, of giving us a more rounded sense of the age in which these writers were producing their literature.\" -- Stephen Dodd * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Japanese Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Ito's work on Meiji melodrama is groundbreaking. This book reaches beyond individual texts and illuminates many aspects of Japanese culture and society of the era. It is lucid, smart, and elegantly written.\" —Ann Sherif, Oberlin College\u003cbr\u003e\"This book's approach is entirely original. The translations are fluent and faithful, and the analysis is inspired.\" -- Richard Torrance * Ohio State University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  @toc4:List of Figures\txxx  Acknowledgments\t\txxx  A Note on Names\t\txxx  @@toc2:Introduction: Melodrama and the Family in Meiji   Japan\t1  1. The Family and the Nation in Hototogisu\t000  2. Love and Money in Konjiki yasha\t000  3. Gender and Social Aspiration in Chikyodai\t000  4. The Traffic in Women and Men in Gubijinso  In Place of a Conclusion: Kokoro and the Melodramatic   Imagination\t000  @toc4:Notes\t000  Works CitedBibliography\t000  Index\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405571596631,"sku":"9780804757775","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-age-of-melodrama-9780804757775","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}