{"product_id":"empire-of-texts-in-motion-9780674036253","title":"Empire of Texts in Motion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe constant movement of peoples, ideas, and texts in the Japanese empire at the turn of the twentieth century created numerous literary contact nebulae. This book analyzes three of them: semicolonial Chinese, occupied Manchurian, and colonial Korean and Taiwanese transculturations of Japanese literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[An] extraordinary encyclopedic enterprise. -- T. S. Yamada * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConventions Introduction: Empire, Transculturation, and Literary Contact Nebulae  1. Travel, Readerly Contact, and Writerly Contact in the Japanese Empire  Part I: Interpretive and Interlingual Transculturation  2. Transcultural Literary Criticism in the Japanese Empire  3. Multiple Vectors and Early Interlingual Transculturations of Japanese Literature  4. From Cultural Innovation to Total War  Part II: Intertextual Transculturation  5. Intertextuality, Empire, and East Asia  6. Spotlight on Suffering  7. Reconceptualizing Relationships: Individuals, Families, Nations  8. Questions of Agency: Raising Responsibility, \tParodying Persistence, and Rethinking Reform  Epilogue: Postwar Intra-East Asian Dialogues \tand the Future of Negotiating Transculturally  Notes  Works Cited  Index","brand":"Harvard University, Asia Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403539554647,"sku":"9780674036253","price":42.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674036253.jpg?v=1730483768","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/empire-of-texts-in-motion-9780674036253","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}