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Presents a study of the detective story's arrival in Japan. This title tells the story of Japan's adoption of this Western literary form at a time when the nation was also remaking itself in the image of the Western powers. It explores the possible modes for cultural borrowing.

Purloined Letters Cultural Borrowing and Japanese

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      Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
      Publication Date: 4/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824831882, 978-0824831882
      ISBN10: 0824831888

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a study of the detective story's arrival in Japan. This title tells the story of Japan's adoption of this Western literary form at a time when the nation was also remaking itself in the image of the Western powers. It explores the possible modes for cultural borrowing.

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