The urban planetary and Tokyo modernity : dwelling in passing / Christophe Thouny.
| Author/creator | Thouny, Christophe, 1977- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024] |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | New studies in modern Japan New studies in modern Japan. ^A1346107 |
| Contents | Introduction: Planetary Dwelling -- Encounters with the Planetary: Mori Ōgai's Cartographic Writing -- The View from the Near-Suburb: Tayama Katai's Musashino -- From Production to Attitude: Cartographic Heterotopia in Kafū's Fair-Weather Clogs -- Of Modernology and Parks: Kon Wajirō's Theory of Urban Ecologies -- The Urban Voyant in the New Guidebook to Greater Tokyo -- Conclusion: Wandering Lines. |
| Abstract | "This book revisits Japanese modern literature in relation to Kon Wajirō's urban ethnography and draws a speculative genealogy of dwelling practices in the Japanese capital defined by mobility, affect and the beautiful, in particular what Kon called "accidental beauty.""-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Thouny, Christophe, 1977- Urban planetary and Tokyo modernity Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024] 9781666929317 |
| LCCN | 2023041865 |
| ISBN | 9781666929300 |
| ISBN | 1666929301 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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