Michael Lucken: 2 books
The Japanese and the War
Expectation, Perception, and the Shaping of Memory
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Memories of World War II exert a powerful influence over Japan's culture and society. In The Japanese and the War, Michael Lucken details how World War II manifested in the literature, art, film, funerary practices, and education reform of the time. Concentrating on the years immediately before and...
Imitation and Creativity in Japanese Arts
From Kishida Ryusei to Miyazaki Hayao
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
The idea that Japanese art is produced through rote copy and imitation is an eighteenth-century colonial construct, with roots in Romantic ideals of originality. Offering a much-needed corrective to this critique, Michael Lucken demonstrates the distinct character of Japanese mimesis and its dynamic...