Tom Havens' indispensable new book provides a magisterial guide to the postwar Japanese avant-garde in the nonverbal arts. - David Goodman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ""Meticulously researched and written in impeccably clear and jargon-free prose, the book is particularly rich in material garnered through personal interviews of the principals of the period."" - John Whittier Treat, Yale University

Radicals and Realists is the first book in any language to discuss Japan's avant-garde artists, their work, and the historical environment in which they produced it during the two most creative decades of the twentieth century, the 1950s and 1960s. After surveying censorship and arts policy during the American occupation of Japan (1945-1952), the narrative divides into two chronological sections dealing with the 1950s and 1960s, bisected by the rise of an artistic underground in Shinjuku and the security treaty crisis of May 1960.
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Discusses Japan's avant-garde artists, their work, and the historical environment in which they produced it during the two most creative decades of the twentieth century, the 1950s and 1960s. This work surveys censorship and arts policy during the American occupation of Japan (1945-1952).
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780824830113
Publisert
2006-07-30
Utgiver
University of Hawai'i Press; University of Hawai'i Press
Vekt
721 gr
Høyde
237 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
344

Om bidragsyterne

Thomas R. H. Havens is professor of history at Northeastern University.