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War as Entertainment and Contents Tourism in Japan (Hardcover)
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War as Entertainment and Contents Tourism in Japan (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Focus on Asia
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This book examines the phenomenon of war-related contents tourism
throughout Japanese history, from conflicts described in ancient
Japanese myth through to contemporary depictions of fantasy and
futuristic warfare. It tackles two crucial questions: first, how
does war transition from being traumatic to entertaining in the
public imagination and works of popular culture; and second, how
does visitation to war-related sites transition from being an act
of mourning or commemorative pilgrimage into an act of devotion or
fan pilgrimage? Representing the collaboration of ten expert
researchers of Japanese popular culture and travel, it develops a
theoretical framework for understanding war-related contents
tourism and demonstrates the framework in practice via numerous
short case studies across a millennium of warfare in Japan
including: the tales of heroic deities in the Kojiki (Records of
Ancient Matters, AD 712), the Edo poetry of Matsuo Basho, and the
Pacific war through lens of popular media such as the animated film
Grave of the Fireflies. This book will be of interest to
researchers and students in tourism studies and cultural studies,
as well as more general issues of war and peace in Japan, East Asia
and beyond.
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