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In The Politics of Dialogic Imagination, Katsuya Hirano seeks to
understand why, with its seemingly unrivaled power, the Tokugawa
shogunate of early modern Japan tried so hard to regulate the
ostensibly unimportant popular culture of Edo (present-day Tokyo) -
including fashion, leisure activities, prints, and theater. He does
so by examining the works of writers and artists who depicted and
celebrated the culture of play and pleasure associated with Edo's
street entertainers, vagrants, actors, and prostitutes, whom
Tokugawa authorities condemned as detrimental to public mores,
social order, and political economy. Hirano uncovers a logic of
politics within Edo's cultural works that was extremely potent in
exposing contradictions between the formal structure of the
Tokugawa world and its rapidly changing realities. He goes on to
look at the effects of this logic, examining policies enacted
during the next era - the Meiji period - that mark a drastic
reconfiguration of power and a new politics toward ordinary people
under modernizing Japan. Deftly navigating Japan's history and
culture, The Politics of Dialogic Imagination provides a
sophisticated account of a country in the process of radical
transformation - and of the intensely creative culture that came
out of it.
Migrant Ecologies: Environmental Histories of the Pacific World is
the first volume explicitly dedicated to the environmental history
of Earth’s largest ocean. Covering nearly one-third of the
planet, the Pacific Ocean is remarkable for its diverse human and
non-human inhabitants, their astounding long-distance migrations
over time, and their profound influences on other parts of the
world. This book creates an understanding of the past, present, and
futures of the lands, seas, peoples, practices, microbes, animals,
plants, and other natural forces that shape the Pacific. It
effectively argues for the existence of an interconnected Pacific
World environmental history, as well as for the Pacific Ocean as a
necessary framework for understanding that history. The fifteen
chapters in this comprehensive collection, written by leading
experts from across the globe, span a vast array of topics, from
disease ecology and coffee cultivation to nuclear testing and
whaling practices. They explore regions stretching from the Tuamotu
Archipelago in the south Pacific to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the
far north, resisting the depiction of the Pacific as isolated and
uninhabited. What unites these diverse contributions is a concern
for how the people, places, and non-human beings of the Pacific
World have been shaped by, and have in turn modified, their oceanic
realm. Building on a recent renaissance in Pacific history, these
chapters make a powerful argument for the importance of the Pacific
World as a coherent unit of analysis and a valuable lens through
which to examine past, ongoing, and emerging environmental issues.
By showcasing surprising and innovative perspectives on the
environmental histories of the peoples and ecosystems in and around
the Pacific Ocean, this work adds to current conversations and
debates about the Pacific World and offers myriad opportunities for
further discussions, both inside and outside of the classroom.
Migrant Ecologies: Environmental Histories of the Pacific World is
the first volume explicitly dedicated to the environmental history
of Earth’s largest ocean. Covering nearly one-third of the
planet, the Pacific Ocean is remarkable for its diverse human and
non-human inhabitants, their astounding long-distance migrations
over time, and their profound influences on other parts of the
world. This book creates an understanding of the past, present, and
futures of the lands, seas, peoples, practices, microbes, animals,
plants, and other natural forces that shape the Pacific. It
effectively argues for the existence of an interconnected Pacific
World environmental history, as well as for the Pacific Ocean as a
necessary framework for understanding that history. The fifteen
chapters in this comprehensive collection, written by leading
experts from across the globe, span a vast array of topics, from
disease ecology and coffee cultivation to nuclear testing and
whaling practices. They explore regions stretching from the Tuamotu
Archipelago in the south Pacific to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the
far north, resisting the depiction of the Pacific as isolated and
uninhabited. What unites these diverse contributions is a concern
for how the people, places, and non-human beings of the Pacific
World have been shaped by, and have in turn modified, their oceanic
realm. Building on a recent renaissance in Pacific history, these
chapters make a powerful argument for the importance of the Pacific
World as a coherent unit of analysis and a valuable lens through
which to examine past, ongoing, and emerging environmental issues.
By showcasing surprising and innovative perspectives on the
environmental histories of the peoples and ecosystems in and around
the Pacific Ocean, this work adds to current conversations and
debates about the Pacific World and offers myriad opportunities for
further discussions, both inside and outside of the classroom.
In "The Politics of Dialogic Imagination," Katsuya Hirano seeks to
understand why, with its seemingly unrivaled power, the Tokugawa
shogunate of early modern Japan tried so hard to regulate the
ostensibly unimportant popular culture of Edo (present-day
Tokyo)--including fashion, leisure activities, prints, and theater.
He does so by examining the works of writers and artists who
depicted and celebrated the culture of play and pleasure associated
with Edo's street entertainers, vagrants, actors, and prostitutes,
whom Tokugawa authorities condemned to be detrimental to public
mores, social order, and political economy.
Hirano uncovers a logic of politics within Edo's cultural works
that was extremely potent in exposing contradictions between the
formal structure of the Tokugawa world and its rapidly changing
realities. He goes on to look at the effects of this logic,
examining policies enacted during the next era--the Meiji
period--that mark a drastic reconfiguration of power and a new
politics toward ordinary people under modernizing Japan. Deftly
navigating Japan's history and culture, "The Politics of Dialogic
Imagination"provides a sophisticated account of a country in the
process of radical transformation--and of the intensely creative
culture that came out of it.
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