Increased use of mass transportation in the early twentieth century enabled men and women of different social classes to interact in ways they had not before. The author investigates fictional, journalistic, and popular culture depictions of how mass transportation changed prewa…
This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism.
Specifically designed for use on a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, Introducing Japanese Popular Culture is a comprehensive textbook offering an up-to-date overview of a wide variety of media forms. It uses particular case studies as a way into examining the broader …