Challenging clichés of Japanism as a feminine taste, Bachelor Japanists argues that Japanese aesthetics were central to contests over the meanings of masculinity in the West. Christopher Reed draws attention to the queerness of Japanist communities of writers, collectors, curato…
"Poetic Community examines the relationship between poetry and community formation in the decades after the Second World War. In four detailed case studies (of Black Mountain College in North Carolina, the Caribbean Artists Movement in London, the Women's Liberation Movement at …
The Lights of Tokyo -- The Night and Fire of Shanghai -- Lovers and Heroes in the Wartime Hinterland -- The International Avant-Garde and the Chinese National Anthem -- A White Snake in Beijing: Re-creating Socialist Opera -- Endings, Happy and Otherwise: Tian Han and Guan Hanqi…