Civilization and monsters : spirits of modernity in Meiji Japan /

Civilization and monsters : spirits of modernity in Meiji Japan /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Figal, Gerald A., 1962-
Imprint:	Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1999.
Description:	xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Asia-Pacific. A study of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University Studies of the East Asian Institute.
Subject:	Japanese literature -- Meiji period, 1868-1912. Folklore -- Japan. Civilization. Folklore. Japanese literature -- Meiji period. Japan -- Civilization -- 1868-1912. Japan.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4183731

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ISBN:	0822323842 (cl. : alk. paper) 0822324180 (pa. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-278) and index.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Monsters in the Twilight of Enlightenment
Pt. 1. Supernatural Significations. 1. Bakumatsu Bakemono. 2. Words and Changing Things: Grasping Fushigi in Meiji Japan
Pt. II. Disciplining Demons. 3. Modern Science and the Folk. 4. Modern "Science" of the Folk
Pt. III. Modern Mysteries. 5. Transforming the Commonplace: Fushigi as Critique. 6. Supernatural Ideology.