Erotic grotesque nonsense : the mass culture of Japanese modern times /
Miriam Silverberg.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.
- xviii, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Asia Pacific modern ; 1 .
"A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-343) and index.
Japanese modern times -- Japanese modern within modernity -- Japanese modern sites -- The modern girl as militant (movement on the streets) -- The cafâe waitress sang the blues -- Friends of the movies (from Ero to empire) -- The household becomes modern life -- Asakusa--honky-tonk tempo -- Asakusa eroticism -- Down-and-out grotesquerie -- Modern nonsense.