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Erotic Grotesque Nonsense: Veiled Criticism Through Extreme Entertainment, Thoby Jeanty
Erotic Grotesque Nonsense: Veiled Criticism Through Extreme Entertainment, Thoby Jeanty
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
This thesis examines the writings of Meiji novelists living during a time of transition. Their writings became known as part of a genre called Erotic Grotesque Nonsense. The genre became defined as engaging in extremes to entertain an audience captivated by the eroticism, grotesque, or even the nonsensical nature of the stories being told. The thesis discovers there is a pressing social commentary on the tumultuous transition to modernity hidden within these works. The traditions established during the Tokugawa era starting from 1603 and lasting until 1867 came under pressure with the start of the Meiji era in 1868. Each …
Japan's Population Decline And Its Implications For Japanese Society, Nandor Forgach
Japan's Population Decline And Its Implications For Japanese Society, Nandor Forgach
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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Evolution Of Labor In Japan: A Comparative Study Of Labor Exportation To The Dominican Republic In The 1950s And Remigration Of Nikkeijin From Latin America In The 1990s, Hiroko Ishikawa
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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A New Suit Of Clothes: A Study Of Japanese Catholicism In Endo Shusaku (1923-1996), Megumi Kanazaki
A New Suit Of Clothes: A Study Of Japanese Catholicism In Endo Shusaku (1923-1996), Megumi Kanazaki
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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