Erotic Grotesque Nonsense The Mass Culture of Japanese Modern Times

Miriam Silverbergis Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles and the author ofChanging Song: The Marxist Manifestos of Nakano Shigeharu(1990).

List of Illustrations By Way of a Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. JAPANESE MODERN TIMES Japanese Moddern within Modernity PART II. JAPANESE MODERN SITES 1. The Modern Girl as Militant (Movement on the Streets) 2. The Cafeacute; Waitress Sang the Blues 3. Friends of the Movies (FromEroto Empire) 4. The Household Becomes Modern Life PART III. ASAKUSA--HONKY-TONK TEMPO 1. Asakusa Eroticism 2. Down-and-Out Grotesquerie 3. Modern Nonsense List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index