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100			_a Weisenfeld, Gennifer S.
245			_a Imaging disaster : _bTokyo and the visual culture of Japan's Great Earthquake of 1923.
250			_a14th ed.
260			_aCalifornia : _bUniversity of California Press, _c2012.
300			_axv, 393 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aInclude index
520			_aFocusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation—the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923—this fascinating volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. The Kanto earthquake triggered cultural responses that ran the gamut from voyeuristic and macabre thrill to the romantic sublime, media spectacle to sacred space, mournful commemoration to emancipatory euphoria, and national solidarity to racist vigilantism and sociopolitical critique. Looking at photography, cinema, painting, postcards, sketching, urban planning, and even scientific visualizations, Weisenfeld demonstrates how visual culture has powerfully mediated the evolving historical understanding of this major national disaster, ultimately enfolding mourning and memory into modernization.
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