Bachelor Japanists : : Japanese Aesthetics and Western Masculinities / / Christopher Reed.
Challenging clichés of Japanism as a feminine taste, Bachelor Japanists argues that Japanese aesthetics were central to contests over the meanings of masculinity in the West. Christopher Reed draws attention to the queerness of Japanist communities of writers, collectors, curators, and artists in th...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Modernist Latitudes
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (440 p.) :; 95 b&w illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note on Names and Terms -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Originating Japanism: Fin-de-Siècle Paris -- 2. Bachelor Brahmins: Turn-of-the-Century Boston -- 3. Sublimation and Eccentricity in the Art of Mark Tobey: Seattle at Midcentury -- Conclusion: On the End of Japanism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Challenging clichés of Japanism as a feminine taste, Bachelor Japanists argues that Japanese aesthetics were central to contests over the meanings of masculinity in the West. Christopher Reed draws attention to the queerness of Japanist communities of writers, collectors, curators, and artists in the tumultuous century between the 1860s and the 1960s.Reed combines extensive archival research; analysis of art, architecture, and literature; the insights of queer theory; and an appreciation of irony to explore the East-West encounter through three revealing artistic milieus: the Goncourt brothers and other japonistes of late-nineteenth-century Paris; collectors and curators in turn-of-the-century Boston; and the mid-twentieth-century circles of artists associated with Seattle's Mark Tobey. The result is a groundbreaking integration of well-known and forgotten episodes and personalities that illuminates how Japanese aesthetics were used to challenge Western gender conventions. These disruptive effects are sustained in Reed's analysis, which undermines conventional scholarly investments in the heroism of avant-garde accomplishment and ideals of cultural authenticity. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231542760 9783110649826 9783110638578 9783110485103 9783110485264 |
DOI: | 10.7312/reed17574 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Christopher Reed. |