Memory and Fabrication in East Asian Visual Culture - Ruinous Garden

This book examines four contemporary sites of visual culture in East Asia through the poetic prism of the "ruinous garden".

List of contents

1. Debris of Identity: Visions of Japan and Images of Hong Kong 2. The Hedges of Brightness: Yanobe Kenji’s Adventure 3. The Violence of Disappearance: Hong Kong’s Dislocation 4. The Dislocation of Development: Toda Tsutomu’s Graphic Design 5. Between Memory and Fabrication

About the author

Dennitza Gabrakova is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Ruinous Garden is the final book of her literary and visual trilogy on developmentalism, including The Dream of Weeds (in Japanese, 2012) and The Unnamable Archipelago (2018).

Summary

This book examines four contemporary sites of visual culture in East Asia through the poetic prism of the "ruinous garden".

Product details

• Authors: Dennitza Gabrakova
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032101965
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3210196-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, The arts: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, ART / Asian / Japanese, ART / Environmental & Land Art, ART / Asian / Chinese, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Regional Studies, East Asia, Far East, Regional / International studies, The arts: general topics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General