Age of Disaffection - The Aesthetic Critique of Politics in 1960s Japan

Examining aesthetic criticism, popular literature, avant-garde art, cinema, and political theory, Patrick Noonan argues that cultural producers in 1960s Japan cultivated what he calls an "ethos of disaffection" toward revolutionary politics and postwar society.

About the author

Patrick Noonan is assistant professor of Japanese literature and culture at Northwestern University.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Noonan, Noonan Patrick
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2025
• EAN: 9780231220484
• ISBN: 978-0-231-22048-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Japan, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Politics & government, Literature: history & criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Politics and government, c 1960 to c 1969, Literature: history and criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, social science; literary criticism