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Abstract
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Richard Wagner’s music and prose captivated audiences worldwide, including in Japan. Brooke McCorkle Okazaki’s Searching for Wagner in Japan shifts the focus of reception studies from Europe and the Americas to East Asia, examining how Japanese Wagnerism engaged with global sociopolitical agendas throughout the long twentieth century. The book documents Wagner’s opera premieres and utilizes mass media—such as film, magazines, and comics—to explore the interplay of modernity and Wagnerism in Japan. Through methodologies from global history, Japanese cultural studies, and musicology, Okazaki investigates the emergence of nationalism, gender issues, and cultural capital alongside local Wagnerian movements.
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Abstract
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Richard Wagner’s music and prose captivated audiences worldwide, including in Japan.
Brooke McCorkle Okazaki’s Searching for Wagner in Japan shifts the focus of reception studies from Europe and the Americas to East Asia, examining how Japanese Wagnerism engaged with global sociopolitical agendas throughout the long twentieth century.
The book documents Wagner’s opera premieres and utilizes mass media—such as film, magazines, and comics—to explore the interplay of modernity and Wagnerism in Japan.
Through methodologies from global history, Japanese cultural studies, and musicology, Okazaki investigates the emergence of nationalism, gender issues, and cultural capital alongside local Wagnerian movements.
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