{"product_id":"double-visions-double-fictions-baryon-tensor-posadas-9781517902636","title":"Double Visions, Double Fictions: The Doppelgänger in Japanese Film and Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh take on the dopplegänger and its place in Japanese film and literature--past and present\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since its earliest known use in German Romanticism in the late 1700s, the word \u003ci\u003eDoppelgänger\u003c\/i\u003e (double-walker) can be found throughout a vast array of literature, culture, and media. This motif of doubling can also be seen traversing historical and cultural boundaries. \u003ci\u003eDouble Visions, Double Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the myriad manifestations of the doppelgänger in Japanese literary and cinematic texts at two historical junctures: the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s and the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e According to author Baryon Tensor Posadas, the doppelgänger marks the intersection of the historical impact of psychoanalytic theory, the genre of detective fiction in Japan, early Japanese cinema, and the cultural production of Japanese colonialism. He examines the doppelgänger's appearance in the works of Edogawa Rampo, Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke, as well as the films of Tsukamoto Shin'ya and Kurosawa Kiyoshi, not only as a recurrent motif but also as a critical practice of concepts. Following these explorations, Posadas asks: What were the social, political, and material conditions that mobilized the desire for the doppelgänger? And how does the dopplegänger capture social transformations taking place at these historical moments? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouble Visions, Double Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately reveals how the doppelgänger motif provides a fascinating new backdrop for understanding the enmeshment of past and present. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Baryon Tensor Posadas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517902630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517902636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Baryon Tensor Posadas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088506401023,"sku":"9781517902636","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4ba8d365-bc87-47cc-8a0b-a7a675301efd.jpg?v=1769105144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/double-visions-double-fictions-baryon-tensor-posadas-9781517902636","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}