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Author

Figal, Gerald A., 1962- author.

Title Civilization and monsters : spirits of modernity in Meiji Japan / Gerald Figal.

Publication Info.

Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, 1999.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations.
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Series	Asia-Pacific
	Asia-Pacific.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-278) and index.
Contents	Machine generated contents note: PART I : SUPERNATURAL SIGNIFICATIONS 1 Bakumatsu Bakemono 2 Words and Changing Things: Grasping Fushigi in Meiji Japan PART II : DISCIPLINING DEMONS 3 Modern Science and the Folk 4 Modern "Science" of the Folk PART III : MODERN MYSTERIES 5 Transforming the Commonplace: Fushigi as Critique 6 Supernatural Ideology.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Japanese literature -- Meiji period, 1868-1912.
	Folklore -- Japan.
	Japan -- Civilization -- 1868-1912.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Figal, Gerald A. Civilization and monsters : spirits of modernity in Meiji Japan. Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, 1999 xi, 290 ; 24 cm Asia-Pacific 9780822323846 (DLC)10881098
ISBN	0822324180 (pa. : alk. paper)
	9780822323846
	9780822396338 (e-book)