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.