On Kafu Nagai's American Stones - Collections

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On Kafu Nagai's American Stones

Creator	Creator Name 戴, 煥 Dai, Huan Affiliation Affiliation Name 人民大学外国語学院 School Of Foreign Languages, Renmin University of China
Language	Japanese
Publisher	九州大学大学院比較社会文化学府比較文化研究会
Publisher	Society of Comparative Culｔural Studies, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University
Date	2005-07-20
Source Title	Comparatio
Vol	9
First Page	9
Last Page	14
Publication Type	Version of Record
Access Rights	open access
JaLC DOI	https://doi.org/10.15017/16040
Related DOI	Comparatio \|\| 9 \|\| p9-14
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Related URI	Comparatio \|\| 9 \|\| p9-14
Related URI	http://www.scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp/index-j.html
Relation	Comparatio \|\| 9 \|\| p9-14
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Abstract	American Stories portrays the US and Japanese intellectuals of the Meiji era visiting this new country. Yearning for western civilization becomes a spur for them to cherish what is called 'the America...n dream', which can never come true in the US, because American culture and customs can in no way provide a true spiritual home for Japanese intellectuals. The US seems to them like 'a prostitute on an obscene photograph: both are despicable and incomprehensible but enough seductive for them.show more

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