Japan Forum, Volume 21, Issue 1 (2009)

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URBAN NONSENSE

Original Articles

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Introduction: making sense of nansensu
William J. Tyler
Pages: 1-10
Published online: 27 Apr 2009
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Street nonsense: Ryūtanji Yū and the fascination with interwar Tokyo absurdity
Alisa Freedman
Pages: 11-33
Published online: 27 Apr 2009
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Engineering nonsense: ideology as absurdist farce in Kuno Toyohiko's experimental stories
Mariko Schimmel
Pages: 35-52
Published online: 27 Apr 2009
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A new map of hell: Satō Haruo's dystopian fiction
Angela Yiu
Pages: 53-73
Published online: 27 Apr 2009
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Narrating the detective: nansensu, silent film benshi performances and Tokugawa Musei's absurdist detective fiction
Kyōko Ōmori
Pages: 75-93
Published online: 27 Apr 2009
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Queer nonsense: aestheticized homoeroticism in Inagaki Taruho's early stories
Jeffrey Angles
Pages: 95-114
Published online: 27 Apr 2009
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Hear no, speak no: Sasaki Maki manga and nansensu, circa 1970
Ryan Holmberg
Pages: 115-141
Published online: 27 Apr 2009
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BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review
Book reviews
Pages: 143-159
Published online: 27 Apr 2009
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