Memory and Fabrication in East Asian Visual Culture

Auteur

Dennitza Gabrakova is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Ruinous Garden is the final book of her literary and visual trilogy on developmentalism, including The Dream of Weeds (in Japanese, 2012) and The Unnamable Archipelago (2018).

Texte du rabat

This book examines four contemporary sites of visual culture in East Asia through the poetic prism of the "ruinous garden".

Contenu

1. Debris of Identity: Visions of Japan and Images of Hong Kong 2. The Hedges of Brightness: Yanobe Kenji's Adventure 3. The Violence of Disappearance: Hong Kong's Dislocation 4. The Dislocation of Development: Toda Tsutomu's Graphic Design 5. Between Memory and Fabrication