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Residual Failures: The Urban Ecologies of Literary and Visual Media of 1960s and 1970s Japan

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By Franz Prichard

Published June 17, 2019

Residual Futures: The Urban Ecologies of Literary and Visual Media of 1960s and 1970s Japan (Columbia University Press) analyzes the artistic responses to a changing landscape amid rampant urbanization across the entire Japanese archipelago. Through examination of documentaries, photographic series, and written works, Franz Prichard provides an interdisciplinary perspective on Japanese urban conditions, media, and cultural history during the Cold War.

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