Japanese Counterculture: The Antiestablishment Art of Terayama Shuji

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Terayama Shuji (19351983) was an avant-garde Japanese poet, dramatist, film director, and photographer known for his highly provocative art. In this inventive and revealing study, Steven C. Ridgely examines Terayama's life and art to show that a conventional notion of him does not do full justice to the meaning and importance of his wide-ranging, often playful body of work.

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"Steven C. Ridgelys Japanese Counterculture is invaluablea long overdue study of Terayamas complex oeuvre, carefully researched and brilliantly argued. But Japanese Counterculture offers much more: it proposes to redefine the practice of cultural and countercultural studies, and even more significantly, the very nature of global culture. Therein lie its force, ingenuity, and radicality." Akira Mizuta Lippit, University of Southern California

"Ridgelys exciting book opens Terayamas worldhis work as a poet, playwright/theater director, radio dramatist, filmmakerand most importantly conveys the feeling and air of the times, the tactical interventions of this fascinating figure within the space of counterculture." Miryam Sas, University of California, Berkeley

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Steven C. Ridgely is assistant professor of Japanese literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.