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Seth Jacobowitz, “Writing Technology in Meiji Japan” (Harvard UP, 2015)

New Books in East Asian Studies

English - April 26, 2016 12:36 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
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Seth Jacobowitzs new book opens with a balloon ride and closes with a record-scratching cat, and in between it offers a fascinating history of Meiji media focused on technologies of writing and script. Inspired, in part, by the work of Friedrich Kittler, Writing Technology in Meiji Japan: A Media History...
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Seth Jacobowitzs new book opens with a balloon ride and closes with a record-scratching cat, and in between it offers a fascinating history of Meiji media focused on technologies of writing and script. Inspired, in part, by the work of Friedrich Kittler, Writing Technology in Meiji Japan: A Media History...

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