Productive Censorship: Freedom and Constraint in Language, Theatre, and Ritual in Prewar Shōwa Japan

Accepted Paper

An Mei Hu (Kyoto University) Ryosuke Washizawa (Kyoto University) Natsumi Fujii (Waseda University)

Paper short abstract

Focusing on prewar Shōwa Japan, this paper explores how systems of censorship and control operated as mediating devices that sustained the coexistence of linguistic, theatrical, and ritual practices.

Paper long abstract

Focusing on prewar Shōwa Japan, this paper explores how systems of censorship and control operated as mediating devices that sustained the coexistence of linguistic, theatrical, and ritual practices.

Abstract in Japanese (if needed):

本報告では、言葉や演劇、儀礼などの併存を成立させる媒介的機能を有する諸装置として、昭和戦前期の日本で働いた役割を解明するものである。

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The Coexistence of Freedom and Constraint in Ideological Control: Theatre, Ritual and Slogan in Prewar Shōwa Japan