Modan. La ville, le corps et le genre dans le Japon de l’entre-deux-guerres. Magazines According to its Egyptian title

According to its Egyptian title

which he this time uses in an old school notebook of natural history

monastic or cathedral

crossed by brigands and lepers

the painter and collector Albert Maignan acquired an exceptional archaeological treasure: thirty-eight pieces of Renaissance jewelry that had just been discovered

Modan. La ville, le corps et le genre dans le Japon de l’entre-deux-guerres. Magazines According to its Egyptian titleBetween the second half of the 1920s and the early 1930s, modan, or Japanese modernism, revolutionized urban culture and lifestyles in Japan. Modan (from the English modern) denoted the height of novelty in a post traditional world influenced by capitalism. Modan left its mark on art, architecture, literature, and philosophy. But thanks to mass media, it also infused the daily lives of the emerging middle class. It was embodied in avant garde thinking