Discipline and Disorder: Science Fiction and Social Reality in 1930s Japan and China

Haoyang Zhang

doi:10.47297/wspeiWSP2516-253510.20261002

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Discipline and Disorder: Science Fiction and Social Reality in 1930s Japan and China

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Discipline and Disorder: Science Fiction and Social Reality in 1930s Japan and China
Discipline and Disorder: Science Fiction and Social Reality in 1930s Japan and China
The University of Edinburgh, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9LH, UK
2026年10卷第2期页码：38-41
纸质出版：2026-04-30
DOI：10.47297/wspeiWSP2516-253510.20261002
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Haoyang Zhang. (2026). Discipline and Disorder: Science Fiction and Social Reality in 1930s Japan and China. 创业与创新（英文版）, 10(2), 38-41.

Zhang Haoyang.Discipline and Disorder: Science Fiction and Social Reality in 1930s Japan and China[J].Entrepreneurship and Innovation,2026,10(02):38-41.
Haoyang Zhang. (2026). Discipline and Disorder: Science Fiction and Social Reality in 1930s Japan and China. 创业与创新（英文版）, 10(2), 38-41. DOI： 10.47297/wspeiWSP2516-253510.20261002.

Zhang Haoyang.Discipline and Disorder: Science Fiction and Social Reality in 1930s Japan and China[J].Entrepreneurship and Innovation,2026,10(02):38-41. DOI： 10.47297/wspeiWSP2516-253510.20261002.

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Abstract

Science fiction in 1930s East Asia was closely tied to social reality and shaped by different state structures and governance conditions. This study examines Unno Jūza's "The Music Bath at Eighteen O'clock" and Lao She's

Cat Country

focusing on representations of space

discipline and social interaction. The Japanese text presents a highly regulated

technologically governed society

whereas Cat Country depicts a fragmented social order characterised by weak institutions. These differences reflect contrasting forms of governance and spatial organization

suggesting that science fiction in this period functioned as a critical response to modernization and revealed how state power shaped everyday life.

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