Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan

Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape after the Triple Disasters

AvSaeko Kimura,Douglas Slaymaker

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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This seminal book is the first sustained critical work that engages with the varieties of literature following the triple disasters—the earthquake, tsunami, and meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-08
Mått:152 x 227 x 16 mm
Vikt:331 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Studies in Modern Japan
Antal sidor:228
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793605382
Översättare:Rachel DiNitto, Doug Slaymaker

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Saeko Kimura is professor in the Department of International and Cultural Studies at Tsuda University.Rachel DiNitto is professor of Japanese literature in the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures at the University of Oregon.Doug Slaymaker is professor of Japanese at the University of Kentucky.

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Translators’ Foreword, Rachel DiNitto and Doug SlaymakerPreface to the English TranslationPreface: Following My Shinsaigo Bungakuron (On Postdisaster Literature)Chapter 1: Post Disaster Literature and MinoritiesChapter 2: The Problem of “Fukushima”Chapter 3: From Fukushima to Hiroshima and NagasakiChapter 4: From Disaster to WarChapter 5: The Hauntology of Postdisaster LiteratureChapter 6: Post-Fukushima Sublime and the Anxiety of HauntologyChapter 7: Radiation and Precarious Life EpilogueBibliographyAbout the Author and Translators