Theorizing post-disaster literature in Japan : revisiting the literary and cultural landscape after the triple disasters /
"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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Lexington Books,
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Publisher Address: | Lanham, MD : |
Publication Dates: | [2022] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: |
English Japanese |
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New studies in modern Japan
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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"-- |
Carrier Form: | xlix, 160 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781793605368 179360536X |
Index Number: | PL726 |
CLC: |
TL732 I313.065 |
Call Number: | I313.065/K499 |
Contents: | Translators' foreword / Rachel DiNitto and Doug Slaymaker -- Preface to the English translation -- Preface: Following my Shinsaigo Bungakuron (On postdisaster literature) -- Postdisaster literature and minorities -- The problem of "Fukushima" -- From Fukushima to Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- From disaster to war -- The hauntology of postdisaster literature -- Post-Fukushima sublime and the anxiety of hauntology -- Radiation and precarious life. |