Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan

Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape after the Triple Disasters

Saeko Kimura (Author) , Rachel DiNitto (Translator) , Doug Slaymaker (Translator)
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Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan

Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape after the Triple Disasters

Saeko Kimura (Author) , Rachel DiNitto (Translator) , Doug Slaymaker (Translator)
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Description

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.

Table of Contents

Translators' Foreword, Rachel DiNitto and Doug Slaymaker
Preface to the English Translation
Preface: Following My Shinsaigo Bungakuron (On Postdisaster Literature)
Chapter 1: Post Disaster Literature and Minorities
Chapter 2: The Problem of “Fukushima”
Chapter 3: From Fukushima to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Chapter 4: From Disaster to War
Chapter 5: The Hauntology of Postdisaster Literature
Chapter 6: Post-Fukushima Sublime and the Anxiety of Hauntology
Chapter 7: Radiation and Precarious Life
Epilogue
Bibliography
About the Author and Translators

Product details

Published 08 Apr 2024
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 228
ISBN 9781793605375
Imprint Lexington Books
Series New Studies in Modern Japan
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

SK
Author

Saeko Kimura

RD
Translator

Rachel DiNitto

DS
Translator

Doug Slaymaker

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