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Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan

Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape after the Triple Disasters

Saeko Kimura - Translated by Rachel DiNitto and Doug Slaymaker

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
Pages: 228 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-7936-0536-8 • Hardback • September 2022 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-7936-0538-2 • Paperback • April 2024 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
978-1-7936-0537-5 • eBook • April 2024 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
Series: New Studies in Modern Japan
Subjects: Literary Criticism / Asian / Japanese, Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies

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.

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

Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan

Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape after the Triple Disasters

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Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • 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.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 228 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
    978-1-7936-0536-8 • Hardback • September 2022 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
    978-1-7936-0538-2 • Paperback • April 2024 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
    978-1-7936-0537-5 • eBook • April 2024 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
    Series: New Studies in Modern Japan
    Subjects: Literary Criticism / Asian / Japanese, Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies
Author
Author
  • 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.

Table of Contents
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

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