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.

Lexington Books

Pages: 228 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜

978-1-7936-0536-8 • Hardback • September 2022 • $100.00 • (£77.00)

978-1-7936-0537-5 • eBook • September 2022 • $45.00 • (£30.99)

Series: New Studies in Modern Japan

Subjects: Literary Criticism / Asian / Japanese

Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan

Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape after the Triple Disasters

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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

Lexington Books

Pages: 228 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜

978-1-7936-0536-8 • Hardback • September 2022 • $100.00 • (£77.00)

978-1-7936-0537-5 • eBook • September 2022 • $45.00 • (£30.99)

Series: New Studies in Modern Japan

Subjects: Literary Criticism / Asian / Japanese

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

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