Davinder L. Bhowmik

Writing Okinawa (eBook, PDF)

Narrative acts of identity and resistance

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the development of Okinawan literature over the tumultuous past century, during which the island experienced imperial subjectification, wartime annihilation, a protracted American occupation, and reversion to Japan.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135973025
• Artikelnr.: 43073786

Autorenporträt

Davinder L. Bhowmik is Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Washington, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Color Orange: Yamagusuku Seichu's "Mandarin Oranges"
and the Blossoming of Okinawan Fiction 2. Subaltern Identity in Taisho
Japan 3. Marching Forward, Glancing Backward: Language and Nostalgia in
Prewar Japan 4. Oshiro Tatsuhiro and Constructions of a Mythic Okinawa 5.
Postreversion Fiction and Medoruma Shun 6. Darkness Visible in Sakiyama
Tami's Island Stories. Conclusion