Lamentation As History - Narratives By Koreans in Japan, 1965-2000

Zusatztext " Lamentation as History is a pioneering study that will serve as a catalyst for the burgeoning research on Japan's "resident Korea" population. As an ambitious and stimulating inquiry into the relationship between literary and legal struggles in late twentieth-century Japan! it is a work deserving a wide readership." Informationen zum Autor Melissa L. Wender is Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature at Bates College. Klappentext "Lamentation as History is a pioneering study that will serve as a catalyst for the burgeoning research on Japan's "resident Korea" population. As an ambitious and stimulating inquiry into the relationship between literary and legal struggles in late twentieth-century Japan, it is a work deserving a wide readership."--Journal of Japanese Studies Zusammenfassung This book traces the emergence and evolution of a discourse of minority identity within Japan's Korean community through its examination of their literary narratives and political struggles over the past three decades.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Wender, Melissa L Wender, Melissa L. Wender
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2005
• EAN: 9780804750417
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5041-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese