Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape After the Triple

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.

About the 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.

Product details

• Authors: Saeko Kimura
• Assisted by: DiNitto Rachel (Translation), Slaymaker Doug (Translation)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.05.2024
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9781793605382
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-538-2
• Pages: 228
• Series: New Studies in Modern Japan
• Subjects: Japan, Tsunami, Fukushima, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Nuclear, Literature: history & criticism, Earthquake, Literature: history and criticism, nuclear disaster, nuclear accident, triple disaster