Atsuko Ueda, "Literature among the Ruins, 1945-1955: Postwar Japanese Literary Criticism "
English | ISBN: 073918072X | 2018 | 202 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 8 MB
In the wake of the disaster of 1945-as Japan was forced to remake itself from "empire" to "nation" in the face of an uncertain global situation-literature and literary criticism emerged as highly contested sites. Today, this remarkable period holds rich potential for opening new dialogue between scholars in Japan and North America as we rethink the historical and contemporary significance of such ongoing questions as the meaning of the American occupation both inside and outside of Japan, the shifting semiotics of "literature" and "politics," and the origins of what would become crucial ideological weapons of the cultural Cold War.