The American Occupation of Japan and Okinawa : Literature and Memory

ISBN-13: 9780415191944 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 256 str.

Michael S. Molasky

Opis

An exploration through literature, of Japan's experience of American military occupation. The text provides textual analysis and discussions of post-war history, and juxtaposes literature from men and women writers from mainland Japan and Okinawa. The author examines: whether Japanese womens' writing provides a counter-history to predominantly male narratives of the occupation; how Okinawan writers represented their region's distinct experience of American military occupation; and what Okinawan literature teaches us about historical memory in Japan today. American forces remain in Okinawa in 1999 and are a source of political controversy. Through careful analysis of literary texts and attention to writers and works long excluded from Japan's post-war literary canon, this book introduces fresh perspectives on the occupation era.

O autorze

Molasky, Michael S.