{"product_id":"literature-among-the-ruins-1945-1955-postwar-japanese-literary-criticism-paperback","title":"Literature Among the Ruins, 1945-1955: Postwar Japanese Literary Criticism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael K. Bourdaghs\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eAtsuko Ueda\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDouglas Slaymaker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume consists of three interrelated sections: \"Foregrounding the Cold War,\" \"Structures of Concealment: 'Cultural Anxieties, '\" and \"Continuity and Discontinuity: Subjective Rupture and Dislocation.\" One way or another, the essays address the process through which new \"Japan\" was created in the postwar present, which signified an attempt to criticize and reevaluate the past. Examining postwar discourse from various angles, the essays highlight the manner in which anxieties of the future were projected onto the construction of the past, which manifest in varying disavowals and structures of concealment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtsuko Ueda is associate professor of modern Japanese literature at Princeton University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael K. Bourdaghs is Robert S. Ingersoll Professor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichi Sakakibara is professor of modern Japanese literature at Waseda University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHirokazu Toeda is professor of modern Japanese literature at Waseda University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47466441670834,"sku":"9780739180730","price":88.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/NxBxHnegQl9780739180730.webp?v=1783507622","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/literature-among-the-ruins-1945-1955-postwar-japanese-literary-criticism-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}