Literature among the Ruins, 1945–1955: Postwar Japanese Literary Criticism (New Studies in Modern Japan)

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Literature among the Ruins, 1945–1955: Postwar Japanese Literary Criticism (New Studies in Modern Japan)

Written by Atsuko Ueda
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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. The 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.

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Atsuko Ueda is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Atsuko Ueda can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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