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Literature after Fukushima examines how aesthetic representation
contributes to a critical understanding of the 3.11 triple disaster
- the Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami, and multiple meltdowns
at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Through an
examination of key works in the expanding corpus of 3.11 literature
the book explores how the disaster-both its immediate aftereffects
and its continued unfolding-reframed discourse in various areas
such as trauma studies, eco-criticism, regional identity, food
safety, civil society, and beyond. Individual chapters discuss
aspects of these perspectival shifts, tracing the reshaping of
Japanese identity after the triple disaster. The cultural
productions explored offer a glimpse into the public imaginary and
demonstrate how disasters can fundamentally redefine our individual
and shared conception of both history and the present moment.
Literature after Fukushima is the first English-language book to
provide an in-depth analysis of such a wide range of representative
post-3.11 literature and its social ramifications. Contributing to
a more comprehensive understanding of the post-disaster climate of
Japanese society and adding new perspectives through literary
analysis, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of
Japanese and Asian Studies, Literary Studies, Environmental
Humanities, as well as Cultural and Transcultural Studies.
The natural and man-made cataclysmic events of the 11 March 2011
disaster, or 3.11, have dramatically altered the status quo of
contemporary Japanese society. While much has been written about
the social, political, economic, and technical aspects of the
disaster, this volume represents one of the first in-depth
explorations of the cultural responses to the devastating tsunami,
and in particular the ongoing nuclear disaster of Fukushima. This
book explores a wide range of cultural responses to the Fukushima
nuclear calamity by analyzing examples from literature, poetry,
manga, theatre, art photography, documentary and fiction film, and
popular music. Individual chapters examine the changing
positionality of post-3.11 northeastern Japan and the fear-driven
conflation of time and space in near-but-far urban centers; explore
the political subversion and nostalgia surrounding the Fukushima
disaster; expose the ambiguous effects of highly gendered
representations of fear of nuclear threat; analyze the musical and
poetic responses to disaster; and explore the political
potentialities of theatrical performances. By scrutinizing various
media narratives and taking into account national and local
perspectives, the book sheds light on cultural texts of power,
politics, and space. Providing an insight into the post-disaster
Zeitgeist as expressed through a variety of media genres, this book
will be of interest to students and scholars of Japanese Studies,
Japanese Culture, Popular Culture, and Literature Studies.
The natural and man-made cataclysmic events of the 11 March 2011
disaster, or 3.11, have dramatically altered the status quo of
contemporary Japanese society. While much has been written about
the social, political, economic, and technical aspects of the
disaster, this volume represents one of the first in-depth
explorations of the cultural responses to the devastating tsunami,
and in particular the ongoing nuclear disaster of Fukushima. This
book explores a wide range of cultural responses to the Fukushima
nuclear calamity by analyzing examples from literature, poetry,
manga, theatre, art photography, documentary and fiction film, and
popular music. Individual chapters examine the changing
positionality of post-3.11 northeastern Japan and the fear-driven
conflation of time and space in near-but-far urban centers; explore
the political subversion and nostalgia surrounding the Fukushima
disaster; expose the ambiguous effects of highly gendered
representations of fear of nuclear threat; analyze the musical and
poetic responses to disaster; and explore the political
potentialities of theatrical performances. By scrutinizing various
media narratives and taking into account national and local
perspectives, the book sheds light on cultural texts of power,
politics, and space. Providing an insight into the post-disaster
Zeitgeist as expressed through a variety of media genres, this book
will be of interest to students and scholars of Japanese Studies,
Japanese Culture, Popular Culture, and Literature Studies.
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