Representing empire : Japanese colonial literature in Taiwan and Manchuria / by Ying Xiong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xiong, Ying, Ph.D, author.

Series:

East Asian comparative literature and culture ; Volume 3.

East Asian Comparative Literature and Culture, 2212-4772 ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--Taiwan--History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

Japanese literature--China--Manchuria--History and criticism.

National characteristics, Japanese, in literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Nationalism in literature.

Regionalism--East Asia.

Regionalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Representing Empire Ying Xiong examines Japanese-language colonial literature written by Japanese expatriate writers in Taiwan and Manchuria. Drawing on a wide range of Japanese and Chinese sources, Representing Empire reveals not only a nuanced picture of Japanese literary terrain but also the interplay between imperialism, nationalism, and Pan-Asianism in the colonies. While the existing literature on Japanese nationalism has largely remained within the confines of national history, by using colonial literature as an example, Ying Xiong demonstrates that transnational forces shaped Japanese nationalism in the twentieth century. With its multidisciplinary and comparative approach, Representing Empire adds to a growing body of literature that challenges traditional interpretations of Japanese nationalism and national literary canon. “ Representing Empire is an outstanding accomplishment, at once making clearer and complicating our understandings of the literary worlds of Manchuria and Taiwan, and the greater imperial empire within which all were transformed. … add[s] substantially to the ways in which Japan’s empire and twentieth century East Asian history more generally might be interpreted.” Norman Smith, University of Guelph, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Resource Center Publication (February, 2015)

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 National Literature and Beyond

2 Local Discovered

3 National Lineage Reinvented

4 Between Imperialism and Pan-Asianism Imperialial

5 Literature in the Name of National Harmony

6 Translating Texts, Transforming Identities

7 Imperial Knowledge and Colonial Power

8 Romanticising the Empire

9 Local Literature in Ambivalence

Conclusion: Japanese Nationalism and Its Discontents

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27411-1

OCLC:

883632033

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004274112 DOI