Ecocriticism in Japan / edited by Hisaaki Wake, Keijiro Suga, and Yuki Masami.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wake, Hisaaki, 1963- editor.

Suga, Keijirō, 1958- editor.

Yūki, Masami, 1969- editor.

Series:

Ecocritical theory and practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecocriticism--Japan.

Ecocriticism.

Japanese literature--History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

Ecology in literature.

Japan.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 296 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]

Summary:

How can ecocriticism and ecology-conscious scholars engage with Japanese literature and culture? This volume attempts to provide the most updated answers to this question. The contributors place themselves inside the domestic fields of production of works of art and express their concerns and ideas for the English-speaking spheres of the world. Taking up subjects ranging from the eleventh-century novel The Tale of Genji, the post-WWII atomic bombing literature by women, to the recent TV anime Coppelion-a production that foresaw a devastating nuclear disaster after the Great East Japan Earthquake-this volume extricates and discusses innate, complex values of the Japanese people and culture in terms of nature and environment. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Walking the Walk: A Path toward Praxis Inspired by an Ecocritical Reading of The Tale of Genji and a Japanese Folktale / Marjorie Rhine Rhine, Marjorie 21

2 Taoka Reiun and Environmental Thought in the Early 1900s / Ronald Loftus Loftus, Ronald 41

3 Radioactive Discourse and Atomic Bomb Texts: Ota Yoko, Hayashi Kyoko, and Sata Ineko / Kyoko Matsunaga Matsunaga, Kyoko 63

4 Abe Kobo in Ecosophy / Toshiya Ueno Ueno, Toshiya 81

5 Literary Ground Opened in Fissures: The Great East Japan Earthquake and Oe Kenzaburo's In Late Style / Haga Koichi Koichi, Haga 103

6 Ecopolitics and Affect Theory in Oe's Post-Fukushima Activism: On Shame, Contempt, and Care / Margherita Long Long, Margherita 121

7 Nature and Disaster in Murakami Haruki's after the quake / Alex Bates Bates, Alex 139

8 Horses and Ferns: Kaneko Mitsuharu and Furukawa Hideo / Doug Slaymaker Slaymaker, Doug 157

9 Invisible Waves: On Some Japanese Artists after March 11, 2011 / Keijiro Suga Suga, Keijiro 173

10 From to : The World of Ishimure Michiko's Works / Shuji Takazawa Takazawa, Shuji 189

11 Representations of Nomads in the Works of Ishimure Michiko-a Historical Perspective / Daisuke Higuchi Higuchi, Daisuke 203

12 On the Ideological Manipulation of Nature in Japanese Popular Culture: Miyazaki, Hyakuta, and Ishimure / Hisaaki Wake Wake, Hisaaki 223

13 A Chaosmos of Condivision: Radiation Aesthetics in the TV Anime Series Coppelion (2013) / Livia Monnet Monnet, Livia 239

14 Arboreal Unicorns and Other Megaflora: On Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Film Charisma / Christine Marran Marran, Christine 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ecocriticism in Japan

ISBN:

9781498527842

1498527841

OCLC:

1005694148