Empire of texts in motion : Chinese, Korean, and Taiwanese transculturations of Japanese literature
Title:
Empire of texts in motion : Chinese, Korean, and Taiwanese transculturations of Japanese literature
Harvard-Yenching Institute monographs ;
Author:
Thornber, Karen Laura.
ISBN:
9780674036253
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2009.
Physical Description:
xii, 591 p. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Harvard-Yenching Institute monographs ; 67
Contents:
Introduction : Empire, Transculturation, and Literary Contact Nebulae -- Travel, Readerly Contact, and Writerly Contact in the Japanese Empire -- Transcultural Literary Criticism in the Japanese Empire -- Multiple Vectors and Early Interlingual Transculturations of Japanese Literature -- From Cultural Innovation to Total War -- Intertextuality, Empire, and East Asia -- Spotlight on Suffering -- Reconceptualizing Relationships: Individuals, Families, Nations -- Questions of Agency : Raising Responsibility, Parodying Persistence, and Rethinking Reform -- Epilogue: Postwar Intra-East Asian Dialogues and the Future of Negotiating Transculturally.
Abstract:
During the first half of the 20th century, Japan was the dominant military & political force in East Asia. This study explores the transculturations of Japanese literature amongst the Chinese, Koreans, Taiwanese & Manchurians whose lives had come within the sphere of the Japanese Empire.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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npmlib 南院 PL720 T47 stc 11220162