{"product_id":"teaching-postwar-japanese-fiction-alex-bates-9781603295949","title":"Teaching Postwar Japanese Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays about teaching postwar Japanese fiction in its cultural and historical contexts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Japan moved from the devastation of 1945 to the economic security that survived even the boom and bust of the 1980s and 1990s, its literature came to embrace new subjects and styles and to reflect on the nation's changing relationship to other Asian countries and to the West. This volume will help instructors introduce students to novels, short stories, and manga that confront postwar Japanese experiences, including the suffering caused by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the echoes of Japan's colonialism and imperialism, new ways of thinking about Japanese identity and about minorities such as the\u003ci\u003e zainichi\u003c\/i\u003e Koreans, changes in family structures, and environmental disasters. Essays provide context for understanding the particularity of postwar Japanese literature, its place in world literature, and its connections to the Japanese past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains discussion of Tawada Yōko's \"The Bath\"; Nakagami Kenji's \"The Cape\"; works by Murakami Haruki; \u003ci\u003eThe Apprenticeship of Big Toe P\u003c\/i\u003e; works by Mishima Yukio; \u003ci\u003eBlack Rain\u003c\/i\u003e; Serai Yūichi's \"Birds\"; Hajime Isayama's \u003ci\u003eAttack on Titan\u003c\/i\u003e; works by Ishimure Michiko; 3\/11; Araki Tetsurō; Yasunari Kawabata's \u003ci\u003eThousand Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e; Ariyoshi Sawako's \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Years\u003c\/i\u003e; Endō Shūsaku's \u003ci\u003eSilence\u003c\/i\u003e; and works by Kawabata Yasunari.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Bates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603295941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603295949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Association of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.98w x 1.02d","brand":"Alex Bates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078173815039,"sku":"9781603295949","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47ddb3c2-b8a6-4b6a-82c1-a67182b8512d.jpg?v=1685473961","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teaching-postwar-japanese-fiction-alex-bates-9781603295949","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}