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245 00 $aLegacies of the Asia-Pacific War :$bthe Yakeato generation /$cedited by Roman Rosenbaum and Yasuko Claremont.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2011 .
300 $axiii, 251 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;$v31
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aWhen we look in detail at the various peripheral groups of disenfranchised people emerging from the aftermath of the Asia-Pacific War the list is startling: Koreans in Japan (migrants or forced labourers), Burakumin, Hibakusha, Okinawans, Asian minorities, comfort women and many others. Many of these groups have been discussed in a large corpus of what we may call 'disenfranchised literature', and the research presented in this book intends to add an additional and particularly controversial example to the long list of the voice- and powerless. The presence of members of what is known as the yakeato sedai or the generation of people who experienced the fire-bombings of the Asia-Pacific War is conspicuous in all areas of contemporary Japan. From literature to the visual arts, from music to theatre, from architecture to politics, their influence and in many cases guiding principles is evident everywhere and in many cases forms the keystone of modern Japanese society and culture. The contributors to this book explore the impact of the yakeato generation - and their literary, creative and cultural and works - on the postwar period by drawing out the importance of the legacy of those people who truly survived the darkest hour of the twentieth century and re-evaluate the ramifications of their experiences in contemporary Japanese society and culture. As such this book will be of huge interest to those studying Japanese history, literature, poetry and cultural studies. /from the publisher's website.
505 00 $gMachine generated contents note:$gpt. I$tSetting the stage for the yakeato generation --$g1.$tLegacies of the Asia-Pacific War: the yakeato (the burnt-out ruins) generation /$rRoman Rosenbaum --$g2.$tNihon ni okeru kyo no sengoron: current post-war discourse in Japan /$rSuzuki Sadami --$gpt. II$tPre-yakeato: provenance of a generation to come --$g3.$tOhara Tomie and A Woman Called En /$rHiroko Kobayashi --$g4.$tThe legacy of Watanabe Kazuo (1901 -- 1975) /$rYasuko Claremont --$gpt. III$tThe yakeato cohort: offspring of war --$g5.$tThe legacy of the yakeato generation: Oda Makoto's literary social criticism /$rRoman Rosenbaum --$g6.$tA yakeato poet: Irisawa Yasuo /$rYasuko Claremont.
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650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects$zJapan.
700 1 $aRosenbaum, Roman.
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830 0 $aRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;$v31.
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