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Imag(in)ing the war in Japan : representing and responding to trauma in postwar literature and film / edited by David Stahl and Mark Williams

Stahl, David C., 1959- [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Williams, Mark, 1957- [Herausgeberin/-geber]

Leiden ; Boston : Brill [2010], 2010

1 Online-Ressource (vi, 362 pages)

Englisch

Erscheint auch als: Imag(in)ing the war in Japan (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-90-04-19321-5 (electronic book)

978-90-04-18298-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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Basisklassifikation: 15.24 (Zweiter Weltkrieg) ; 15.80 (Japan) <Geschichte>

Fachinformationsdienst(e): FID-ASIEN-DE-1a

*Japan ; Literatur ; Film ; Zweiter Weltkrieg <Motiv> ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Japanese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism ; World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Literature and the war ; Motion pictures -- Japan -- History -- 20th century ; World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Motion pictures and the war ; Psychic trauma in literature ; Psychic trauma in motion pictures

Preliminary Material /M. Williams and D. Stahl -- Introduction /David C. Stahl and Mark B. Williams -- Chapter One. Catastrophe, Memory, And Narrative: Teaching Japanese And Jewish Responses To Twentieth-Century Atrocity /Alan Tansman -- Chapter Two. Murakami Haruki And The War Inside /Jay Rubin -- Chapter Three. To Make Gods And Demons Weep: Witnessing The Sublime In “Death In Midsummer” And “Patriotism” /Dennis Washburn -- Chapter Four. Writing The Traumatized Self: Tenkō In The Literature Of Shiina Rinzō /Mark Williams -- Chapter Five. Okuizumi Hikaru And The Mystery Of War Memory /Angela Yiu -- Chapter Six. Victimization And \'Response-Ability\': Remembering, Representing, And Working Through Trauma In Grave Of The Fireflies /David C. Stahl -- Chapter Seven. Fractious Memories In Medoruma Shun’s Tales Of War /Davinder L. Bhowmik -- Chapter Eight. Framing The Ruins: The Documentary Photographs Of Yamahata Yōsuke (Nagasaki, August 10, 1945) /Mark Silver -- Chapter Nine. Responsibility And Japanese Literature Of The Atomic Bomb /Karen Thornber -- Chapter Ten. Of Brutality And Betrayal: Youthful Fiction And The Legacy Of The Asia Pacific War /Christine E. Wiley -- Chapter Eleven. Contesting Traumatic War Narratives: Space Battleship Yamato And Mobile Suit Gundam /William Ashbaugh -- Index /M. Williams and D. Stahl.

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This study of a series of artistic representations of the Asia Pacific War experience in a variety of Japanese media is premised on Walter Davis' assertion that traumatic events and experiences must be 'constituted' before they can be assimilated, integrated and understood. Arguing that the contribution of the arts to the constitution, integration and comprehension of traumatic historical events has yet to be sufficiently acknowledged or articulated, the contributors to this volume examine how various Japanese authors and other artists have drawn upon their imaginative powers to create affect-charged forms and images of the extreme violence, psychological damage and ideological contradiction surrounding the War. In so doing, they seek to further the process whereby reading and viewing audiences are encouraged to virtually engage, internalize, 'know' and respond to trauma in concrete, ethical terms