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 Imag(in)ing the War in Japan: Representing and Responding to Trauma in Postwar Literature and Film

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-viii)   (94K)
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    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction (1-26) by David C. Stahl and Mark B. Williams   (109K)
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    • Introduction
    • The Trauma Of War
    • Representing The Self: Acting Out, Working Over And Working Through Trauma
    • Artistic Form, “Vital Images” And “Hermeneutic Engagement”
    • Subject Position, Identity Politics And “Response-Ability”
    • Chapter Synopses
    • Bibliography
  • Catastrophe, Memory, And Narrative: Teaching Japanese And Jewish Responses To Twentieth-Century Atrocity (27-52) by Alan Tansman   (105K)
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    • Comparing Catastrophes
    • Personal History And The Course
    • Manipulating Emotional Responses
    • The Dangers Of The Comparison
    • Leon Sperling And Takahashi Ichirō
    • Bibliography
  • Murakami Haruki And The War Inside (53-74) by Jay Rubin   (102K)
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    • “A Slow Boat To China”
    • Commitment
    • The War Inside
    • Storytelling
    • Nomonhan
    • Bibliography
  • To Make Gods And Demons Weep: Witnessing The Sublime In “Death In Midsummer” And “Patriotism” (75-104) by Dennis Washburn   (120K)
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    • Witnessing The Sublime
    • Nostalgia For The Sublime
    • Embodying The Sublime
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Writing The Traumatized Self: Tenkō In The Literature Of Shiina Rinzō (105-136) by Mark Williams   (132K)
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    • Shiina And The Traumatized Self
    • Acting Out Tenkō
    • Working Through Tenkō
    • The Canal
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Okuizumi Hikaru And The Mystery Of War Memory (137-160) by Angela Yiu   (110K)
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    • Introduction
    • Categorization Of Postwar Literature Re-Visited
    • The Stones Cry Out
    • Literature As The Porta In Infinitatem
    • Bibliography
  • Victimization And "Response-Ability": Remembering, Representing, And Working Through Trauma In Grave Of The Fireflies (161-202) by David C. Stahl   (162K)
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    • Survivor-Narrators And Concerned Others
    • Returns Of The Repressed
    • Dissembling, Confession And Testimony
    • ‘Basic Facts’
    • “Grave Of The Fireflies”: Working Over And Working Through Historical Trauma And Victimization
    • Mourning, Memorialization And “Response-Ability” In/And Grave Of The Fireflies
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Fractious Memories In Medoruma Shun's Tales Of War (203-228) by Davinder L. Bhowmik   (113K)
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    • Fractious Memories In “Droplets”
    • The Lure Of The Distant Shore In “Spirit Recalling”
    • Circuits Of Memory In “Tree Of Butterflies”
    • Bibliography
  • Framing The Ruins: The Documentary Photographs Of Yamahata Yōsuke (Nagasaki, August 10, 1945) (229-268) by Mark Silver   (1M)
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    • The Genesis Of Yamahata’s Photos And Their Early Publication History
    • Composition In Yamahata’s Photography
    • The Atomic Difference
    • Rubble As A Photographic Motif
    • Electrical Power Lines As A Photographic Motif
    • Fragmentary Allusions To Christian Iconography
    • Allusions To Secular Japanese Traditions Of Landscape Photography
    • Conclusion: Rhetoric In The Documentary Photograph
    • Bibliography
  • Responsibility And Japanese Literature Of The Atomic Bomb (269-302) by Karen Thornber   (141K)
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    • Culpability
    • Obligation
    • Bibliography
  • Of Brutality And Betrayal: Youthful Fiction And The Legacy Of The Asia Pacific War (303-326) by Christine E. Wiley   (100K)
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    • Remembering And Rendering Brutality And Betrayal
    • Ōe And The Hidden Violence Of The Countryside
    • Fukusaku’s Ultra-Violent Allegory
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Contesting Traumatic War Narratives: Space Battleship Yamato And Mobile Suit Gundam (327-354) by William Ashbaugh   (118K)
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    • Introduction
    • Cultural Significance
    • The Artists
    • Socio-Political Contexts
    • Story And Allegory: Yamato
    • Story And Allegory: Gundam
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Index (355-362)   (64K)