1st Edition
Writing Okinawa Narrative acts of identity and resistance
Introduction 1. The Color Orange: Yamagusuku Seichu’s “Mandarin Oranges” and the Blossoming of Okinawan Fiction 2. Subaltern Identity in Taisho Japan 3. Marching Forward, Glancing Backward: Language and Nostalgia in Prewar Japan 4. Oshiro Tatsuhiro and Constructions of a Mythic Okinawa 5. Postreversion Fiction and Medoruma Shun 6. Darkness Visible in Sakiyama Tami’s Island Stories. Conclusion
Biography
Davinder L. Bhowmik is Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Washington, USA.
'Bhowmik’s book also reveals an impressive command of Japanese and western literature, with which she frequently compares and contrasts the works of the Okinawan writers she discusses.' - HUGH CLARKE, University of Sydney, Japanese Studies 29/1
'At last, we have a book-length study in English that explores the rich diversity of modern Okinawan fiction. That fact alone would be cause for celebration, but Davinder L. Bhowmik's Writing Okinawa does far more than merely fill a gap in extant English Language scholarship on Okinawan Literature. Through detailed analysis of a wide range of fiction published from the early twentieth century to the present day, this book offers diverse perspectives into the region's perpetually shifting, yet ever tenuous, relationship with the Japanese state.' - Kristine Dennehy, Monumenta Nipponica 64:2 (2009)
