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The Novels of Oe Kenzaburo
Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
Ôe Kenzaburô was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994. This critical study examines Ôe’s entire career from 1957 – 2006 and includes chapters on Ôe’s later novels not published in English. Through close readings at different points in Ôe’s career Yasuko Claremont establishes the spiritual...
Published April 10th 2011 by Routledge
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Legacies of the Asia-Pacific War
The Yakeato Generation
Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
When 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...
Published December 16th 2010 by Routledge