1st Edition
Social Trauma, Narrative Memory, and Recovery in Japanese Literature and Film
By David Stahl
Copyright 2020
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
274 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of major works in Japanese literature and film through the interpretive lens of trauma and PTSD studies. Focusing critical attention on the psychodynamics and enduring psychosocial aftereffects of social trauma, it also evaluates the themes of dissociation, failed mourning, and psychological defence fantasies. Building on earlier studies, this book... Read more
Introduction Part 1: Trauma, Narrative Memory and Partial Recovery 1. Natsume Sōseki’s Kokoro 2. Ōoka Shōhei’s Fires on the Plain Part 2: Trauma, Intra/Interpersonal Response-ability and Relational Healing 3. Ōe Kenzaburō’s A Personal Matter 4.Imamura Shōhei’s Black Rain Conclusion
Biography
David C. Stahl is Professor of Japanese Literature and Cinema at Binghamton University, USA. His publications include Trauma, Dissociation and Re-enactment in Japanese Literature and Film (2017) and The Burdens of Survival: Ōoka Shōhei’s Writings on the Pacific War (2003).
