{"product_id":"literature-after-fukushima-9781032258577","title":"Literature After Fukushima","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterature after Fukushima \u003c\/em\u003eexamines how aesthetic representation contributes to a critical understanding of the 3.11 triple disaster  the Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami, and multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough an examination of key works in the expanding corpus of 3.11 literature the book explores how the disasterboth its immediate aftereffects and its continued unfoldingreframed discourse in various areas such as trauma studies, eco-criticism, regional identity, food safety, civil society, and beyond. Individual chapters discuss aspects of these perspectival shifts, tracing the reshaping of Japanese identity after the triple disaster. The cultural productions explored offer a glimpse into the public imaginary and demonstrate how disasters can fundamentally redefine our individual and shared conception of both history and the present moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterature after Fukushima \u003c\/em\u003eis the first English-language book to prov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cb\u003ePart 1: Marginalized Voices \u003c\/b\u003e1. Real Eyes Realize Real Lies: Writing ‘Fukushima’ through the Child’s Gaze 2. Animal Stories: Agency after Radiation 3. Voice and Voicelessness: Reading Vernaculars in Post-3.11 Literature \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Spatial Acts \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e4. From That Day Forward: \u003c\/i\u003eTōhoku, 3.11, and ‘Memory Landscapes’ 5. The Nuclear Home and the Alien Village: The Production of Post-3.11 Space in Sakate Yōji’s\u003ci\u003e Lone War \u003c\/i\u003e6. Between Trauma Processing, Emotional Healing, and Nuclear Criticism— Documentary Theater Responding to the Fukushima Disaster \u003cb\u003ePart 3: Border-Crossing \u003c\/b\u003e7.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eLost in Narration in Tawada Yōko’s\u003ci\u003e The Emissary \u003c\/i\u003e8. Spoiled Meals: Immunitary and Metabolic Imaginaries in Kawakami Mieko’s ‘Dreams of Love, Etc.’ and Murata Sayaka's \u003ci\u003eConvenience Store Woman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Nuclear Futurity \u003c\/b\u003e9. Humanism and the Hikari-Event: Reading Ōe with Stengers in Catastrophic Times 10. Afterword: Chernobyl’s Past and Fukushima’s Remembered Future\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018930651479,"sku":"9781032258577","price":118.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032258577.jpg?v=1750778709","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/literature-after-fukushima-9781032258577","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}