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This seminal book is the first sustained critical work that engages with the varieties of literature following the triple disasters—the earthquake, tsunami, and meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant.



Table of Contents

Translators’ Foreword, Rachel DiNitto and Doug Slaymaker

Preface to the English Translation

Preface: Following My Shinsaigo Bungakuron (On Postdisaster Literature)

Chapter 1: Post Disaster Literature and Minorities

Chapter 2: The Problem of “Fukushima”

Chapter 3: From Fukushima to Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Chapter 4: From Disaster to War

Chapter 5: The Hauntology of Postdisaster Literature

Chapter 6: Post-Fukushima Sublime and the Anxiety of Hauntology

Chapter 7: Radiation and Precarious Life

Epilogue

Bibliography

About the Author and Translators

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/09/2022
      ISBN13: 9781793605368, 978-1793605368
      ISBN10: 179360536X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This seminal book is the first sustained critical work that engages with the varieties of literature following the triple disasters—the earthquake, tsunami, and meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant.



      Table of Contents

      Translators’ Foreword, Rachel DiNitto and Doug Slaymaker

      Preface to the English Translation

      Preface: Following My Shinsaigo Bungakuron (On Postdisaster Literature)

      Chapter 1: Post Disaster Literature and Minorities

      Chapter 2: The Problem of “Fukushima”

      Chapter 3: From Fukushima to Hiroshima and Nagasaki

      Chapter 4: From Disaster to War

      Chapter 5: The Hauntology of Postdisaster Literature

      Chapter 6: Post-Fukushima Sublime and the Anxiety of Hauntology

      Chapter 7: Radiation and Precarious Life

      Epilogue

      Bibliography

      About the Author and Translators

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