Representing Empire

Japanese Colonial Literature in Taiwan and Manchuria
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-27410-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 739 g

Reihe: East Asian Comparative Literature and Culture

In Representing Empire Ying Xiong examines Japanese-language colonial literature written by Japanese expatriate writers in Taiwan and Manchuria. Drawing on a wide range of Japanese and Chinese sources, Representing Empire reveals not only a nuanced picture of Japanese literary terrain but also the interplay between imperialism, nationalism, and Pan-Asianism in the colonies.

While the existing literature on Japanese nationalism has largely remained within the confines of national history, by using colonial literature as an example, Ying Xiong demonstrates that transnational forces shaped Japanese nationalism in the twentieth century.

With its multidisciplinary and comparative approach, Representing Empire adds to a growing body of literature that challenges traditional interpretations of Japanese nationalism and national literary canon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Xiong, Ying

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Part I Exoticising the Other, Reinenting the Self
Chapter One: National Literature and Beyond
Chapter Two: Local Discovered
Chapter Three: National Lineage Reinvented

Part II: Pan-Asianism Unrealised
Chapter Four: Between Imperialism and Pan-Asianism Imperialial
Chapter Five: Literature in the Name of National Harmony
Chapter Six: Translating Texts, Transforming Identities

Part III: Re-mapping the Empire: Japan, Taiwan, and Manchukuo
Chapter Seven: Imperial Knowledge and Colonial Power
Chapter Eight: Romanticising the Empire
Chapter Nine: Local Literature in Ambivalence
Conclusion: Japanese Nationalism and its Discontents

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ying Xiong, Ph.D (2011), University of Sydney, is a research associate at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.