Dominant narratives of colonial Hokkaido and imperial Japan : envisioning the periphery and the modern nation-state /

The first literary-cultural studies project on modern Hokkaido, this study examines the problematic ways dominant narratives cast Japanese as the main characters, agents, and even victims of the modernization process, perpetuating a number of intransigent and troubling erasures. Michele M. Mason rec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mason, Michele
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2012.
Temas:
1868-1912
Japanese literature > Japan > Hokkaido > History and criticism.
National characteristics, Japanese.
Imperialism > Social aspects > Japan > History.
Japanese.
Littérature japonaise > Japon > Hokkaidō > Histoire et critique.
Japonais.
Impérialisme > Aspect social > Japon > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
Japanese
Civilization
Imperialism > Social aspects
Japanese literature
National characteristics, Japanese
Hokkaido (Japan) > Civilization.
Japan > History > Meiji period, 1868-1912.
Hokkaidō (Japon) > Civilisation.
Japon > Histoire > 1868-1912 (Ère Meiji)
Japan
Japan > Hokkaido
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Peripheral visions: reimagining colonial Hokkaido
  • Harvesting history: modern narratives for patriotic pioneers and the imperial military
  • Writing Ainu out: the nature of Japanese colonialism in Hokkaido
  • Political protest and penal colonies: narrating the transformation of national identity and literature
  • A pantheon of promises: fantasies of freedom and capitalist dreams
  • Contested sites of an enduring colonial past
  • Epilogue.

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