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Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2020. Hardcover. Very good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". viii, 296pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Playing in the Shadows considers the literature engendered by postwar Japanese authors' robust cultural exchanges with African Americans and African American literature. The Allied Occupation brought an influx of African American soldiers and culture to Japan, which catalyzed the writing of black characters into postwar Japanese literature. This same influx fostered the creation of organizations such as the Kokujin kenkyu no kai (The Japanese Association for Negro Studies) and literary endeavors such as the Kokujin bungaku zenshu (The Complete Anthology of Black Literature). This rich milieu sparked Japanese authors'—Nakagami Kenji and Oe Kenzaburo are two notable examples—interest in reading, interpreting, critiquing, and, ultimately, incorporating…
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Playing in the Shadows: Fictions of Race and Blackness in Postwar Japanese Literature Volume 88 Hardcover -
by William H. Bridges
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- Title Playing in the Shadows: Fictions of Race and Blackness in Postwar Japanese Literature Volume 88
- Author William H. Bridges
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 306
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Michigan Press
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780472074426 / 0472074423
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects Blacks in literature, Race in literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019032054
- Dewey Decimal Code 895.609
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