Beschreibung:
This book traces the development of Okinawan literature over the tumultuous past century, during which the island experienced imperial subjectification, wartime annihilation, a protracted American occupation, and reversion to Japan.
Introduction 1. The Color Orange: Yamagusuku Seichu's "Mandarin Oranges" and the Blossoming of Okinawan Fiction 2. Subaltern Identity in Taisho Japan 3. Marching Forward, Glancing Backward: Language and Nostalgia in Prewar Japan 4. Oshiro Tatsuhiro and Constructions of a Mythic Okinawa 5. Postreversion Fiction and Medoruma Shun 6. Darkness Visible in Sakiyama Tami's Island Stories. Conclusion