Ecocriticism in Japan

Abstract

Foreword by Ursula Heise Acknowledgements Introduction by Yuki Masami Chapter 1: Exploring Ecocritical Perspectives by Juxtaposing The Tale of Genji's "Suma" chapter with Folktales by Marjorie Rhine Chapter 2: Taoka Reiun and Environmental Thought in the Early 1900s by Ronald Loftus by Chapter 3: Kyoko Matsunaga Radioactive Discourse and Atomic Bomb Texts: Ota Yoko, Sata Ineko, and by Hayashi Kyoko Chapter 4: Abe Kobo in Ecosophy by Toshiya Ueno Chapter 5: Literary ground opened in fissures: The Great East Japan Earthquake and Oe Kenzaburo's In Late Style by Haga Koichi Chapter 6: Oe and the Uses of Ecocritical Affect: Suspicion, Shame and Care after 3.11 by Margherita Long Chapter 7: Nature Strikes Back: Human Interaction with Natural Forces in Literary Representations of Disaster by Alex Bates Chapter 8: Horses and Ferns: Kaneko Mitsuharu and Furukawa Hideo by Doug Slaymaker Chapter 9: Invisible Waves: On Some Japanese Artists After March 11, 2011 by Keijiro Suga Chapter 10: From "Suffering" to "Compassion": The World of Ishimure Michiko's Works by Shuji Takazawa Chapter 11: Representation of Nomads in the Works of Ishimure Michiko by Daisuke Higuchi Chapter 12: On the Ideological Manipulation of Nature in Japanese Popular Culture: Miyazaki, Hyakuta, Ishimure by Hisaaki Wake Chapter 13: A Chaosmos of Condivision: Radiation Aesthetics in the TV Anime Series Coppelion (2013) by Livia Monnet Chapter 14: Arboreal Unicorns and Other Megaflora: On Kurosawa Kiyoshi's film Charisma by Christine Marran About the Contributors Index