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Kannani and Document of Flames: Two Japanese Colonial Novels
Katsuei Yuasa
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Description for Kannani and Document of Flames: Two Japanese Colonial Novels
Paperback. Translation of two novels written in the 1930s by Korean-born Yuasa Katsuei, who realistically depicted the lives of Koreans under Japanese colonial rule. Translator(s): Driscoll, Mark. Num Pages: 208 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3810 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
This volume makes available for the first time in English two of the most important novels of Japanese colonialism: Yuasa Katsuei’s Kannani and Document of Flames. Born in Japan in 1910 and raised in Korea, Yuasa was an eyewitness to the ravages of the Japanese occupation. In both of the novels presented here, he is clearly critical of Japanese imperialism. Kannani (1934) stands alone within Japanese literature in its graphic depictions of the racism and poverty endured by the colonized Koreans. Document of Flames (1935) brings issues of class and gender into sharp focus. It tells the story of Tokiko, ... Read more
This volume makes available for the first time in English two of the most important novels of Japanese colonialism: Yuasa Katsuei’s Kannani and Document of Flames. Born in Japan in 1910 and raised in Korea, Yuasa was an eyewitness to the ravages of the Japanese occupation. In both of the novels presented here, he is clearly critical of Japanese imperialism. Kannani (1934) stands alone within Japanese literature in its graphic depictions of the racism and poverty endured by the colonized Koreans. Document of Flames (1935) brings issues of class and gender into sharp focus. It tells the story of Tokiko, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
286g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822335177
SKU
V9780822335177
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About Katsuei Yuasa
Yuasa Katsuei (1910–1972) was the author of more than twenty novellas and novels and many essays and travel accounts. Mark Driscoll is Assistant Professor of Japanese and International Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is a coeditor of Prosthetic Territories: Politics and Hypertechnologies.
Reviews for Kannani and Document of Flames: Two Japanese Colonial Novels
“The publication of these translations may well be remembered as an epoch-making event. Mark Driscoll has made a major contribution to our understanding of Japanese modernity in all of its complexity, of postcoloniality as a theoretical concept and political praxis, and of the politics of Asian studies as a discipline. Moreover, he has rescued a nearly forgotten figure whose work ... Read more