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Japanophone Literature? A Transpacific Query on Absence

Publication ,  Journal Article
Kwon, NA
Published in: MFS: Modern Fiction Studies
2018

This essay inquires into the significance of the absent category of Japanophone literature in light of the recent rise of a global discourse on Sinophone literature and other postcolonial critical genealogies. This discussion of broader postcolonial taxonomies sets the stage for an investigation into the position of Japan as a minor empire in relation to its European counterparts. The precarious location among divided literary fields of colonial Korean writers, such as Kim Saryang, provides a segue into linking contested postcolonial and cold war legacies in the Asia-Pacific.

Duke Scholars

Published In

MFS: Modern Fiction Studies

ISSN

0026-7724

Publication Date

2018

Volume

64

Issue

3

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Related Subject Headings

  • Literary Studies
  • 4705 Literary studies
  • 2005 Literary Studies
 

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Kwon, N. A. (2018). Japanophone Literature? A Transpacific Query on Absence. MFS: Modern Fiction Studies, 64(3).
Kwon, Nayoung Aimee. “Japanophone Literature? A Transpacific Query on Absence.” MFS: Modern Fiction Studies 64, no. 3 (2018).
Kwon NA. Japanophone Literature? A Transpacific Query on Absence. MFS: Modern Fiction Studies. 2018;64(3).
Kwon, Nayoung Aimee. “Japanophone Literature? A Transpacific Query on Absence.” MFS: Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 64, no. 3, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Kwon NA. Japanophone Literature? A Transpacific Query on Absence. MFS: Modern Fiction Studies. Johns Hopkins University Press; 2018;64(3).
Journal cover image

Published In

MFS: Modern Fiction Studies

ISSN

0026-7724

Publication Date

2018

Volume

64

Issue

3

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Related Subject Headings

  • Literary Studies
  • 4705 Literary studies
  • 2005 Literary Studies