On uneven ground
Subtitle: Miyazawa Kenji and the making of place in modern Japan
By: Hoyt Long
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780804776868
Subjects: History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Japanese literature; Literature and society; History
Description: The history of literary and artistic production in modern Japan has typically centred on the literature and art of Tokyo. Going beyond the capital, this book explores the works of iyazawa Kenji.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index.
Table of contents: title: Finding value in locality; title: Decentering the uneven geography of cultural production; title: Toward a provincializing literary production; title: Making space for a new literary region; title: Conversations with nature; title: Performing the village square; title: Farmer's art in an age of cosmopolitan agrarianism; title: Epilogue : trading places.