Playing in the Shadows: Fictions of Race and Blackness in Postwar Japanese Literature (Volume 88)

Playing in the Shadows: Fictions of Race and Blackness in Postwar Japanese Literature (Volume 88)Playing in the Shadows considers the literature engendered by postwar Japanese authors robust cultural exchanges with African Americans and African American literature. The Allied Occupation brought an influx of African American soldiers and culture to Japan, which catalyzed the writing of black characters into postwar Japanese literature. This same influx fostered the creation of organizations such as the Kokujin kenky no kai (The Japanese

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