War Brides as Transnational Subjects in Mori Reiko’s The Town

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dc.contributor.author	Flores Linda
dc.title	War Brides as Transnational Subjects in Mori Reiko’s The Town of the Mockingbird
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Mori Reiko’s 1979 Akutagawa prize-winning story The Town of the Mockingbirds portrays a community of Japanese war brides in a small military base town in Midwestern America. The narrative explores how the release from prison of Jun, a war bride imprisoned for killing her son, impacts on the community. Employing Françoise Lionnet and Shu-mei Shih’s theory of “minor transnationalism” this article explores how the protagonist, Keiko, connects with her community across binaristic lines of gender, culture and nation.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2017-05-25
dc.dateAccepted	2016-12-09
dc.dateSubmitted	2015-09-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-153-9/war-brides-as-transnational-subjects-in-mori-reiko/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-152-2/CFJS-5-1
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8976
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9395
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-153-9
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-152-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Françoise Lionnet
dc.subject	Françoise Lionnet
dc.subject	Language Hybridity
dc.subject	Language Hybridity
dc.subject	Mori Reiko
dc.subject	Mori Reiko
dc.subject	Shu-mei Shih
dc.subject	Shu-mei Shih
dc.subject	Transnational Literature
dc.subject	Transnational Literature
dc.subject	War Brides
dc.subject	War Brides
dc.subject	‘Minor Transnationalism’
dc.subject	‘Minor Transnationalism’
dc.subject	“The Town of the Mockingbirds”
dc.subject	“The Town of the Mockingbirds”

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War Brides as Transnational Subjects in Mori Reiko’s The Town of the Mockingbird

Linda Flores Oxford University

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Mori Reiko’s 1979 Akutagawa prize-winning story The Town of the Mockingbirds portrays a community of Japanese war brides in a small military base town in Midwestern America. The narrative explores how the release from prison of Jun, a war bride imprisoned for killing her son, impacts on the community. Employing Françoise Lionnet and Shu-mei Shih’s theory of “minor transnationalism” this article explores how the protagonist, Keiko, connects with her community across binaristic lines of gender, culture and nation.

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Dec. 9, 2016

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Sept. 8, 2015

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978-88-6969-153-9

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978-88-6969-152-2

Keywords: Mori Reiko • Françoise Lionnet • Shu-mei Shih • Language Hybridity • Transnational Literature • War Brides • ‘Minor Transnationalism’ • “The Town of the Mockingbirds”

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