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War Brides as Transnational Subjects in Mori Reiko’s The Town of the Mockingbird
- Linda Flores - Oxford University - email
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.
Presentato: 08 Settembre 2015 | Accettato: 09 Dicembre 2016 | Lingua: en
Keywords Transnational Literature • Mori Reiko • ‘Minor Transnationalism’ • Françoise Lionnet • Shu-mei Shih • “The Town of the Mockingbirds” • War Brides • Language Hybridity
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/6969-152-2/CFJS-5-1
Opening Texts
- Preface
- Masumoto Hiroko
- Foreword
- Bonaventura Ruperti
Part 1. Literature & Culture: Crossings and Mitate
- Dōgen and mitate
- Aldo Tollini
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Multiple Modernities and Japan
Nagai Kafū and H.G. Wells - Yui Kiyomitsu
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Da ‘monello’ a ‘ragazzo per bene’
La trasformazione del protagonista ne Le avventure di Pinocchio nella loro prima traduzione giapponese - Matsumoto Fuko
Part 2. Japanese Language and Japanese Education
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Reading Lessons for Advanced-Level Learners Using Modern Japanese Literature
Learners’ and Teachers’ Observations from Portfolios - Sugihara Saki, Kiso Miyako
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On the Multiple Clause Linkage Structure of Japanese
A Corpus-based Study - Maruyama Takehiko, Bjarke Frellesvig, Stephen W. Horn, Kerri L. Russell
Part 3. Nuclear Questions: from Hiroshima to Fukushima
- Engaged foreign language pedagogy: Translating Hadashi no Gen
- Marcella Mariotti
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Bio-Politics over Radiation
From Hiroshima, Chernobyl to Fukushima - Kazashi Nobuo
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Flores Linda |
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dc.title |
War Brides as Transnational Subjects in Mori Reiko’s The Town of the Mockingbird |
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Capitolo |
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en |
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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. |
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Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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2017-05-25 |
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2016-12-09 |
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2015-09-08 |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-153-9/war-brides-as-transnational-subjects-in-mori-reiko/ |
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10.14277/6969-152-2/CFJS-5-1 |
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2610-8976 |
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2610-9395 |
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978-88-6969-153-9 |
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978-88-6969-152-2 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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with fulltext |
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open |
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Françoise Lionnet |
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Françoise Lionnet |
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Language Hybridity |
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Language Hybridity |
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Mori Reiko |
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dc.subject |
Mori Reiko |
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Shu-mei Shih |
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Shu-mei Shih |
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Transnational Literature |
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Transnational Literature |
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War Brides |
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War Brides |
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‘Minor Transnationalism’ |
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‘Minor Transnationalism’ |
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“The Town of the Mockingbirds” |
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“The Town of the Mockingbirds” |
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