02691nam 2200493 450 991038775720332120200727192030.01-76046-354-X(CKB)4100000010952772(MiAaPQ)EBC6167657(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36420(EXLCZ)99410000001095277220200727d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRe-imagining Japan after Fukushima /by Tamaki MihicANU Press2020Acton, Australian Capital Territory :ANU Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (ix, 163 pages) illustrations, maps1-76046-353-1 Introduction -- 1. Japan after Fukushima -- 2. Sustainable Japan -- 3. Oppressive Japan -- 4. Heterogenous Japan -- 5. (Still) Cool Japan -- 6. Exotic Japan -- Conclusion."The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster (collectively referred to as ‘3.11’, the date of the earthquake), had a lasting impact on Japan’s identity and global image. In its immediate aftermath, mainstream media presented the country as a disciplined, resilient and composed nation, united in the face of a natural disaster. However, 3.11 also drew worldwide attention to the negative aspects of Japanese government and society, thought to have caused the unresolved situation at Fukushima. Spurred by heightened emotions following the triple disaster, the Japanese became increasingly polarised between these two views of how to represent themselves. How did literature and popular culture respond to this dilemma? Re-imagining Japan after Fukushima attempts to answer that question by analysing how Japan was portrayed in post-3.11 fiction. Texts are selected from the Japanese, English and French languages, and the portrayals are also compared with those from non-fiction discourse. This book argues that cultural responses to 3.11 had a significant role to play in re-imagining Japan after Fukushima."Public opinionFukushimanatural disasternuclear disasterJapanliterary studiespopular culturecultural studiesPublic opinion.303.38Mihic Tamaki905056MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910387757203321Re-imagining Japan after Fukushima2024134UNINA