03856nam 2200709Ia 450 991046233420332120211210235547.01-283-58412-397866138965750-520-95340-110.1525/9780520953406(CKB)2670000000237836(EBL)1013615(OCoLC)810414729(SSID)ssj0000741753(PQKBManifestationID)11384361(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741753(PQKBWorkID)10737805(PQKB)10669087(StDuBDS)EDZ0000107576(MiAaPQ)EBC1013615(MdBmJHUP)muse30965(DE-B1597)519394(DE-B1597)9780520953406(Au-PeEL)EBL1013615(CaPaEBR)ebr10595408(CaONFJC)MIL389657(EXLCZ)99267000000023783620120416d2012 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrRedacted[electronic resource] the archives of censorship in transwar Japan /Jonathan E. AbelBerkeley University of California Press20121 online resource (377 p.)Asia Pacific modern ;11"A Philip E. Lilienthal book."0-520-27334-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Note on Translations --Introduction: Archiving Censors --Part I: Preservation --Part II: Production --Part III: Redaction --Coda --Notes --Bibliography --IndexAt the height of state censorship in Japan, more indexes of banned books circulated, more essays on censorship were published, more works of illicit erotic and proletarian fiction were produced, and more passages were Xed out than at any other moment before or since. As censors construct and maintain their own archives, their acts of suppression yield another archive, filled with documents on, against, and in favor of censorship. The extant archive of the Japanese imperial censor (1923-1945) and the archive of the Occupation censor (1945-1952) stand as tangible reminders of this contradictory function of censors. As censors removed specific genres, topics, and words from circulation, some Japanese writers converted their offensive rants to innocuous fluff after successive encounters with the authorities. But, another coterie of editors, bibliographers, and writers responded to censorship by pushing back, using their encounters with suppression as incitement to rail against the authorities and to appeal to the prurient interests of their readers. This study examines these contradictory relationships between preservation, production, and redaction to shed light on the dark valley attributed to wartime culture and to cast a shadow on the supposedly bright, open space of free postwar discourse. (Winner of the 2010-2011 First Book Award of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University" ).Asia Pacific ModernCensorshipJapanHistory20th centuryJapanese literatureCensorshipHistory20th centuryExpurgated booksJapanHistory20th centuryProhibited booksJapanHistory20th centuryElectronic books.CensorshipHistoryJapanese literatureCensorshipHistoryExpurgated booksHistoryProhibited booksHistory363.310952Abel Jonathan E.1971-1032845MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462334203321Redacted2450945UNINA