Islands of Protest : : Japanese Literature from Okinawa / / ed. by Davinder L. Bhowmik, Steve Rabson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Baku, Yamanokuchi,; Chōshin, Mabuni,; Hiroko, Tōma,; Masanobu, Kiyota,; Ryōhaku, Ōta,; Seichū, Yamagusuku,; Seishin, Chinen,; Shun, Medoruma,; Tami, Sakiyama,
• HerausgeberIn: Bhowmik, Davinder L.,; Rabson, Steve,
• TeilnehmendeR: Franks, Amy C.; Freedman, Alisa.; Holt, Jon.; Kinjo, Masaki.; Mizuno, Aimee.; Morley, Carolyn Anne.; Rabson, Steve.; Selden, Kyoko.; Shi, Lin Loh.; Sminkey, Takuma.; Tierney, Robert.; Young, Victoria.
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

Literature is an important vehicle to further knowledge of other cultures, and English translations of Okinawan literary works have had a major impact on the field of Okinawan studies. Yet the riches of Okinawa's literature have yet to be adequately mined. Islands of Protest attempts to address...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• FICTION
• Hope (1999)
• The Kunenbo Orange Trees (1911)
• Black Diamonds (1949)
• Taiwan Woman
• Tree of Butterflies (2000)
• Island Confinement (1990)
• Swaying, Swinging (2003)
• POETRY
• Backbone (2005)
• Inner Words (2001)
• White Ryukyuan Tombs
• Okinawa! Where Will You Go Now? (1964)
• DRAMA
• The Human Pavilion (1978)
• Contributors