Join us tomorrow for the CJR Lunchtime Lecture
"Brazil and Modern Japanese Literature"
Date: Friday, April 6
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location:
Room 120, C. K. Choi Building (1855 West Mall)
By: Dr. Edward Mack (University of Washington)
About the Lecture
It is not well known that Brazil is home to the largest number of persons of Japanese descent outside of Japan itself, with a population that likely exceeds that of the United States. Still less known is the fact that this population possesses a century-long history of not only consuming Japanese-language literature, but also producing it. This talk will present a brief overview of this history, with a focus on its early decades (1908-1941), and then consider ways that this history prompts us to reconsider many of the tacit and explicit presumptions that underlie the field of modern Japanese literature.
About the Speaker
Edward Mack
teaches modern Japanese literature and film at the University of Washington. His book,
Manufacturing Modern Japanese Literature
, examines the relationship between the concept of a national literature and the publishing industry. His current project is on the reading and writing of literature in the Japanese immigrant community in Brazil prior to the Second World War.
This event is hosted by the Centre for Japanese Research and the Department of Asian Studies.
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