Islands of Protest: Japanese Literature from Okinawa 9780824858261

Literature is an important vehicle to further knowledge of other cultures, and English translations of Okinawan literary

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English Pages 304 Year 2016

Table of contents :
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

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