When the tsunami came to shore : culture and disaster in Japan /

When the tsunami came to shore : culture and disaster in Japan /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Global Oriental, [2014]
Description:	viii, 358 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (Japan : 2011) Kanto Earthquake (Japan : 1923) Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Japan : 2011) Disasters -- Social aspects -- Japan -- History. Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011. Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011. Typhoons -- Japan -- History -- 21st century. Floods -- Japan -- History -- 21st century. Atomic bomb -- Japan -- History -- 20th century. Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923. Disasters -- Japan -- Religious aspects -- History. Disasters in literature. Japanese literature -- History and criticism. Atomic bomb. Disasters in literature. Disasters -- Religious aspects. Disasters -- Social aspects. Floods. Japanese literature. Typhoons. Japan. Japan -- Tōhoku Region. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11050984

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Other authors / contributors:	Starrs, Roy, 1946- editor.
ISBN:	9789004268296 (hardback : acid-free paper) 9004268294 (hardback : acid-free paper) 9789004268319 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This collection of essays by an international group of leading experts on Japanese religion, anthropology, history, literature and music presents new research and thinking on the long and complex relationship between culture and disaster in Japan, one of the most 'disaster-prone' countries in the world. Focusing first on responses to the triple disasters of March 2011, the book then puts the topic in a wider historical context by looking at responses to earlier disasters, both natural and man-made, including the great quakes of 1995 and 1923 and the atomic bombings of 1945. This wide-ranging 'double structure' enables an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the issues involved that goes well beyond the clichés and the headlines"--Provided by publisher.

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Summary:	Edited by Roy Starrs, this collection of essays by an international group of leading experts on Japanese religion, anthropology, history, literature and music presents new research and thinking on the long and complex relationship between culture and disaster in Japan, one of the most "disaster-prone" countries in the world. Focusing first on responses to the triple disasters of March 2011, the book then puts the topic in a wider historical context by looking at responses to earlier disasters, both natural and man-made, including the great quakes of 1995 and 1923 and the atomic bombings of 1945. This wide-ranging "double structure" enables an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the issues involved that goes well beyond the clich s and the headlines.
Physical Description:	viii, 358 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789004268296 9004268294 9789004268319