Authentic suffering, anxious narrator: survivor anxiety in Nagata Mikihiko's 'The Wild Dance of the Flames'.

This article explores the seldom expressed class anxiety present behind representations of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. As with most disasters, those living in the poorer districts suffered more acutely. The government was aware of this fact and it lies unspoken behind the post-quake ideologi...

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Published in:	Japan Forum Vol. 22; no. 3/4; pp. 357 - 381
Main Author:	Bates, Alex
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep-Dec2010
Subjects:	Japan Wild Dance of the Flames, The (Short story) Mikihiko, Nagata Earth Shakes, The (Book) Suffering Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923 20th century Japanese literature Japanese literature > History & criticism
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