Overview
- Argues Watanabe’s poetry’s unique quality is an artistic ability to manipulate language
- Addresses Watanabe’s use of literary devices and artistic manipulation of language
- Explores the social construct of “Japaneseness” in discourse on the Watanabe and his Asian ancestry
Part of the book series: Historical and Cultural Interconnections between Latin America and Asia (HCILAA)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Randy Muth (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor of Language and Culture at Kio University in Nara, Japan, where he has resided since 1994. His published works include numerous books and articles on José Watanabe. His research interests include Latin American and Japanese Literatures, literature and identity and Narrative Theory. He is author of José Watanabe: el ojo que nos descubre (2009).
Alfredo López-Pasarín Basabe (Ph.D.) is Professor in the School of Politics and Economic Sciences at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, where he has resided since 1989. He is the author of numerous works on contemporary Spanish poetry, especially on the Generation of ‘50. His most important work is Theory and Practice of the Analysis of Poetic texts (2016).
Shigeko Mato (Ph.D.) is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture at the School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Japan. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on contemporary Japanese Peruvian literature. She is the author of Las voces que entrecruzan el Perú y Japón (2021).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Poetic Artistry of José Watanabe
Book Subtitle: Separating the Craft from the Discourse
Authors: Randy Muth, Alfredo López-Pasarín Basabe, Shigeko Mato
Series Title: Historical and Cultural Interconnections between Latin America and Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81615-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81614-8Published: 12 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81617-9Published: 13 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-81615-5Published: 11 September 2021
Series ISSN: 2946-4277
Series E-ISSN: 2946-4285
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 173
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Latin American Culture, Asian Culture, Diaspora, Poetry and Poetics, Literature, general