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Journal Article
GENDERING THE WAR: THE COLONIAL GAZE IN HINO ASHIHEI'S \HANA TO HEITAI\
2016
Overview
Despite its initial success, the 1939 novel Hana to heitai by Hino Ashihei - the most famous war literature writer in wartime Japan - was underestimated in the post-war years and dismissed as trivial and naïve, tinged as it is with Imperial propaganda. In this paper, I question this view by discussing the socio-political significance of the work at the time of its publication and its role in shaping public opinion. I will also carry out a close reading of its content aimed at bringing to the surface Hino's underlying narratives regarding the war in China. I contend that the significance of the novel is twofold: on the one hand, it offered a narrative of the war with China that was to some extent new, since it focuses on civil contexts and portrays the Japanese invasion as a «peace-keeping» mission. On the other hand, it provided a gendered view of the war that was based on Chinese female characters and that envisaged in the relationship between Japanese soldiers and young Chinese women a future of co-prosperity and friendly cooperation of Japan and China.
Publisher
FABRIZIO SERRA EDITORE
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