Poetics and Justice in America, Japan, and Taiwan: Configuring Change and Entitlement

Brink, Dean Anthony

ISBN 10: 1793627908 / ISBN 13: 9781793627902

Published by Lexington Books, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poetics and Justice in America, Japan, and Taiwan: Configuring Change and Entitlement
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1793627908
• ISBN 13: 9781793627902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Poetics and Justice in America, Japan, and Taiwan shows how entitlements are implicated in all areas of life―human and nonhuman―that poetry reaches. Through a creative adaptation of Badiou’s philosophical framing, this book argues that poetry matters as a form of media particularly suited to integrating diverse fields of knowledge and attention in newspapers, Tweets, and performance as well as volumes of poetry. Recasting intertextuality as more relational than referential, the author argues for the importance of poetry in realizing how social change and ecological justice are bound up in our orientations of affiliation. Each chapter focuses on particular sets of problems engaged by poets in different contexts to various ends in Japan, the US, and Taiwan. Some chapters explore the subtle implications of openly provocative styles, while others question the muted poetic intimations of injustices that are left standing unchanged in the name of aesthetics. Poets and performance artists featured include Amiri Baraka, John Ashbery, Tawara Machi, Rodrigo Toscano, Hung Hung, and John Cage. The author argues for examining poetic expressions in terms of what discursive fusions and affiliations they embody beyond the intimation of good intentions or ironic passing over.

About the Author

Dean Anthony Brink is Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.