The ero-puro sense: Declassifying censored literature from interwar Japan

Jonathan E. Abel

doi:10.1080/09555800701580022

The ero-puro sense: Declassifying censored literature from interwar Japan

Jonathan E. Abel

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This paper considers censorship as a major link between and impetus for two popular alternative literary categories in prewar Japan: erotic and proletarian literature. Through the figure of Umehara Hokumei (1901–46) who was banned under both of the censor’s categories, this tracking of an ero-puro sense reveals how suppression of these two avenues for resistance led to the castration of a third-realistic portrayals of state violence.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	341-367
Number of pages	27
Journal	Japan Forum
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09555800701580022
State	Published - Nov 2007

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Sociology and Political Science

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