ThisgroundbreakingvolumecriticallyexamineshowwritersinJapanese-occupiednortheastChinanegotiatedpoliticalandartisticfreedomwhileengagingtheircraftamidstanincreasingatmosphereofviolentconflictandforeigncontrol.TheallegedlymultiethnicutopiannewstateofManchukuo(1932–1945)createdbysupportersofimperialJapanwasintendedtocorralthecreativeenergiesofChinese,Japanese,Koreans,Russians,andMongols.Yet,thetwinpolesofutopianpromiseandresistancetoacontestedstatepulledtheseintellectualsintocompetingloyalties,selectiveengagement,orevenexileanddeath―surpassingneatparadigmsofcollaborationorresistance.Inasemicolonywrappedintheutopianvisionofracialinclusion,theirliteraryworksarticulatingnationalidealsandeventhenormsofeverydaylifesubtlyreflectedthecomplexitiesandcontradictionsoftheera.
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