Gender, Culture, and Disaster in Post-3.11 Japan

I am unable to do justice to the plethora of curious, fascinating, and disturbing details that Koikari provides in her cogent and enlightening study. Gender, Culture, and Disaster in Post-3.11 Japan is infinitely readable without compromising scholarly rigor. Useful for researchers and instructors (especially as a strong example of critical reading in the field of cultural studies), this work is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary Japan and the concerning trends of the neoliberal, neonationalist re-visioning of Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 Triple Disaster. * Journal of Asian Studies *
I thoroughly re-commend this carefully researched and thought- fully descriptive book dealing with the aftermath of environmental and human-induced disaster. Koikari offers an astute discussion that ultimately results in a better understanding of the cultural and social mileu underlying the Japan of today. * H-Net Reviews *
The book is recommended for those interested in exploring the connection of gender and disasters, as well as nationalism in Asia and the Pacific. Far from being neutral, resilience policies can result in the transformation of attitudes and mindsets of the population, as Koikari’s insightful book shows for the Japanese case. * Kult_Online *
An absolutely compelling book that takes us through Japan’s post-disaster generative project, as men sought to make the nation manly again, women took charge of domestic securitization, and children were taught to be resilient in a neoliberal reality. It is rendered all the more fascinating as the reader's mind inevitably turns to the recent COVID-19 epidemiological disaster in an added cross-temporal comparison. * Koichi Nakano, Dean and Professor of Political Science, Sophia University, Japan *
Koikari's superb analysis exposes the politics fueling Japan's post-3.11 resilience culture, unpacking conservative ideologies of gender and nation in cheerful tales of kizuna (bonds) and good will projects. Fast-paced, fearless, and rich in archival research, Gender, Culture and Disaster in Post-3.11 Japan reveals the agendas animating the "common sense" of disaster preparedness. * Jan Bardsley, Professor Emerita of Asian Studies, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA *
This book is a stimulating and perceptive read into the ways in which culture reflects the development of specific governmental policies pertaining to the 3.11 disaster. Non-Japanese-speaking audiences with a tangential knowledge of modern Japanese culture will benefit from the in-text translations provided by Koikari for numerous Japanese slogans, phrases and advertisements. Academics specialising in Japanese studies, gender studies, disaster studies and cultural studies are offered important insights, and will hopefully apply them to other topics or contexts in their respective fields. * London Review of Education *