TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Enter the Japanese imperial marine: Postwar comedy and Errol Brathwaite's an affair of men
JO  - Arcadia
A1  - McKay, D.
SP  - 368
EP  - 391
VL  - 49
IS  - 2
N2  - Studies of Anglophone comedic fiction writing on the Second World War invariably concentrate on literary depictions of the war in Europe. In this article, I recover a neglected New Zealand novel that instead takes the war in the Pacific as its setting. Though it was not marketed as a comedic work, Errol Brathwaite's An Affair of Men (1961) intentionally crosses boundaries of style and genre in ways that render its principal character, a Japanese Captain in the Imperial Marines, increasingly buffoonish. I argue that Brathwaite's language, scenarios, and depictions were intended to confirm a perspective on enemy psychology that remained common throughout the Anglophone world well after the cessation of hostilities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-7982
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/arcadia-2014-0029
ID  - ref1
ER  -