<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Good morning,<div><br><div>I'm wondering if anyone has ever read any good histories or sketches of the genre of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">taidan</span>. I'm sure many of you have your favorite <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">taidan</span> "highlights and lowlifes," as I do. And I read a piece a while back about Etô Jun and Ôe Kenzaburô as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">taidan</span> pioneers, in the sense of weighing in, as artistes, on public events and current affairs, especially vis-a-vis cultural nationalism and what postwar literature should be or do. It would probably be too much to ask for references that describe the use of recording and documenting technologies (e.g. film and tape), their impact on print culture and the shapes it takes (such as taidans), but if anything of that general angle comes to mind, I'd be especially interested in hearing about it.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for any leads!</div><div><br></div><div>Anne</div></div></body></html>