Steve Rabson
Steve Rabson is an American Japanologist, historian, translator, academic and professor emeritus of East Asian Studies at Brown University.
Career
Rabson's research has focused on modern Japanese literature, especially works depicting war, its aftermath, and the experiences of women and minorities. He is regarded as an expert on Okinawa, subject of several of his books, and has spoken of wartime rape there to the New York Times. He is also a Japan Focus associate. As a U.S. Army draftee he was stationed in Okinawa in 1967-68.
In an overview of writings by and about Rabson, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 11 works in 17 publications in 2 languages and 360+ library holdings. The poetry of Kaneko Mitsuharu, 1979Okinawa : Two Postwar Novellas Shimazaki Tōson on war, 1991Yosano Akiko on War : To Give One's Life or Not : A Question of Which War, April 1991Righteous Cause or Tragic Folly: Changing Views of War in Modern Japanese Poetry, Southern exposure: modern Japanese literature from Okinawa, co-edited with Michael Molasky Edo senryū on waka and women, 2003The Okinawan Diaspora in Japan: Crossing the Borders Within Kpop Crash Course: Beyond Gangnam Style, Dr Steve Rabson with Alexandra SwordsIslands of Resistance: Japanese Literature from Okinawa, co-edited with Davinder Bhowmik