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.

Selected works

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.