Translation and subjectivity : on "Japan" and cultural nationalism / Naoki Sakai ; foreword by Meaghan Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sakai, Naoki, 1946-

Series:

Public worlds ; v. 3.

Public worlds ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--History.

Japan.

Japan--Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Translation & subjectivity

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In analyses of translational transactions and with a focus on the ethnic, cultural, and national identities of modern Japan, Sakai explores the cultural politics inherent in translation. Topics include post-WWII writings on the emperor system, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's dictée, and Watsuji Tetsuro's anthropology.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Distinguishing Literature and the Work of Translation: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictée and Repetition without Return; 2 The Problem of ""Japanese Thought"": The Formation of ""Japan"" and the Schema of Cofiguration; 3 Return to the West/Return to the East: Watsuji Tetsurô's Anthropology and Discussions of Authenticity; 4 Subject and/or Shutai and the Inscription of Cultural Difference; 5 Modernity and Its Critique: The Problem of Universalism and Particularism; 6 Death and Poetic Language in Postwar Japan; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-222) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8768-4

OCLC:

476094369