Postmodern, feminist and postcolonial currents in contemporary Japanese culture : a reading of Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Yoshimoto Takaaki and Karatani Kojin / [edited by] Murakami Fuminobu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murakami, Fuminobu, 1951-

Series:

RoutledgeCurzon/Asian Studies Association of Australia East Asia series.

RoutledgeCurzon/Asian Studies Association of Australia East Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

Postmodernism (Literature)--Japan.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Feminism and literature--Japan.

Feminism and literature.

Postcolonialism--Japan.

Postcolonialism.

Japan--Civilization--1945-.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using the Euro-American theoretical framework of postmodernism, feminism and post-colonialism, this book analyses the fictional and critical work of four contemporary Japanese writers; Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Yoshimoto Takaaki and Karatani Kojin. In addition the author reconsiders this Euro-American theory by looking back on it from the perspective of Japanese literary work. Presenting outstanding analysis of Japanese intellectuals and writers who have received little attention in the West, the book also includes an extensive and comprehensive bibliography making it

Contents:

Book Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: Western ideologies and Japan; 1. Murakami Haruki's Postmodern World; 2. Yoshimoto Banana's Feminine Family; 3. Yoshimoto Takaaki and the Subaltern; 4. Karatani Kojin and the Intercourse with the Other; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-37701-1

9786610377015

0-203-00411-6

9780203004111

OCLC:

275221341