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Into the Fantastical Spaces of Contemporary Japanese Literature
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2022
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Murakami Haruki, Ogawa Yōko, Tawada Yōko, Kanai Mieko, Hino Keizō, Murakami Ryū, Kawakami Hiromi, Murata Sayaka... These acclaimed authors are united by a shared fascination with fantastical conceptions of space. In highlighting these luminaries of contemporary Japanese literature, Into the Fantastical Spaces of Contemporary Japanese Literature examines the role of extramundane topos from an interdisciplinary approach. As writers navigate fantastical spaces in resistance to the logic of everyday life, they are able to challenge the dualistic norms on the body and mind that typify modern Japanese life. These studies demonstrate the essential role played by fantastical spaces in the development of modern Japanese literature to the present day. Scholars of Japanese studies, literature, and other fields will find this book an excellent resource for teaching and research.
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Edition
1/2022
Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-4612-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-4613-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
196
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Edited Book
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Into the Fantastical Spaces of Contemporary Japanese Literature: An Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
The Layered Everyspace in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki No access Pages 15 - 30
Shōjo, Mother, and the Uncanny Space in Ogawa Yōko’s Writings No access Pages 31 - 50
Textual, Liminal, Fantastical Spaces in Kanai Mieko’s Early Writings No access Pages 51 - 70
Cannibalistic Space and Reproduction in Japanese Speculative Fiction No access Pages 71 - 94
Ports in a Storm No access Pages 95 - 114
The Foreign Land outside Japan No access Pages 115 - 136
The Fantastical Space of Exile in Tawada Yōko’s Memoirs of a Polar Bear No access Pages 137 - 162
Minding the Gap in Kawakami Hiromi No access Pages 163 - 188
