| Representing the Other in Modern Japanese Literature: A Critical Approach Contributor(s): Hutchinson, Rachael (Editor), Williams, Mark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415361869 ISBN-13: 9780415361866 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: "Representing the Other in Modern Japanese Literature" looks at the ways in authors writing in Japanese in the twentieth century constructed a division between Self and Other in their work. Using a cross-section of authors and texts as case studies the contributors illuminate themes and issues related to this delineation of the Other and the Japanese Self. Part one of the book concentrates on the West and Asia as a contrastive Other, focusing on Japan looking at Others outside Japan. Taking geographical, racial and ethnic identity as a starting point to explore Japan's vision of 'non-Japan', representations of the Other are examined in terms of the experiences of Japanese authors abroad and in the imaginary lands envisioned by authors in Japan. Part two goes on to look at Japan's perspective of Others inside the borders of Japan and within the same ethnic grouping and how Japanese society looks out at the peripheries and margins of its own society. Finally, part three discusses whether there is any middle ground between this typical Japanese society and the Others on the periphery. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Japanese - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 895.609 |
| LCCN: 2005031246 |
| Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/RoutledgeCurzon (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.38" W x 9.5" (1.49 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Asian |
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| Publisher Description: Representing the Other in Modern Japanese Literature looks at the ways in which authors writing in Japanese in the twentieth century constructed a division between the 'Self' and the 'Other' in their work. Drawing on methodology from Foucault and Lacan, the clearly presented essays seek to show how Japanese writers have responded to the central question of what it means to be 'Japanese' and of how best to define their identity. Taking geographical, racial and ethnic identity as a starting point to explore Japan's vision of 'non-Japan', representations of the Other are examined in terms of the experiences of Japanese authors abroad and in the imaginary lands envisioned by authors in Japan. Using a diverse cross-section of writers and texts as case studies, this edited volume brings together contributions from a number of leading international experts in the field and is written at an accessible level, making it essential reading for those working in Japanese studies, colonialism, identity studies and nationalism. |
