This collection focuses on metaphorical as well as temporal and
physical border-crossing in writing from and about Japan. With a
strong consciousness of gender and socio-historic contexts,
contributors to the book adopt an intercultural and
interdisciplinary approach to examine the writing of authors whose
works break free from the confines of hegemonic Japanese literary
endeavour. By demonstrating how the texts analysed step outside the
space of ‘Japan’, they accordingly foreground the volatility of
textual expression related to that space. The authors discussed
include Takahashi Mutsuo and Nagai Kafū, both of whom take
literary inspiration from geographical sites outside Japan. Several
chapters examine the work of exemplary border-crossing poet,
novelist and essayist, Itō Hiromi. There are discussions of the
work of Tawada Yōko whose ability to publish in German and
Japanese marks her also as a representative writer of
border-crossing texts. Two chapters address works by Murakami
Haruki who, although clearly affiliating with western cultural
form, is rarely discussed in specific border-crossing terms. The
chapter on Ainu narratives invokes topics such as translation,
indigeneity and myth, while an analysis of Japanese prisoner-of-war
narratives notes the language and border-crossing nexus. A vital
collection for scholars and students of Japanese literature.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Contemporary Japan Series |
| Release date: |
July 2023 |
| Firstpublished: |
2024 |
| Editors: |
Akiko Uchiyama
• Barbara Hartley
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
220 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-69773-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-367-69773-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780367697730 |
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