Murakami Haruki

The Simulacrum in Contemporary Japanese Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

AvMichael Robert Seats

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In his book,Murakami Haruki, Dr. Michael Seats offers an important philosophical intervention in the discussion of the relationship between Murakami's fiction and contemporary Japanese culture. Breaking through conventional analysis, Seats demonstrates how Murakami's first and later trilogies utilize the structure of the simulacrum, a second-order representation, to develop a complex critique of contemporary Japanese culture. By outlining the critical-fictional contours of the 'Murakami Phenomenon,' the discussion confronts the vexing question of Japanese modernity and subjectivity within the contexts of the national-cultural imaginary. Seats finds mirroring comparisons between Murakami's works and practices in current media-entertainment technologies, indicating a new politics of representation.Murakami Haruki is a critical text for scholars and students of Japanese Studies and Critical Theory, and is an essential guide for those interested in modern Japanese literature.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-06-16
Mått154 x 233 x 27 mm
Vikt576 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies of Modern Japan
Antal sidor384
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739127254

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Part 1 Part I: Theoretical PreliminariesChapter 2 The Murakami Phenomenon: Critical/Fictional ThematicsChapter 3 Simulacral Structures: Modernity, the Global and the Idea of the Japanese NovelChapter 4 The Theory of the Simulacrum:Trajectories and LimitsPart 5 Part II: The Critique of Orthodoxy6 Parody, Pastiche, Metafiction: Hear the Wind Sing7 Allegory as Modality:Pinball, 19738 Alleory as Landscape: A Wild Sheep Chase9 Part III: The Return of the Referent10 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: Contexts11 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: Subject and Text12 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: Stories13 Conclusion: From Simulacrum to Differend