Murakami Haruki: The Simulacrum in Contemporary Japanese Culture (Studies of Modern Japan) - Brossura

Seats, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 073912725X ISBN 13: 9780739127254

Casa editrice: Lexington Books, 2009

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Michael R. Seats is senior lecturer in the Division of Language Studies at City University of Hong Kong.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Lexington Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 073912725X
• ISBN 13: 9780739127254
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384