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The Strong and the Weak in Japanese Literature
Discrimination, Egalitarianism, Nationalism
Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies
This book uses texts from classical to modern Japanese literature to examine concepts of 'respect for the strong', as a notion of an evolutionary society, and 'sympathy for the weak', as a notion of a non-violent and changeless egalitarian society. The term strong refers not just to those...
Published May 18th 2010 by Routledge
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Postmodern, Feminist and Postcolonial Currents in Contemporary Japanese Culture
A Reading of Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Yoshimoto Takaaki and Karatani Kojin
Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series
Using the Euro-American theoretical framework of postmodernism, feminism and post-colonialism, this book analyses the fictional and critical work of four contemporary Japanese writers; Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Yoshimoto Takaaki and Karatani Kojin. In addition the author reconsiders this...
Published April 14th 2009 by Routledge