Murakami Haruki: The Simulacrum in Contemporary Japanese Culture

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Lexington Books, 2009 - Всего страниц: 384
This book offers a philosophical intervention in the discussion of the relationship between Murakami's fiction and contemporary Japanese culture. It 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. The author finds mirroring comparisons between Murakami's works and practices in current media-entertainment technologies, indicating a new politics of representation.
 

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The Murakami Phenomenon CriticalFictional Thematics
25
Simulacral Sutures Modernity the Global and the Idea of the Japanese Novel
43
The Theory of the Simulacrum Trajectories and Limits
85
Parody Pastiche Metafiction Hear the Wind Sing
113
Allegory as Modality Pinball 1973
145
Allegory as Landscape I A Wild Sheep Chase
185
Allegory as Landscape II A Wild Sheep Chase
215
The WindUp Bird Chronicle Contexts
235
The WindUp Bird Chronicle Subject and Text
257
The WindUp Bird Chronicle The Stories
275
From Simulacrum to Differend
319
Bibliography
343
Index
359
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Michael R. Seats is senior lecturer in the Division of Language Studies at City University of Hong Kong.

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