Fuminobu Murakami

The Strong and the Weak in Japanese Literature (eBook, ePUB)

Discrimination, Egalitarianism, Nationalism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book uses texts from classical and 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136970511
• Artikelnr.: 42976393

Autorenporträt

Fuminobu Murakami is Associate Professor at the Department of Japanese Studies, University of Hong Kong. He is author of Postmodern, Feminist and Postcolonial Currents in Contemporary Japanese Culture (Routledge, 2005), and co-editor of Reading The Tale of Genji (Global Oriental, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Strong and the Weak in Japanese Religious
Philosophical and Political Writings 3. Ugly Ladies in The Tale of Genji 4. Women
Humble Men and Insulted People in The Tale of the Heike 5. Sacrifice and Revenge
Love and War
and a World Without Violence in The Eight Dog Chronicles 6. Dancing Girl
Geisha
Mistress and Wife in Kawabata Yasunari's Stories: The Dancing Girl of Izu
Snow Country
Thousand Cranes and The Sound of the Mountain 7. Conclusion