Beyond Nation

Time, Writing, and Community in the Work of AbeKōbō

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

In the work of writer Abe Kōbō (1924–1993), characters are alienated both from themselves and from one another. Through close readings of Abe's work, Richard Calichman reveals how time and writing have the ability to unground identity. Over time, attempts to create unity of self cause alienation, despite government attempts to convince people to form communities (and nations) to recapture a sense of wholeness. Art, then, must resist the nation-state and expose its false ideologies.Calichman argues that Abe's attack on the concept of national affiliation has been neglected through his inscription as a writer of Japanese literature. At the same time, the institution of Japan Studies works to tighten the bond between nation-state and individual subject. Through Abe's essays and short stories, he shows how the formation of community is constantly displaced by the notions of time and writing. Beyond Nation thus analyzes the elements of Orientalism, culturalism, and racism that often underlie the appeal to collective Japanese identity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-03-02
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:522 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Stanford University Press
ISBN:9780804797016

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Asiens historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Richard Calichman is Professor of Japanese Studies at The City College of New York and translator of The Frontier Within: Selected Writings of Abe Kōbō (2013).

Recensioner i media

"Beyond Nationmarks a rare and fortunate encounter of theoretical passion with the work of Abe Kôbô. It is also a public protestation against the conservative climate of academia in the United States and Japan. Calichman makes a dimensional leap from the previous studies of Abe Kōbō's work and modern Japanese literature."—Naoki Sakai, Goldwin Smith Professor of Asian Studies, Cornell University "At a time when Abe Kōbō's work once again reverberates powerfully within contemporary life, Richard Calichman offers a timely intervention into this author's complex and under-thought oeuvre.But beyond the searching insight that he brings to bear, Calichman offers a series of original and critical interventions that resonate just as poignantly with the present."—Akira Mizuta Lippit, Chair, Bryan Singer Divisionof Critical Studies, USC "A remarkable writer and philosopher, Abe Kōbō raised questions about human existence and the boundaries of identity which have powerful resonance for the present day. Richard Calichman's work offers a profound and illuminating perspective on Abe's vision of the human condition."—Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Australian National University Calichman reads Abe Kōbō's work with extraordinary precision, gathering a focus that unfolds in a layered dialectical cascade of regressions."—Steven C. Ridgely, Journal of Japanese Studies

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1. Markings in the Sand: On Suna no onna2. The Time of Disturbance: On "Uchinaru henkyō"3. The Lure of Community in Tanin no kao4. Interventions: Of Abe KōbōEpilogue