Japanese Melancholy and the Ethics of Concealment in Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4275563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Kim (0009-0000-6016-1226, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 73-90 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mosaic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-1276 • E-ISSN: 1925-5683 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/mos.2019.0039 |
| OpenAlex | W3001139688 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
This essay approaches Ruth Ozeki's novel A Tale for the Time Being as an ethnographic text of twenty-first-century Japan and the quasi-events that constitute its becoming. The novel is a melancholy speculation of Japan's meaning within a geologic longue durée of human suffering and unsustainability
Epistemology · Ethnography · Meaning (existential) · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Speculation · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |