Bodies and Economic Violences in Contemporary Japanese Fiction: Absence, Change, and Empowerment in Yū Miri, Murata Sayaka, and Kawakami Mieko

• Jordi Serrano-Muñoz ^[1]
  1. [1] College of Mexico

     College of Mexico

     México

     
• Localización: Narratives of violence / coord. por Teresa Iribarren i Donadeu, Roger Canadell, Josep-Anton Fernàndez Montolí, 2021, ISBN 978-88-6969-460-8, págs. 161-178
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper explores how different ways of articulating the idea of the body incontemporary Japanese literature are inscribed within a paradigm of criticism againstongoing modes of economic violence. The goal is to explore three ways of articulating thebody represented in these works: change and adaptation to neoliberal demands in thecase of Murata Sayaka’s Konbini ningen (Convenience Store Woman), a quest for empowerment in Kawakami Mieko’s Natsu monogatari (Breasts and Eggs), and the invisibilizationof poverty in Yū Miri’s JR Ueno eki kōen guchi (Tokyo Ueno Station).