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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1730
dc.title	Politics, Porn and Parody in Koi suru genpatsu (2011) by Takahashi Gen’ichirō
dc.contributor.author	Mazza Caterina
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2019/1/politics-porn-and-parody-in-koi-suru-genpatsu-2011/
dc.description.abstract	This paper seeks to show how Takahashi Gen’ichirō exploits parody to show the critical function of self-reflexive literature in the novel Koisuru genpatsu. Coherently with his experience as a political activist in the sixties, Takahashi interprets literature as a revolutionary act of resistance; it can be argued that he broadly embraces the conception of art – ideally inherited by Marcuse’s aesthetic – as a space for thought and action that makes resistance to the social status quo possible. Through the analysis of significant elements of the novel’s peritexts and epitexts, this article tries to reconstruct the web of signifiers that constructs the novel, in order to show how – in Takahashi’s concept of literature - every act of speech needs to be placed in a social structure, where the agency of discursive subjects always modifies the signifying process.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 55 \| Giugno 2019
dc.issued	2019-06-27
dc.dateAccepted	2019-04-01
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-03-01
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2019/01/020
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	3/11 Literature
dc.subject	3/11 Literature
dc.subject	Contemporary Japanese Literature
dc.subject	Contemporary Japanese Literature
dc.subject	Parody
dc.subject	Parody
dc.subject	Takahashi Gen’ichirō
dc.subject	Takahashi Gen’ichirō

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Politics, Porn and Parody in Koi suru genpatsu (2011) by Takahashi Gen’ichirō

Caterina Mazza Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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This paper seeks to show how Takahashi Gen’ichirō exploits parody to show the critical function of self-reflexive literature in the novel Koisuru genpatsu. Coherently with his experience as a political activist in the sixties, Takahashi interprets literature as a revolutionary act of resistance; it can be argued that he broadly embraces the conception of art – ideally inherited by Marcuse’s aesthetic – as a space for thought and action that makes resistance to the social status quo possible. Through the analysis of significant elements of the novel’s peritexts and epitexts, this article tries to reconstruct the web of signifiers that constructs the novel, in order to show how – in Takahashi’s concept of literature - every act of speech needs to be placed in a social structure, where the agency of discursive subjects always modifies the signifying process.

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27 Giugno 2019

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01 Aprile 2019

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01 Marzo 2019

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Keywords: Takahashi Gen’ichirō • 3/11 Literature • Contemporary Japanese Literature • Parody

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