Fuzzy Traumas (eBook)

Animals and Errors in Contemporary Japanese Literature

Tyran Grillo (Autor)

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2024
170 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-7600-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In Fuzzy Traumas, Tyran Grillo critically examines the portrayal of companion animals in Japanese literature in the wake of the 1990s "e;pet boom."e; Blurring the binary between human and nonhuman, Grillo draws on Japanese science fiction, horror, guide-dog stories, and a notorious essay on euthanasia, treating each work as a case study of human-animal relationships gone somehow awry. He makes an unprecedented case for Japan's pet boom and how the country's sudden interest in companion animals points to watershed examples of "e;productive errors"e; that provide necessary catalysts for change.Examining symbiotic concepts of "e;humanity"e; and "e;animality,"e; Grillo challenges negative views of anthropomorphism as something unethical, redefining it as a necessary rupture in, not a bandage on, the thick skin of the human ego. Fuzzy Traumas concludes by introducing the paradigm shift of "e;postanimalism"e; as a detour from the current traffic jam of animal-centered philosophies, arguing that humanity cannot move past anthropocentricism until we reflect honestly on what it means for the human condition.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-7600-2 / 1501776002
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-7600-7 / 9781501776007