内容简介
FullMetalApacheintroducesEnglish-languagereaderstoavastarrayofJapanesewritersandperformersandconsiderstheirworkinrelationtotheoutputofWilliamGibson,ThomasPynchon,H.G.Wells,JackLondon,J.G.Ballard,andotherWesterners.TatsumimovesfromthepoeticsofmetafictiontothecomplexcareerofMadameButterflystoriesandfromtheroleoftheAnglo-AmericanLafcadioHearninpromotingJapanesefolklorewithinJapanduringthenineteenthcenturytotheJapanesemonsterGodzillaasanembodimentofbothJapaneseandWesternideasabouttheOther.Alongtheway,Tatsumidevelopsoriginalargumentsabouttheself-fashioningof“Japanoids”intheglobalistage,thephilosophyof“creativemasochism”inherentwithinpostwarJapaneseculture,andthepsychologyof“Mikadophilia”indispensablefortheconstructionofacyborgidentity.Tatsumi’sexplorationoftheinterplaybetweenJapaneseandAmericanculturalproductionsisaselectric,ebullient,andprovocativeasthetextsandperformancesheanalyzes.
作者简介
TakayukiTatsumiisoneofJapan’sleadingculturalcritics,renownedforhisworkonAmericanliteratureandculture.Withhisencyclopedicknowledgeandfan’sloveofbothJapaneseandAmericanartandliterature,heisperhapsuniquelywellsituatedtoofferthisstudyofthedynamiccrosscurrentsbetweentheavant-gardesandpopculturesofJapanandtheUnitedStates.InFullMetalApache,TatsumilooksattheworkofartistsfrombothsidesofthePacific:fictionwritersandpoets,folkloristsandfilmmakers,animeartists,playwrights,musicians,mangacreators,andperformanceartists.Tatsumishowshow,overthepasttwentyyearsorso,writersandartistshaveopenlyandexuberantlyappropriatedmaterialsdrawnfromEastandWest,fromsourcesbothhighandlow,challengingandunravelingthestereotypicalimagesJapanandAmericahaveofoneanother.