The Haruki Phenomenon and Everyday Cosmopolitanism
What is the “cosmopolitan identity?” This chapter opens an enquiry into identity by investigating that question as it relates to the writer Haruki Murakami. The question of identity is essentially like asking “who are you?” and “where do you belong?” Mura
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CRITICAL LITERACY TEACHING SERIES: CHALLENGING AUTHORS AND GENRES Volume 7 Series Editor: P. L. Thomas, Furman University, Greenville, USA Editorial Board: Leila Christenbury, Virginia Commonwealth University Sean P. Connors, University of Arkansas Jeanne Gerlach, University of Texas-Arlington Renita Schmidt, Furman University Karen Stein, University of Rhode Island Shirley Steinberg, University of Calgary; Director of Institute of Youth and Community Studies, University of the West of Scotland This series explores in separate volumes major authors and genres through a c ritical literacy lens that seeks to offer students opportunities as readers and writers to embrace and act upon their own empowerment. Each volume will challenge authors (along with examining authors that are themselves challenging) and genres as well as challenging norms and assumptions associated with those authors’ works and genres themselves. Further, each volume will confront teachers, students, and scholars by exploring all texts as politically charged mediums of communication. The work of critical educators and scholars will guide each volume, including concerns about silenced voices and texts, marginalized people and perspectives, and normalized ways of being and teaching that ultimately dehumanize students and educators.
Haruki Murakami Challenging Authors
Edited by Matthew C. Strecher Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan and Paul L. Thomas Furman University, USA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgementsvii Introduction: Challenging Murakami Paul L. Thomas
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1. The Haruki Phenomenon and Everyday Cosmopolitanism: Belonging as a “Citizen of the World” Tomoki Wakatsuki 2. Our Old Haruki Murakami and the Experience of Teaching His Works in Japan Yuji Katō 3. Haruki Murakami and the Chamber of Secrets Matthew C. Strecher
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4. Magical Murakami Nightmares: Investigating Genre through The Strange Library47 Paul L. Thomas 5. Critical Engagement through Fantasy in Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Rebecca Suter
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6. What’s Wrong with These People? The Anatomy of Dependence in Norwegian Wood73 Jonathan Dil 7. The Transcreation of Tokyo: The Universality of Murakami’s
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