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Using the Euro-American theoretical framework of postmodernism, feminism and post-colonialism, this book analyses the fictional and critical work of four contemporary Japanese writers; Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Yoshimoto Takaaki and Karatani Kojin. In addition the author reconsiders this Euro-American theory by looking back on it from the perspective of Japanese literary work. Presenting outstanding analysis of Japanese intellectuals and writers who have received little attention in the West, the book also includes an extensive and comprehensive bibliography making it

Japanese literature --- Postmodernism (Literature) --- Feminism and literature --- Postcolonialism --- Post-colonialism --- Postcolonial theory --- Political science --- Decolonization --- Literature --- Literary movements --- Literature, Modern --- History and criticism. --- Women authors --- Japan --- Civilization --- J4150.90 --- J4145 --- J4176 --- J5509 --- J5930 --- History and criticism --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cultural trends and movements -- postmodernism --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- gender roles, women, feminism --- Japan: Literature -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- Japan: Literature -- modern fiction and prose (1868- ) --- Literature and feminism