Becoming inauthentic: capitalism, commodification, and performance in Wataya risa's Insutōru.

Asako, the protagonist of Wataya Risa's 2004 novel Insutōru (Install), is a seventeen-year-old high school student who becomes fed up with the unrelieved sameness of late capitalist Japan. She is intensely aware of the value capitalist society places on her body, bearing as it does the desirable 'br...

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Publicado en:Japan Forum Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 434 - 456
Autor principal: Smith, Christopher
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2023
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