Chiasmatic Narrative and Twisted Subjectivity in Kanai Mieko's Boshizô

The article provides a reading, from a psychoanalytic point of view, of Japanese writer Kanai Mieko’s short tale Boshizô (Portrait of Mother and Child), published in 1992, as a “twisted” or “contorted” parable of the construction of female subjectivity. Establishing connections between the form and...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9fdc9d7c662c4b4b9288aaf535d2c1fb2021-12-02T17:55:48ZChiasmatic Narrative and Twisted Subjectivity in Kanai Mieko's Boshizô1136-57812013-9470https://doaj.org/article/9fdc9d7c662c4b4b9288aaf535d2c1fb2011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/lectora/article/view/7230https://doaj.org/toc/1136-5781https://doaj.org/toc/2013-9470The article provides a reading, from a psychoanalytic point of view, of Japanese writer Kanai Mieko’s short tale Boshizô (Portrait of Mother and Child), published in 1992, as a “twisted” or “contorted” parable of the construction of female subjectivity. Establishing connections between the form and the content of the novel, the essay analyzes how Kanai’s use of the rhetorical figure of the chiasmus structures the internal narrative of the novel at the same time that it reflects the process of formation of female subjectivity and desire. The novel becomes, thus, a staging of the female Oedipus complex which plays out its twists.Mary A. KnightonUniversitat de BarcelonaarticleJapanese literaturepsychoanalysisKanai MiekoBoshizôfemale subjectivityOedipus complexWomen. FeminismHQ1101-2030.7CAENESEUFRGLITPTLectora: Revista de Dones i Textualitat, Iss 16 (2011)
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topic Japanese literature
psychoanalysis
Kanai Mieko
Boshizô
female subjectivity
Oedipus complex
Women. Feminism
HQ1101-2030.7
spellingShingle Japanese literature
psychoanalysis
Kanai Mieko
Boshizô
female subjectivity
Oedipus complex
Women. Feminism
HQ1101-2030.7
Mary A. Knighton
Chiasmatic Narrative and Twisted Subjectivity in Kanai Mieko's Boshizô
description The article provides a reading, from a psychoanalytic point of view, of Japanese writer Kanai Mieko’s short tale Boshizô (Portrait of Mother and Child), published in 1992, as a “twisted” or “contorted” parable of the construction of female subjectivity. Establishing connections between the form and the content of the novel, the essay analyzes how Kanai’s use of the rhetorical figure of the chiasmus structures the internal narrative of the novel at the same time that it reflects the process of formation of female subjectivity and desire. The novel becomes, thus, a staging of the female Oedipus complex which plays out its twists.
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title Chiasmatic Narrative and Twisted Subjectivity in Kanai Mieko's Boshizô
title_short Chiasmatic Narrative and Twisted Subjectivity in Kanai Mieko's Boshizô
title_full Chiasmatic Narrative and Twisted Subjectivity in Kanai Mieko's Boshizô
title_fullStr Chiasmatic Narrative and Twisted Subjectivity in Kanai Mieko's Boshizô
title_full_unstemmed Chiasmatic Narrative and Twisted Subjectivity in Kanai Mieko's Boshizô
title_sort chiasmatic narrative and twisted subjectivity in kanai mieko's boshizô
publisher Universitat de Barcelona
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