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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Murakami"”.
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'A High, Solid Wall': Haruki Murakami, National Identity, and Westernization
Haruki Murakami is no stranger to criticism in Japan, having been described as 'Westernized' by Japanese critics for much of his career. The heavy use of Western culture in his novels seems to suggest that Murakami writes without attention to his nationality, as his books are devoid of references …
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Mariko Mori and Takashi Murakami and the crisis of Japanese identity
… artists Mariko Mori (b. 1962) and Takashi Murakami (b. 1967) began creating works that referenced Japanese popular culture tropes such as sexuality, technology and the idea of kawaii, or cute. These tropes were associated with emerging youth cultures instigating a “soft rebellion” against …
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Anamnesis, myth, and the political in selected works of Murakami Haruki
… two novels of the contemporary Japanese author Murakami Haruki. It seeks to dispel the premise advanced by Ōe Kenzaburo, a Nobel Laureate in Literature, which regards Murakami as an inferior writer. Murakami's fast paced style bears resemblance to Western authors and seemingly ignores the …
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Beyond Consumption: the art and merchandise of a superflat generation
… and practice of the artist and curator, Takashi Murakami. The thesis aims to analyse how contemporary transnational artistic activity functions via the work of Murakami and Superflat artists, including Chiho Aoshima and Aya Takano. From the blockbuster group exhibition, Super Flat, curated by …
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Re-evaluating Murakami's Superflat: toward a contextualized interpretation of contemporary Japanese art
"This thesis examines Murakami Takashi’s Superflat theory and exhibition as well as the ramifications of its success. Developed through the 1990s and the early 2000s, Murakami’s Superflat theory attempts to prove a direct connection between the aesthetics of Edo period (1603-1868) and contemporary …
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Contemporary Art in Japan and Cuteness in Japanese Popular Culture
… Japan, and in particular the artists Murakami TakashL Mori Mariko, Aida Makoto, and Nara Yoshitomo. These artists represent a generation of artists born in the 1960s who use popular culture to their own ends. From the seminal exhibition 'Tokyo Pop' at Hiratsuka Museum of Art in 1996 …
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EXPLORING THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF TEEN IDOLS
… Miley Cyrus. Looking at the art work of Takashi Murakami and Steven Shearer, I argue that the teen idol is subject to redefinition and constructive critique if put into the realm of fine arts. This investigation also informs a brief discussion of my own art practice which incorporates imagery …
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Crawlspace
… Ursula Le Guin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Haruki Murakami, and James Wood. Some of these authors and critical theorists are used to provide foundational support on terminology and structure, involving voice and narrative, while others are cited as examples of stylistic success involving literary …
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Every time you close your eyes.
… exegesis examines the way Ian McEwan and Haruki Murakami use triggers to reveal the state of the world in which their characters live. It contains interviews with two New Yorkers who experienced both power cuts and includes discussions of major activators such as disasters as well as smaller …
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Development of a generalized fatigue assessment approach for steel castings.
… data in the high cycle fatigue regime using Murakami's effective area method for quality details and LEFM estimated crack growth constants. A main outcome of this study found that the minimum indication size using an industry accessible non-destructive evaluation (NDE) technique, such as …
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Getting To The Pulp Of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood: Translatability and the Role of Popular Culture
Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood (1987) veers from his favored detective-fiction genre by offering readers a 1960s coming-of-age romance, a story whose plot nonetheless spins around the protagonist seeking out his personal identity. The conflicts between Japanese tradition and modern, global …
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High harmonic generation by short laser pulses: time-frequency behavior and applications to attophysics
High harmonic generation (HHG) is a process in which noble gas atoms excited by an intense laser field at frequency ω<sub>1</sub> emit radiation of higher frequencies that are odd integer multiples of ω<sub>1</sub>. Driven by an infrared laser, high harmonic radiation can span from the optical into …
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A new appreciation of inflow modelling for autorotative rotors
A dynamic inflow model is a powerful tool for predicting the induced velocity distribution over a rotor disc. On account of its closed form and simplicity, the model is highly practical especially for studying flight mechanics and designing control systems for helicopters. However, scant attention …
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The Synax of the Simple Cases and the Cases with Prepostions in Quintus Curtius' History of Alexander, Book VIII
<p>The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the syntax of the simple cases, including their use with prepositions, in Quintus Curtius' History of Alexander, Book VIII, and to note the author’s conformity with or departure from Classical usage. The text used is that of Edmund Hedicke in …
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Individual variation and the role of L1 in the L2 development of English grammatical morphemes: insights from learner corpora
The overarching goal of the dissertation is to illustrate the relevance of learner corpus research to the field of second language acquisition (SLA). The possibility that learner corpora can be useful in mainstream SLA research has a significant implication given that they have not been …
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The Mirrored Body: Doubling and Replacement of the Feminine and androgynous Body In Hadia Said'S <em>Artist</em> and Haruki Murakami'S <em>Sputnik Sweetheart</em>
… body is constructed in the works of Haruki Murakami, Moto Hagio, and Hadia Said, all of which deal specifically with the female body and consciousness. The angles used in this presentation will include a postmodern feminist interpretation of the body with regard to sexual politics.</p> …
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