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ToolsInnami, Fusako (2016) Ethics of incorporation: (Im)possibility of accepting otherness in Kawabata’s 'One Arm'. Culture, Theory and Critique, 57 (3). pp. 373-390. ISSN 1473-5776
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On touching, an object mediates and equally prevents our contacts with others. But what if one incorporates another's body? Japanese author Kawabata Yasunari, in his ‘One Arm’, describes a peculiar encounter with the other's body: the protagonist replaces his arm with a girl's arm and incorporates it, causing him some spasms, a sense of otherness, and affective as well as repulsive feelings. This replacement of body parts questions the possibility of getting in touch with the other, as well as risky intersections with the other. In considering this (fictional) bodily encounter and the process of being together with another body, I aim to examine the rupture of contact, the (im)possibility of accepting otherness and the ethics of communication in Kawabata, through the phenomenon of incorporation. By examining the under-researched topic of incorporation and touch in Kawabata in dialogue with relevant theories by Jean-Luc Nancy, Emmanuel Levinas and Melanie Klein, this paper aims to advance theorisations of touch and incorporation at the intersection of literature and critical theories.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2016 12:01 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2024 17:23 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/56826 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14735784.2015.1073113 |
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