Consumerism and the Possibility of an Authentic Self in Haruki Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
With reference to Jean Baudrillard’s theory of consumerism embedded in his scrutiny of power, this paper investigates the possibilities of an authentic self in Haruki Murakami’s novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World within the context of Japanese consumerism in the 1970s and early 19...
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| Language: | English |
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The International Academic Forum
2015-11-01
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| Series: | IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship |
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| Online Access: | https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-literature-and-librarianship/volume-4-issue-1/article-6/ |