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The Departing Body: Creation of the Neutral in-between Sensual Bodies

Innami, Fusako

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This paper investigates the Japanese concept of ma/aida, the space in-between, discussed by French author Roland Barthes as the Neutral, not signifying the medium of the opposite poles but the bare existence. It first analyzes how the discourse of contiguous relationships and the space between others has functioned in modern and postwar Japan, and further employs the works of the Japanese female writer Matsuura Rieko as counterexamples, with particular emphasis on the space between the sensual and the sexual. It provides a fresh view on the conceptions of space and indirectness between and within the body.

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Innami, F. (2011). The Departing Body: Creation of the Neutral in-between Sensual Bodies. Azijske študije, XV(3), 111-130. https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2011.-15.3.111-130

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 30, 2011
Publication Date Jan 1, 2011
Deposit Date Aug 19, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Asian Studies = Azijske študije
Print ISSN 2232-5131
Electronic ISSN 2350-4226
Publisher University of Ljubljana
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume XV
Issue 3
Pages 111-130
DOI https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2011.-15.3.111-130
Publisher URL http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/2890

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©: FUSAKO INNAMI This paper is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.




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