Sexlessness in Japanese Fiction
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English - February 13, 2023 01:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsArts japanese literature books fiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Today we'll explore two trends in contemporary Japanese fiction:
To take a closer look at these trends, we’re going to ask a couple of questions about contemporary Japan:
What is “celibacy syndrome”? Does it even exist?What role does motherhood play in a shrinking society?And how do sexlessness and motherhood play out in 21st-century Japanese fiction?We’ll end with a closer look at Mieko Kawakami’s best-selling novel, Breasts and Eggs.
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