Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle: Between Śūnyatā and Postmodernity

This article argues that the Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle manga, by CLAMP collective and published in Japan from 2003 to 2009, has a narrative structure based on a dialogue where religious philosophy converges with postmodern ideas. This argument is in contrast to the proposals of traditionalist dis...

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Autor: Castelli Olvera, Sarahi Isuki
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios de Asia y África
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx:article/2600
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx/index.php/eaa/article/view/2600
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:posmodernidad
śūnyatā
manga
CLAMP
imagen
postmodernism
Śūnyatā
image
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Sumario:This article argues that the Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle manga, by CLAMP collective and published in Japan from 2003 to 2009, has a narrative structure based on a dialogue where religious philosophy converges with postmodern ideas. This argument is in contrast to the proposals of traditionalist discourse, which emphasizes the distinctive features of the Japanese tradition, thus tending to overlook the historical impact of the foreign Other. The analysis is based on the paradigm of indicial inferences of microhistory, with the identification of significant details. Postmodernism provides the theoretical reference points in two ways: one Eastern and the other Western, as suggested by Steven Heine, Fredrick Jameson, and Jean Baudrillard.