@misc{10481/26214, year = {2011}, month = {12}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/26214}, abstract = {Due to the application of Euro-centered methods of interpretation, literary criticism has overlooked key social aspects that are characteristic of Japanese literature. Among these much-neglected characteristics one can include the paired concepts tatemae and honne. By incorporating those concepts into a reading of Japanese texts, the reader can discover social issues previously unseen. Banana Yosimoto’s novel Kitchen is used to illustrate the different interactions of tatemae and honne.}, publisher = {Asociación Cultural Impossibilia}, keywords = {Japanese}, keywords = {Literature}, keywords = {Interpretation}, keywords = {Tatemae}, keywords = {Society}, keywords = {Banana Yoshimoto}, title = {Breaking into Japanese Literature/Identity: Tatemae and Honne}, author = {Ishii, Tetsuo and Saravia Vargas, José Roberto and Saravia Vargas, Juan Carlos}, }