This paper analyzes the variations of the archetype of the yamauba, or mountain witch, emerging in the workMurakumo no mura no monogatari (Story of the Village of the Clouds) by Saegusa Kazuko. The article reflects on the philosophical insight which this work brings, through a close study of the particular structure, characters and setting. In order to show how Saegusa’s work foreshadowed contemporary currents such as posthuman feminism, I will try to reread this work together with other novels and essays by the same writer by focusing on the significance of the figure of yamauba as the embodiment of a critique of anthropocentrism.

Variations of the Yamauba figure in "Murakumo no mura no monogatari" (1987) by Saegusa Kazuko

Daniela Moro
2019-01-01

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This paper analyzes the variations of the archetype of the yamauba, or mountain witch, emerging in the workMurakumo no mura no monogatari (Story of the Village of the Clouds) by Saegusa Kazuko. The article reflects on the philosophical insight which this work brings, through a close study of the particular structure, characters and setting. In order to show how Saegusa’s work foreshadowed contemporary currents such as posthuman feminism, I will try to reread this work together with other novels and essays by the same writer by focusing on the significance of the figure of yamauba as the embodiment of a critique of anthropocentrism.
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