A Japanese Santa Claus: A Nikkei Subject and Lévi-Strauss’s Gift Theory in <i>Through the Arc of the Rain Forest</i>
Japanese American writer Karen Tei Yamashita’s first novel, <i>Through the Arc of the Rainforest</i> (1990), portrays protagonist Kazumasa Ishimaru as “a Japanese Santa Claus”, depicted as having a plastic ball spinning in front of his face. Yamashita presents this magic realist hero as...
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MDPI AG
2022-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2410-9789/2/4/29 |