{"product_id":"fuzzy-traumas-tyran-grillo-9781501775994","title":"Fuzzy Traumas: Animals and Errors in Contemporary Japanese Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuzzy Traumas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Tyran Grillo critically examines the portrayal of companion animals in Japanese literature in the wake of the 1990s \"pet boom.\"\u003c\/b\u003e Blurring the binary between human and nonhuman, Grillo draws on Japanese science fiction, horror, guide-dog stories, and a notorious essay on euthanasia, treating each work as a case study of human-animal relationships gone somehow awry. He makes an unprecedented case for Japan's pet boom and how the country's sudden interest in companion animals points to watershed examples of \"productive errors\" that provide necessary catalysts for change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining symbiotic concepts of \"humanity\" and \"animality,\" Grillo challenges negative views of anthropomorphism as something unethical, redefining it as a necessary rupture in, not a bandage on, the thick skin of the human ego. \u003ci\u003eFuzzy Traumas\u003c\/i\u003e concludes by introducing the paradigm shift of \"postanimalism\" as a detour from the current traffic jam of animal-centered philosophies, arguing that humanity cannot move past anthropocentricism until we reflect honestly on what it means for the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tyran Grillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501775995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501775994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell East Asia Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Tyran Grillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45481169617151,"sku":"9781501775994","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8686da05-1196-4595-9046-4a43a94da863.jpg?v=1715966129","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fuzzy-traumas-tyran-grillo-9781501775994","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}