Machtmechanismen und Selbstspiele

Through this work, one can find a new way of interpreting Yoko Tawada's work and a new perspective on power analysis and self-play for intercultural literary studies. On the one hand, the book deals with the violent subject constitution under three kinds of power mechanisms in texts of Tawada, on the other hand, Tawada's peculiar writing strategies in the form of self-play are presented as an experimental struggle against the subjectification of power. The approaches of Michel Foucault and Erich Fromm as well as the relevant theories in culture, genetic studies and science criticism are taken up in order to create a theoretical foundation for the interpretation of Tawada's texts.