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A lot of this feels pretty superficial. I was kind of hoping to see more of an analysis of how Gibson uses foreign words for texture, rather than a simple gloss
by duskwuff 5y ago
A lot of this feels pretty superficial. I was kind of hoping to see more of an analysis of how Gibson uses foreign words for texture, rather than a simple glossary.
The essay misses one interesting detail: along with the Chatsubo, another restaurant Case visits in the first chapter of Neuromancer is "a teashop called the Jarre de The". Both names mean "pot of tea" -- one in Japanese, the other in French. The juxtaposition is more than coincidence.
- sloan 5y agoAnd this article is full of typos
- brazzy 5y agoAnd factual inaccuracies. > Yakuza ヤクザ: is the largest criminal organisation in Japan, similar to the mafia. The word describes a type of criminal organization, not a singular organization. There are many completely independant yakuza groups.
- HelloNurse 5y agoYakuza organizations aren't likely to be "completely independent", even if rival and autonomous: their relationships tie them into a criminal meta-organization, which if pure enough can be seen from outside as "the Yakuza" even if it isn't a federation or a conglomerate.
- kalimanzaro 5y agoIt's just like "The" Mafia, even though we know there are multiple Families.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoaren't there also multiple mafias? I thought a mafia was a type, and essentially the western yakuza