The Outsider Within

Ten Essays on Modern Japanese Women Writers
Herausgeber: Kuribayashi, Tomoko; Terasawa, Mizuho

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Produktbeschreibung

The Outsider Within contains ten articles written by new and veteran scholars of Japanese women writers, both from the U.S. and abroad, with a focus on their fictional works available in English translation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780761822431
• ISBN-10: 0761822437
• Artikelnr.: 22711555

Autorenporträt

Tomoko Kuribayashi is Assistant Professor of English, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Note on Japanese
Names Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Modern Writing-The Renaissance:
Desire for Autonomy and Connection: Tamura Toshiko's Female Characters;
Flower Power: Nature, Art, and Woman in Okamoto Kanoko's "A Floral Pageant"
Chapter 6 Post-World War II Writers-The Pioneers: Reclaiming the Critical
Voice in Enchi Fumiko's The Waiting Years; Setouchi Jakucho: Female
Subjectivity in the Exploration of "Self," Sexuality, and Spirituality
Chapter 7 Exploring New Women's Lives-Confronting the M/Other: A Defiant
Muse: Reading and Situating Kurahashi Yumiko's Narrative Subjectivity; The
Ordinary and the Marginal: The Significance of Mother in Tomioka Taeko's
Works; Fantasies of Maternal Ambivalen Chapter 8 Young Writers-Women's New
Places: Sharing Sex, Sharing Meals: A Discussion of Hayashi Mariko's Works;
Destabilization of Gender in New Age Japanese Women's Literature: Yoshimoto
Banana and Arai Motoko Chapter 9 Bibliography Chapter 10 About the
Contributors Chapter 11 Index