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Tokuda: Rough Living Paper
Shusei, Tokuda, Tokuda, Shusei
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Description for Tokuda: Rough Living Paper
Paperback. This work follows the fortunes of an ambitious young seamstress, Oshima, as she strives to survive and prosper in Meiji Japan. Written in 1915 by Tokuda Shusei, it explores the social transformations the country underwent in the early 20th century from a young woman's perspective. Translator(s): Torrance, Richard (Ohio State University, USA). Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Humorous and poignant, Rough Living (Arakure) follows the fortunes of an ambitious young seamstress, Oshima, as she strives to survive and prosper in Meiji Japan. Written in 1915 by Tokuda Shusei (1872-1943), the great chronicler of Japan's working class, Rough Living explores the social transformations the country underwent in the early twentieth century from the perspective of a young woman who personifies the hungry, entrepreneurial spirit of the times. Through Oshima's eyes we see the formation of the structures of modern everyday life under capitalism as they evolved in Japan from the time of her birth in 1884 until the ... Read more
Humorous and poignant, Rough Living (Arakure) follows the fortunes of an ambitious young seamstress, Oshima, as she strives to survive and prosper in Meiji Japan. Written in 1915 by Tokuda Shusei (1872-1943), the great chronicler of Japan's working class, Rough Living explores the social transformations the country underwent in the early twentieth century from the perspective of a young woman who personifies the hungry, entrepreneurial spirit of the times. Through Oshima's eyes we see the formation of the structures of modern everyday life under capitalism as they evolved in Japan from the time of her birth in 1884 until the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824823870
SKU
V9780824823870
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