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Seaman: Bodies of Evidence CL
Amanda C. Seaman
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Description for Seaman: Bodies of Evidence CL
Hardcover. This work examines the boom in Japanese women's detective fiction and the ways in which five contemporary authors critically engage with a variety of social issues and concerns including consumerism and the crisis of identity and discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JJPR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
The publication in 1992 of Miyabe Miyuke's highly anticipated Kasha (translated into English as All She Was Worth) represents a watershed in the history of Japanese women's detective fiction. Inspired by Miyabe's success and the increasing number of Western mysteries in translation, women began writing mysteries of all types, employing the narrative and conceptual resources of the detective genre to depict and critique contemporary Japanese society - and the situation of women in it. Bodies of Evidence examines this recent boom and the ways in which five contemporary authors (Miyabe, Nonami Asa, Shibata Yoshiki, Kirino Natsuo, and Matsuo Yumi) critically ... Read more
The publication in 1992 of Miyabe Miyuke's highly anticipated Kasha (translated into English as All She Was Worth) represents a watershed in the history of Japanese women's detective fiction. Inspired by Miyabe's success and the increasing number of Western mysteries in translation, women began writing mysteries of all types, employing the narrative and conceptual resources of the detective genre to depict and critique contemporary Japanese society - and the situation of women in it. Bodies of Evidence examines this recent boom and the ways in which five contemporary authors (Miyabe, Nonami Asa, Shibata Yoshiki, Kirino Natsuo, and Matsuo Yumi) critically ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824827366
SKU
V9780824827366
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