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Woman Critiqued: Translated Essays on Japanese Women's Writing
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Description for Woman Critiqued: Translated Essays on Japanese Women's Writing
Paperback. Offers English-language readers access to some of the salient critiques that have been directed at women writers, on the one hand, and reactions to these by women writers, on the other. This work appeals to specialists in modern Japanese literature and those interested in comparative literature, women's studies, gender studies, and history. Editor(s): Copeland, Rebecca. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Over the past thirty years translations of Japanese women's writing and biographies of women writers have enriched and expanded our understanding of modern Japanese literature. But how have women writers been received and read in Japan? To appreciate the subterfuges, strategies, and choices that the modern Japanese woman writer has faced, readers must consider the criticisms leveled against her, the expectations and admonitions that have been whispered in her ear, and pay attention to the way she herself has responded. What did it mean to be a woman writer in twentieth-century Japan? How was she defined and how did this ... Read more
Over the past thirty years translations of Japanese women's writing and biographies of women writers have enriched and expanded our understanding of modern Japanese literature. But how have women writers been received and read in Japan? To appreciate the subterfuges, strategies, and choices that the modern Japanese woman writer has faced, readers must consider the criticisms leveled against her, the expectations and admonitions that have been whispered in her ear, and pay attention to the way she herself has responded. What did it mean to be a woman writer in twentieth-century Japan? How was she defined and how did this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824830380
SKU
V9780824830380
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About
Rebecca Copeland is associate professor of Japanese literature at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
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