The Body in Postwar Japanese Fiction

ISBN-13: 9780415322256 / Twarda / 2004 / 216 str.

Douglas Slaymaker

Opis

This book explores one of the crucial themes in postwar Japanese fiction. Through an examination of the work of a number of prominent twentieth century Japanese writers, the book analyses the meaning of the body in postwar Japanese discourse.

Recenzje

'This book brings into focus a fascinating element in the background of contemporary Japanese culture' - Monumenta Nipponica

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 The discourse on the body; Chapter 2 The (gendered) discourse and a (woman’s) body; Chapter 3 Tamura Taijir?; Chapter 4 Noma Hiroshi; Chapter 5 Sakaguchi Ango; Chapter 6 When women write postwar Japan; Conclusion;

O autorze

Douglas N. Slaymaker is Associate Professor of Japanese and Director of the Japan Studies Program in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.