The Body in Postwar Japanese Fiction

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-415-64611-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 339 g

Reihe: Asia's Transformations/Literature and Society

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, the gender constructions of the imagery of the body and the implications for our understanding of individual and national identity. This book will be of interest to all students of modern Japanese literature.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Slaymaker, Douglas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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;

Über Autor(innen)

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.