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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450940503321

Titolo

The body in postwar Japanese fiction / / edited by Douglas N. Slaymaker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

0-203-35007-3

1-134-35403-7

1-280-07584-8

0-203-30014-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Asia's transformations

Altri autori (Persone)

SlaymakerDouglas

Disciplina

895.6/35093561

Soggetti

Human body in literature

Japanese fiction - Shōwa period, 1926-1989 - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The discourse on the body; The (gendered) discourse and a (woman's) body; Tamura Taijir; Noma Hiroshi; Sakaguchi Ango; When women write postwar Japan; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.