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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815831303321

Autore

Raddeker Helene Bowen <1952->

Titolo

Treacherous women of imperial Japan : patriarchal fictions, patricidal fantasies / / Helene Bowen Raddeker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997

ISBN

1-134-69618-3

0-585-45571-6

1-280-10917-3

1-134-69619-1

0-203-44876-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Disciplina

952.03/1/0922

Soggetti

Anarchists - Japan

Socialists - Japan

Japan Biography

Japan History 20th century Biography

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 (p. [237]-276) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Treason and treachery, documents and discourse; The work (structure, logic, method); Kanno Suga: 'The unswerving path'; Kaneko Fumiko: 'The will to die'; Commentary: discourse on death and beyond; Commentary: martyrs, nihilists and other rebel heroes; Kanno Suga (1902  1911); Kaneko Fumiko (1922  1926); Epilogue; Notes; Select bibliography of Japanese sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An inspiring analysis of events surrounding two women's attempted assassination of the Emperor of Japan, and the separate penalties faced by these women both in terms of their death sentences and the wider context surrounding their lives.