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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825108003321

Autore

Smith Norman (Norman Dennis)

Titolo

Resisting Manchukuo : Chinese women writers and the Japanese occupation / / Norman Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-59362-5

9786612593628

0-7748-5590-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 197 p. : ill., ports

Collana

Contemporary Chinese studies

Disciplina

895.1/51099287

Soggetti

Women authors, Chinese - China - Manchuria

Women authors, Chinese - 20th century

Chinese literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Women and literature - China - Manchuria - History - 20th century

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - Women - China - Manchuria

Manchuria (China) History 1931-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chinese Women and Cultural Production in a Japanese Colonial Context -- Foundations of Colonial Rule in Manchukuo and the "Woman Question" -- Manchukuo's Chinese-Language Literary World -- Forging Careers in Manchukuo -- Disrupting the Patriarchal Foundations of Manchukuo -- Contesting Colonial Society -- The Collapse of Empire and Careers -- Resisting Manchukuo -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Norman Smith reveals the literary world of Japanese-occupied Manchuria (Manchukuo, 1932-45) and examines the lives, careers, and literary legacies of seven prolific Chinese women writers during the period. Smith shows how a complex blend of fear and freedom produced an environment in which Chinese women writers could articulate dissatisfaction with the overtly patriarchal and imperialist nature of the Japanese cultural agenda while working in close association with colonial institutions. The first book in English on



women's history in twentieth-century Manchuria, Resisting Manchukuo adds to a growing literature that challenges traditional understandings of Japanese colonialism.