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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827207003321

Autore

Marran Christine L

Titolo

Poison woman : figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture / / Christine L. Marran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8166-5418-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

305.43/3643095209034

Soggetti

Women - Japan - Social conditions

Women in popular culture - Japan

Villains in popular culture - Japan

Japan Civilization 1868-1912

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Portions of chapter 4 were previously published in slightly different form in "So bad she's good : the masochist's heroine in Japan, Abe Sada," in Bad girls of Japan, edited by Laura Miller and Jan Bardsley. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 141-67."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Anatomy of a poison woman -- Newspaper reading as poison and cure -- Recollection and remorse -- How to be a woman and not kill in the attempt -- How to be a masochist and not get castrated in the attempt -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on the lives and crimes of no less than twenty real women, dokufu (poison women) narratives emerged as a powerful presence in Japan during the 1870's. In Poison Woman, Christine L. Marran investigates this powerful icon, its shifting meanings, and its influence on defining womens sexuality and place in Japan.