02642nam 2200625 a 450 991045222300332120200520144314.00-8166-5418-2(CKB)1000000000482424(EBL)328376(OCoLC)567936021(SSID)ssj0000223158(PQKBManifestationID)11208654(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223158(PQKBWorkID)10182590(PQKB)11275281(MiAaPQ)EBC328376(OCoLC)191737978(MdBmJHUP)muse39657(Au-PeEL)EBL328376(CaPaEBR)ebr10212635(CaONFJC)MIL525879(EXLCZ)99100000000048242420061109d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPoison woman[electronic resource] figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture /Christine L. MarranMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20071 online resource (248 p.)"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."0-8166-4727-5 0-8166-4726-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.WomenJapanSocial conditionsWomen in popular cultureJapanVillains in popular cultureJapanJapanCivilization1868-1912Electronic books.WomenSocial conditions.Women in popular cultureVillains in popular culture305.43/3643095209034Marran Christine L990898MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452223003321Poison woman2267294UNINA