Poison woman : figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture / / Christine L. Marran
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| Autore: |
Marran Christine L
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| Titolo: |
Poison woman : figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture / / Christine L. Marran
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.43/3643095209034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women - Japan - Social conditions |
| Women in popular culture - Japan | |
| Villains in popular culture - Japan | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Japan Civilization 1868-1912 |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Poison woman |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-5418-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827207003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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