The Funeral of a Giraffe Seven Stories

A collection of short stories by scriptwriter-poet turned fiction writer Taeko Tomioka. Taeko deconstructs the discourse of the nuclear family and heterosexuality in gendered Japanese culture. Her stories focus on ordinary people unfettered by introspection or a search for life's ultimate meaning.

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Tomioka Taeko

Product details

• Authors: Taeko Tomioka, Kyoko Iriye Selden, Selden Kyoko Iriye, Tomioka Taeko, Mizuta Noriko, Noriko Mizuta
• Publisher: Routledge
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.1999
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constit; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9780765604422
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0442-2
• Pages: 202
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.1 cm
• Weight (packing): 301 g
• Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, curry;rice;red;bean;sponge;cake;paste;live;tokyo;green, family structure analysis, sociocultural critique, queer theory Japan, everyday life narratives, Japanese family gender roles, cultural deconstruction