End of Transgression in Japanese Womens Writing - Gender, Body, Nation

This book argues for a new articulation of the ways in which transgression is theorised in contemporary literature by Japanese women.

List of contents

Introduction. "Literary Dislocations: Rediscovery and Reorientation" 1. "The Legacy of Transgression in Japanese Women's Fiction: Liberation, Liberty, Lightning" 2. "Class, Identity, and Recession in Millennial Japan" 3. "Skeletons of Desire: The Body in Kanehara Hitomi's Snakes and Earrings and Hydra" 4. "Gender and Body, Past and Present: Sakurai Ami's Innocent World and Tomorrow's Song" 5. "The Two Bodies of Kirino Natsuo: Grotesque and Real World" 6. "Conclusion: Chaos, Schizophrenia, and Reconciliation in Millennial Japan" Epilogue

About the author

David S. Holloway was Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of Rochester, USA.

Summary

This book argues for a new articulation of the ways in which transgression is theorised in contemporary literature by Japanese women.

Product details

• Authors: David S. Holloway
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032139838
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3213983-8
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Japan, FICTION / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Regional Studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Regional / International studies, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Japan;Japanese literature;Gender;Sexuality;women’s fiction