The Outsider Within - Ten Essays on Modern Japanese Women Writers

The Outsider Within contains ten articles written by new and veteran scholars of Japanese women writers, both from the U.S. and abroad, with a focus on their fictional works available in English translation.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Note on Japanese Names Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Modern Writing-The Renaissance: Desire for Autonomy and Connection: Tamura Toshiko's Female Characters; Flower Power: Nature, Art, and Woman in Okamoto Kanoko's "A Floral Pageant" Chapter 6 Post-World War II Writers-The Pioneers: Reclaiming the Critical Voice in Enchi Fumiko's The Waiting Years; Setouchi Jakucho: Female Subjectivity in the Exploration of "Self," Sexuality, and Spirituality Chapter 7 Exploring New Women's Lives-Confronting the M/Other: A Defiant Muse: Reading and Situating Kurahashi Yumiko's Narrative Subjectivity; The Ordinary and the Marginal: The Significance of Mother in Tomioka Taeko's Works; Fantasies of Maternal Ambivalen Chapter 8 Young Writers-Women's New Places: Sharing Sex, Sharing Meals: A Discussion of Hayashi Mariko's Works; Destabilization of Gender in New Age Japanese Women's Literature: Yoshimoto Banana and Arai Motoko Chapter 9 Bibliography Chapter 10 About the Contributors Chapter 11 Index

About the author

Tomoko Kuribayashi is Assistant Professor of English, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point.

Product details

• Assisted by: Tomoko Kuribayashi (Editor), Kuribayashi Tomoko (Editor), Mizuho Terasawa (Editor), Terasawa Mizuho (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2002
• EAN: 9780761822431
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-2243-1
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 223 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Literature: history & criticism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Literature: history and criticism