The End of Transgression in Japanese Womens Writing

Auteur

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

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

Contenu

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