{"product_id":"five-faces-of-japanese-feminism-9780824866143","title":"Five Faces of Japanese Feminism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis exquisite collection of short fiction by Sata Ineko (1904â1998) offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of women rarely dignified in fiction:  glamorous cafà waitresses, feisty communist activists, a tortured novelist, a soldierâs wife, and single women in Japanâs Korean colony. Her delicately penned portraits challenge the tired, erotic tropes of the geisha and schoolgirl, while delving into the dilemmas women themselves faced in their personal and professional relationships.   The stories and novella translated here span a period of two decades and the most important events and themes in twentieth-century history. âœCafà Kyotoâ (1929) takes up the glamorous, if tragic, lives of cafà waitresses in the wake of the late 1920s Depression. âœTears of a Factory Girl in the Union Leadershipâ (1931) offers a unique portrait of a woman who works with the underground Communist Party. âœThe Scent of Incenseâ (1942), written as a work of âœhome frontâ literature, was meant to he","brand":"University of Hawai'i Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038685331799,"sku":"9780824866143","price":22.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780824866143.jpg?v=1750941059","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/five-faces-of-japanese-feminism-9780824866143","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}