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

Exploring the rhetorical and discursive mechanics of literary âœbad girlsâ from fiction produced during the millennial turn (1990â2010), the book contends that women writers today deploy truant, unruly, restless, and aggressive female protagonists not to challenge the status quo but rather to reaffirm it. While Japanese womenâs fiction has long been invested in cultivating an uncomfortable politics of opposition through âœunladylikeâ themes such as sex, sexuality, and violence, the book argues that today authors turn to such acts of defiance to quietly advocate for the primacy of Japanese social order. Showing how transgression has not only lost its political and disruptive valence in contemporary womenâs fiction, this book further reveals how discourses of dissent can be retooled to promote a conservative worldview.

A fascinating literary

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 12/31/2024
      ISBN13: 9781032139845, 978-1032139845
      ISBN10: 1032139846
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis

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

      Exploring the rhetorical and discursive mechanics of literary âœbad girlsâ from fiction produced during the millennial turn (1990â2010), the book contends that women writers today deploy truant, unruly, restless, and aggressive female protagonists not to challenge the status quo but rather to reaffirm it. While Japanese womenâs fiction has long been invested in cultivating an uncomfortable politics of opposition through âœunladylikeâ themes such as sex, sexuality, and violence, the book argues that today authors turn to such acts of defiance to quietly advocate for the primacy of Japanese social order. Showing how transgression has not only lost its political and disruptive valence in contemporary womenâs fiction, this book further reveals how discourses of dissent can be retooled to promote a conservative worldview.

      A fascinating literary

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