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Book SynopsisThis volume has a dual purpose. It aims to define the state of Japanese literary studies in the field of women's writing and to present cross-cultural interpretations of Japanese material of relevance to contemporary work in gender studies and comparative literature.
Table of ContentsPreface Contributors Introduction Paul Gordon Schalow and Janet A. Walker Part I. Situating the Woman Writer in Japanese Literature: 1. Special address: without beginning, without end Oba Minako 2. The Tosa Diary: in the interstices of gender and criticism Lynne K. Miyake 3. The origins of the concept of 'women's literature' Joan E. Ericson Part II. Narrating the Body: 4. The body in contemporary Japanese women's fiction Sharalyn Orbaugh 5. Translation and reproduction in Enchi Fumiko's 'A Bond for Two Lifetimes - Gleanings' Doris G. Bargen 6. The quest for jouissance in Takahashi Takako's texts Maryellen Toman Mori Part III. Defining the Female Voice: 7. In pursuit of the Yamamba: the question of female resistance Meera Viswanathan 8. Hayashi Kyoko and the gender of ground zero John Whittier Treat 9. Becoming or (un)becoming: the female destiny reconsidered in Oba Minako's narratives Michiko Niikuni Wilson Part IV. Locating 'Woman' in Culture: 10. In search of a lost paradise: the wandering woman in Hayashi Fumiko's Drifting Clouds Noriko Mizuta 11. Text versus commentary: struggles of the cultural meanings of 'woman' Chieko M. Ariga 12. Connaissance de;licieuse, or the science of jealousy: Tsushima Yuko's 'The Chrysanthemum Beetle' Livia Monnet 13. Power and gender in the narratives of Yamada Eimi Nina Cornyetz Reference matter Selected bibliography of Japanese women's writing Joan E. Ericson and Midori Y. McKeon Index.
