{"product_id":"the-womans-hand-gender-and-theory-in-japanese-womens-writing-9780804727228","title":"The Womans Hand  Gender and Theory in Japanese","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  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.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405508518231,"sku":"9780804727228","price":67.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804727228.jpg?v=1730492381","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-womans-hand-gender-and-theory-in-japanese-womens-writing-9780804727228","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}