Gender is Fair Game
(Re)Thinking the (Fe)Male in the Works of Oba Minako
1st Edition
Published on 23. July 2019
224 pages
978-1-315-50220-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is a critical study of the major novels and short stories of Minako Oba (1930-) the undisputed leader in the resurgence of women writers in Japan. Oba is a postmodernist, rethinking gender and culture, encompassing the theme of female Bildungsroman, and drawing on marinated memories.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-315-50220-5 (9781315502205)
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12/1999
1st Edition
Routledge
€67.03
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09/1998
1st Edition
Routledge
€231.60
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Person
Michiko N. Wilson
Content
1. Introduction 2. The Lyric Mode: To Write Like a Woman 3. Artist as Cultural Critic as Woman 4. Becoming and (Un)Becoming: The Female Destiny Reconsidered 5. A Mother Daughter Plot: An Unsentimental Journey Toward Reintegration 6. Marinated in Memory: "Conversations" with Lady Murasaki 7. Gender Is Fair Game: (Re)Thinking the (Fe)Male, An Interview with Oba Minako
