The outsider within : ten essays on modern Japanese women writers / edited by Tomoko Kuribayashi with Mizuho Terasawa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuribayashi, Tomoko.

Terasawa, Mizuho, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

Japanese literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Japanese literature--Women authors.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 229 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2002]

Summary:

The Outsider Within contains ten articles written by new and veteran scholars of Japanese women writers, both from the U.S. and abroad, with a focus on their fictional works available in English translation.

Contents:

Modern Writing

The Renaissance 1

Chapter 1 Desire for Autonomy and Connection: Tamura Toshiko's Female Characters / Reiko Yonogi 3

Chapter 2 Flower Power: Nature, Art, and Woman in Okamoto Kanoko's "A Floral Pageant" / Tomoko Kuribayashi 19

Post-World War II Writers

The Pioneers 37

Chapter 3 Reclaiming the Critical Voice in Enchi Fumiko's The Waiting Years / Chigusa Kimura-Steven 39

Chapter 4 Setouchi Jakucho: Female Subjectivity in the Exploration of "Self," Sexuality, and Spirituality / Masayo Kaneko 63

Exploring New Women's Lives

Confronting the M/Other 89

Chapter 5 A Defiant Muse: Reading and Situating Kurahashi Yumiko's Narrative Subjectivity / Faye Yuan Kleeman 91

Chapter 6 The Ordinary and the Marginal: The Significance of Mother in Tomioka Taeko's Works / Kiyo Sakamoto 113

Chapter 7 Fantasies of Maternal Ambivalence in Takahashi Takako's "Congruent Figures" / Andra Alvis 131

Chapter 8 Yamamoto Michiko's Betei-san no niwa: Anxiety Displaced / Donna Storey 153

Younger Writers

Women's New Places 173

Chapter 9 Sharing Sex, Sharing Meals: A Discussion of Hayashi Mariko's Works / Mizuho Terasawa 175

Chapter 10 Destabilization of Gender in New Age Japanese Women's Literature: Yoshimoto Banana and Arai Motoko / Chieko Ariga 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-215) and index.

ISBN:

0761822437

OCLC:

48876631