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Author Slaymaker, Douglas.

Title The body in postwar Japanese fiction / Douglas N. Slaymaker.

Publication Info. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 205 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Asia's transformations. Literature and society
Literature and society (London, England)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-200) and index.
Summary This book explores one of the crucial themes in postwar Japanese fiction. Through an examination of the work of a number of prominent twentieth century Japanese writers, the book analyses the meaning of the body in postwar Japanese discourse.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The discourse on the body; The (gendered) discourse and a (woman's) body; Tamura Taijir; Noma Hiroshi; Sakaguchi Ango; When women write postwar Japan; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.
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Subject Human body in literature.
Human body in literature.
Japanese fiction -- Shōwa period, 1926-1989 -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 1926-1989
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Slaymaker, Douglas. Body in postwar Japanese fiction. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 0415322251 (DLC) 2003014997 (OCoLC)52554244
ISBN 0203300149 (electronic book)
9780203300145 (electronic book)
0415322251 (Cloth)
9786610075843
6610075840