| Description |
1 online resource (x, 233 pages) |
| Contents |
Same-sex love -- Yoshiya Nobuko and the romance of sisterhood -- Love marriage ideology -- Miyamoto Yuriko and the Nobuko narratives -- Maternal love -- Okamoto Kanoko and the mythic mother |
| Summary |
Presenting a fresh examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book breaks new ground in its investigation of love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early to mid-twentieth century. As a literary and cultural history of love and female identity, Becoming Modern Women focuses on same-sex love, love marriage, and maternal love--new terms at that time; in doing so, it shows how the idea of "woman," within the context of a vibrant print culture, was constructed through the modern experience of love. Author Michiko Suzuki's work complements current scholarship on female identities such as "Modern Girl" and "New Woman," and interprets women's fiction in conjunction with nonfiction from a range of media--early feminist writing, sexology books, newspapers, bestselling love treatises, native ethnology, and historiography. While illuminating the ways in which women used and challenged ideas about love, Suzuki explores the historical and ideological shifts of the period, underscoring the broader connections between gender, modernity, and nationhood |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Japanese fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Japanese fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Women in literature.
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Love in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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Japanese fiction
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Japanese fiction -- Women authors
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Love in literature
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Women in literature
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Schriftstellerin
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Liebe Motiv
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Frau Motiv
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Frau
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Literatur.
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Japanisch.
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Motiv.
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Frau.
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Identitätsfindung.
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Modernisierung.
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Kärlek -- teori -- motstånd -- feminism.
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Sexualitet -- äktenskap -- identitet -- homosexualitet.
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Kvinnobilden -- modernismen.
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Japanese fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Japanese fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Women in literature.
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Love in literature.
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Japansk litteratur -- kvinnliga författare.
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Japansk litteratur -- historia -- 1900-talet.
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Kvinnor i litteraturen.
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Kärlek i litteraturen.
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780804772952 |
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0804772959 |
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