Gender is Fair Game: (Re)Thinking the (Fe)Male in the Works of Oba Minako

by Michiko N. Wilson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765603135
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/1998
Series:	Japanese Women Writing Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

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