Reading Desire in a New Generation of Japanese Women Writers: A Special Collection of Essays Cornyetz Nina
This book explores desire through the work of a new generation of Japanese women writers, in response to the increased attention these writers have received following the release of their work in the…
Specifikacia Reading Desire in a New Generation of Japanese Women Writers: A Special Collection of Essays Cornyetz Nina
This book explores desire through the work of a new generation of Japanese women writers, in response to the increased attention these writers have received following the release of their work in the English language.The contributions explore a wide range of theoretical approaches and psychoanalytic interpretations to 'reading' a new generation of Japanese women writers' relationships to identity, sex/gender, and desire. Through dealing with female spaces, maternal roles, gendered bodies, or resistant speech acts the book uncovers the overarching theme of desire - desire for language, touch, and recognition. Focusing on authors who have previously been underrepresented in English-language scholarship, the book highlights the diverse nature and the important synergies of writing by women in the last few decades.Addressing experimental and nonconforming authors whose