Helene Bowen Raddeker

Treacherous Women of Imperial Japan

Patriarchal Fictions, Patricidal Fantasies

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Produktbeschreibung

Through examination of the careers and writings of two women convicted of conspiring to assassinate the Japanese emperor, this text offers insight into the women's interpretations of their lives and imminent deaths.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 163mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780415171120
• ISBN-10: 0415171121
• Artikelnr.: 21106504

Autorenporträt

Hélène Bowen Raddeker

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preliminaries
Chapter 1 Treason and treachery, documents and discourse
Chapter 2 The work (structure, logic, method)
Part 2 Engagements with death
Chapter 3 Kanno Suga: 'The unswerving path'
Chapter 4 Kaneko Fumiko: 'The will to die'
Chapter 5 Commentary: discourse on death and beyond
Chapter 6 Commentary: martyrs, nihilists and other rebel heroes
Part 3 Life-narratives
Chapter 7 Kanno Suga (1902-1911)
Chapter 8 Kaneko Fumiko (1922-1926)