Helene Bowen Raddeker

Treacherous Women of Imperial Japan

Patriarchal Fictions, Patricidal Fantasies

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Produktbeschreibung

An inspiring analysis of events surrounding two women's attempted assassination of the Emperor of Japan, and the separate penalties faced by these women both in terms of their death sentences and the wider context surrounding their lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781138986138
• ISBN-10: 1138986135
• Artikelnr.: 44788839

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)