Poison woman : figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture /
Based on the lives and crimes of no less than twenty real women, dokufu (poison women) narratives emerged as a powerful presence in Japan during the 1870s. In Poison Woman, Christine L. Marran investigates this powerful icon, its shifting meanings, and its influence on defining womens sexuality and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
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| Summary: | Based on the lives and crimes of no less than twenty real women, dokufu (poison women) narratives emerged as a powerful presence in Japan during the 1870s. In Poison Woman, Christine L. Marran investigates this powerful icon, its shifting meanings, and its influence on defining womens sexuality and place in Japan. |
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| Item Description: | "Portions of chapter 4 were previously published in slightly different form in "So bad she's good : the masochist's heroine in Japan, Abe Sada," in Bad girls of Japan, edited by Laura Miller and Jan Bardsley (London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), 141-67"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-205) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816654185 0816654182 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |