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Reading the kimono in twentieth-century Japanese literature and film /

"Often considered an exotic garment of "traditional Japan," the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in literature and film throughout the twentieth century. Reading the Kimono is the first extended study to offer new ways of interpreting te...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Suzuki, Michiko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2023]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Kimono as Object, Language, and History
  • Literary Kimonos in The Makioka Sisters: From Prewar to Postwar
  • Visual Kimonos in The Makioka Sisters: The Occupation and the Bubble Economy Eras
  • Voices of Resistance: Kimonos in Tsuboi Sakae's 1940s-1950s Works
  • Deciphering the Geisha World: Literary and Visual Kimonos in Kōda Aya's Flowing
  • Kimono Lessons: Kōda Aya's Kimono and Its Afterlife
  • Lost Kimonos: Writing the Self in Miyao Tomiko's I-Novels
  • Conclusion: Into the Twenty-First Century.