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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2007.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Anatomy of a poison woman
- Newspaper reading as poison and cure
- Recollection and remorse
- How to be a woman and not kill in the attempt
- How to be a masochist and not get castrated in the attempt
- Epilogue.