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The closed hand : images of the Japanese in modern Peruvian literature /
In her book, The Closed Hand: Images of the Japanese in Modern Peruvian Literature, Rebecca Riger Tsurumi captures the remarkable story behind the changing human landscape in Peru at the end of the nineteenth century when Japanese immigrants established what would become the second largest Japanese...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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West Lafayette, Ind. :
Purdue University Press,
©2012.
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| Series: | Purdue studies in Romance literatures ;
v. 54. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One A Socio-historical Overview of the Japanese Presence in Peru; Chapter Two Images of the Orient/Japan in Spanish American Literature from the Modernistas and Beyond; Chapter Three A Japanese Swashbuckler in La casa verde and a Japanese Gangster in Travesuras de la niña mala; Chapter Four Images of the Japanese in Peruvian Short Fiction: "Matavilela" and "Muerte de Sevilla en Madrid"; Chapter Five Las dos caras del deseo: A Female Nikkei Character in a Pivotal Role.
- Chapter Six Postwar Japanese Literature as a Catalyst for Change in Puñales escondidosChapter Seven Images of the Japanese in El jardín de la señora Murakami and Shiki Nagaoka: Una nariz de ficción; Chapter Eight Reflections of the Japanese in the Poetry of José Watanabe; Chapter Nine Representations of the Okinawan/Japanese in the Poetry of Doris Moromisato; Chapter Ten Conclusions; Appendix Interviews with Six Authors; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.