Poison Woman : Figuring Female Transgression in Modern Japanese Culture /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marran, Christine L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women > Social conditions.
Women in popular culture.
Villains in popular culture.
Civilization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Mechants dans la culture populaire > Japon.
Femmes dans la culture populaire > Japon.
Femmes > Japon > Conditions sociales.
Villains in popular culture > Japan.
Women in popular culture > Japan.
Women > Japan > Social conditions.
Japan.
Japon > Civilisation > 1868-1912.
Japan > Civilization > 1868-1912.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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