{"product_id":"becoming-modern-women-michiko-suzuki-9780804761987","title":"Becoming Modern Women: Love and Female Identity in Prewar Japanese Literature and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresenting a fresh examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book breaks new ground in its investigation of love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early to mid-twentieth century. As a literary and cultural history of love and female identity, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Modern Women\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on same-sex love, love marriage, and maternal love--new terms at that time; in doing so, it shows how the idea of \"woman,\" within the context of a vibrant print culture, was constructed through the modern experience of love. Author Michiko Suzuki's work complements current scholarship on female identities such as \"Modern Girl\" and \"New Woman,\" and interprets women's fiction in conjunction with nonfiction from a range of media--early feminist writing, sexology books, newspapers, bestselling love treatises, native ethnology, and historiography. While illuminating the ways in which women used and challenged ideas about love, Suzuki explores the historical and ideological shifts of the period, underscoring the broader connections between gender, modernity, and nationhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michiko Suzuki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804761981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804761987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.51w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 252","brand":"Michiko Suzuki","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926228435199,"sku":"9780804761987","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_54c061b1-134e-4664-bb63-20bc898e3e79.jpg?v=1681081911","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-modern-women-michiko-suzuki-9780804761987","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}