{"product_id":"modern-japanese-women-writers-as-michiko-niikuni-wilson-9780983299127","title":"Modern Japanese Women Writers as Artists as Cultural Critics","description":"\u003cp\u003eModern Japanese women writers as artists as cultural critics is a subject that has not received adequate attention from Japan specialists in North America. Translated and discussed here are critical essays by three of the most innovative, outspoken, and provocative women writers in recent Japanese literary history: Yuriko Miyamoto (1899-1951), Saegusa Kazuko (1929- ), and Minako Oba (1930-2007) with the objective of, one, presenting a Japan that thrives in and on a multiplicity of voices, in contrast to its conformist image in the West; and, two, filling the critical need for English translations of primary sources aimed, in particular, at non-Japan specialists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe notion of women as \"cultural critics\" stretches back to the Heian era (797-1190 ce), and is notably exmplified by Sei Shonagon's work The Pillow Book (992 ce), which, with its wit, barbed references, and no-nonsense comments on life around her, has become part of the Japanese literary canon. Her legacy reappeared after a long hiatus in the generation of women writers who swiftly took advantage of the \"Taisho (1911-1926) Democracy.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \"Woman Question\" debate in Japan today, which Japanese women view as a basic human rights issue, has been revisited by contemporary Japanese women writers who have also gradually developed a feminist credo that espouses the equality of men and women concomitant with the expansion of the emotional interaction and intellectual interchange between the sexes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michiko Niikuni Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0983299129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780983299127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Merwinasia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Michiko Niikuni Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483763978495,"sku":"9780983299127","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55d746b4-872b-4440-b4ae-76f289bcf1a7.jpg?v=1778040494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modern-japanese-women-writers-as-michiko-niikuni-wilson-9780983299127","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}