1st Edition

Gender is Fair Game (Re)Thinking the (Fe)Male in the Works of Oba Minako

By Michiko N. Wilson Copyright 1999
    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is a critical study of the major novels and short stories of Minako Oba (1930-) the undisputed leader in the resurgence of women writers in Japan. Oba is a postmodernist, rethinking gender and culture, encompassing the theme of female Bildungsroman, and drawing on marinated memories.

    1. Introduction 2. The Lyric Mode: To Write Like a Woman 3. Artist as Cultural Critic as Woman 4. Becoming and (Un)Becoming: The Female Destiny Reconsidered 5. A Mother Daughter Plot: An Unsentimental Journey Toward Reintegration 6. Marinated in Memory: "Conversations" with Lady Murasaki 7. Gender Is Fair Game: (Re)Thinking the (Fe)Male, An Interview with Oba Minako

    Biography

    Michiko N. Wilson