Gender is Fair Game: (Re)Thinking the (Fe)Male in the Works of Oba Minako
Michiko N. Wilson
None pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0765603136
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Language: English
Publish: September 30, 1998
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.