Prostitutes, hostesses, and actresses at the edge of the Japanese empire fragmenting history / Nobuko Ishitate-Okunomiya Yamasaki.
| Author/creator | Yamasaki, Nobuko Ishitate-Okunomiya |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xiii, 107 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Dwelling On/In History -- A Skeptic More Than a Participant: Nakajima Atsushi Writes (Against) the Empire -- I Perform, Therefore I Am Not: Ri K¿ran's Building of the Empire -- Hayashi Ky¿ko: A Japanese Girl and a Japanese Prostitute at the Edge of the Empire -- Yi Yang-ji: The Body As a Battlefield -- I Resist, Therefore I Am: Mother in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dict©♭e -- Coda: Listening to Silence. |
| Abstract | "Analysing materials from literature and film, this book considers the fates of women who did not or could not buy into the Japanese imperial ideology of "good wives, wise mothers" in support of male empire-building. Although many feminist critics have articulated women's active roles as dutiful collaborators for the Japanese empire, male-dominated narratives of empire-building have been largely supported and rectified. In contrast, the roles of marginalized women, such as sex workers, women entertainers, hostesses, and hibakusha have rarely been analyzed. This book addresses this intellectual lacuna by closely examining memories, (semi-)autobiographical stories, and newspaper articles, grounded or inspired by lived experiences not only in Japan, but also in Shanghai, Manchukuo, colonial Korea, and the Pacific. Chapters further explore the voices of diasporic Korean women (Zainichi Korean woman born in Japan, as well as Korean American woman born in Korea) whose lives were impacted, intervening ethnocentric narratives that were at the heart of the Japanese empire. An appendix presents the first English translation of a memorable statement on comfort women by former Japanese propaganda actress, Ri K¿ran / Yamaguchi Yoshiko. Prostitutes, Hostesses, and Actresses at the Edge of the Japanese Empire will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese literature and film studies, as well as gender, sexuality and postcolonial studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Prostitutes, hostesses, and actresses at the edge of the Japanese empire London ; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. 9780367648381 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021702075 |
| ISBN | 9781000398458 ebook |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |