Reading the Kimono in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature and Film / / Michiko Suzuki.
Often considered an exotic garment of “traditional Japan,” the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in literature and film throughout the twentieth century. Reading the Kimono in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature and Film is the first extended study to...
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 36 illustrations, 16 in color |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on Names and Terms
- 1. Introduction: Kimono as Object, Language, and History
- 2. Literary Kimonos in The Makioka Sisters: From Prewar to Postwar
- 3. Visual Kimonos in The Makioka Sisters: The Occupation and the Bubble Economy Eras
- 4. Voices of Resistance: Kimonos in Tsuboi Sakae’s 1940s–1950s Works
- 5. Deciphering the Geisha World: Literary and Visual Kimonos in Kōda Aya’s Flowing
- 6. Kimono Lessons: Kōda Aya’s Kimono and Its Afterlife
- 7. Lost Kimonos: Writing the Self in Miyao Tomiko’s I-Novels
- Conclusion: Into the Twenty-First Century
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author