Reading the Kimono in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature and Film /

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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Suzuki, Michiko,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]
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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

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