Travels in Manchuria and Mongolia A Feminist Poet from Japan Encounters Prewar China |
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| Author:
| Yosano, Akiko |
| Translator:
| Fogel, Joshua |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-12319-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2001 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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A valuable document for the study of the modern Japanese construction of "China" and "the Chinese," this important travelogue by Yosana Akiko-one of Japan's greatest poets and a prominent spokeswoman during the early years of Japanese feminism-charts her travels in Japanese-controlled Manchuria and Mongolia in 1928. Written during a tense period in Sino-Japanese relations, Yosana's travelogue clearly reveals the limits of her stated progressive leanings in the face of the...
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A valuable document for the study of the modern Japanese construction of "China" and "the Chinese," this important travelogue by Yosana Akiko-one of Japan's greatest poets and a prominent spokeswoman during the early years of Japanese feminism-charts her travels in Japanese-controlled Manchuria and Mongolia in 1928. Written during a tense period in Sino-Japanese relations, Yosana's travelogue clearly reveals the limits of her stated progressive leanings in the face of the imperialist project of which she could not help but be a part.