Gender and National Literature Heian Texts in the by Tomiko Yoda PAPERBACK

Gender and National Literature Heian Texts in the Constructions of Japanese Modernity\nby Tomiko Yoda\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Tomiko Yoda\nTitle: Gender and National Literature Heian Texts in the Constructions of Japanese Modernity\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literature: history and criticism\nPublisher: MD - Duke University Press\nPublication year: 2004\nISBN-13: 9780822332374\nISBN-10: 082233237X\nRRP: \u00A327.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nReveals the connections between gender, nationalism, and cultural representation evident in prevailing interpretations of classic Heian texts (794-1192). This book argues that by foregrounding women's voices in Heian literature, the discipline has repeatedly enacted the modernizing gesture in which the 'feminine' i.