Poison woman : figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture

Poison woman : figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture / Christine L. Marran.

Based on the lives and crimes of no less than twenty real women, dokufu (poison women) narratives emerged as a powerful presence in Japan during the 1870s. In Poison Woman, Christine L. Marran investigates this powerful icon, its shifting meanings, and its influence on defining womens sexuality and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marran, Christine L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
1868-1912
Geschichte 1870-2000.
Women > Japan > Social conditions.
Women in popular culture > Japan.
Villains in popular culture > Japan.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Civilization
Villains in popular culture
Women in popular culture
Women > Social conditions
Japan > Civilization > 1868-1912.
Japan
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Table of Contents:
  • Anatomy of a poison woman
  • Newspaper reading as poison and cure
  • Recollection and remorse
  • How to be a woman and not kill in the attempt
  • How to be a masochist and not get castrated in the attempt
  • Epilogue.

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