Description
Turning Pages considers the central place of representations of women for women in the culture of interwar-era Japan and our understanding of Japanese modernity. Taking a holistic approach to the texts and using tools of historical, literary, and cultural analysis, the author examines the triangular relationship among the consumers, the producers, and the texts themselves.
About the Author
Sarah Frederick is assistant professor of Japanese literature in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Boston University.
Reviews
Turning Pages makes a significant contribution to studies of Japanese print culture and to the growing interest in the cultural landscape of the 1920s and 30s in Japan. The scholarship is superb, the writing flows beautifully, and the images from the magazines are wonderfully evocative."" -Jan Bardsley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; ""This important book contributes to our gendered understanding of Japanese modernity. Frederick has insightfully discerned what we need to know in order to situate the rich materials available to researchers in reprint editions of women's magazines. Because so many significant literary works made their initial appearance in women's magazines, Frederick's book allows students and scholars to appreciate as never before the context in which certain works were first read."" -Sally A. Hastings, Purdue University
Book Information
ISBN 9780824867706
Author Sarah Frederick
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint University of Hawai'i Press
Publisher University of Hawai'i Press
Weight(grams) 433g