Gender is Fair Game

(Re)Thinking the (Fe)Male in the Works of Oba Minako

• Author(s): Michiko N. Wilson,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 224
• ISBN_10: 1315502194
  ISBN_13: 9781315502199
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / General , Political Science / Political Process / General , History / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Gender Studies ,

Description:... This is a critical study of the major novels and short stories of Minako Oba (1930-) the undisputed leader in the resurgence of women writers in Japan. Oba is a postmodernist, rethinking gender and culture, encompassing the theme of female Bildungsroman, and drawing on marinated memories.