The End of Transgression in Japanese Women’s Writing : Gender, Body, Nation (Hardcover)

Introduction. “Literary Dislocations: Rediscovery and Reorientation”? 1. “The Legacy of Transgression in Japanese Women’s Fiction: Liberation, Liberty, Lightning”? 2. “Class, Identity, and Recession in Millennial Japan”? 3. “Skeletons of Desire: The Body in Kanehara Hitomi’s Snakes and Earrings and Hydra”? 4. “Gender and Body, Past and Present: Sakurai Ami’s Innocent World and Tomorrow’s Song”? 5. “The Two Bodies of Kirino Natsuo: Grotesque and Real World”? 6. “Conclusion: Chaos, Schizophrenia, and Reconciliation in Millennial Japan”? Epilogue