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Bodies of Evidence: Women, Society, and Detective Fiction in 1990s Japan
Contributor(s): Seaman, Amanda C. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0824827368     ISBN-13: 9780824827366
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
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Published: February 2004
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Annotation: The publication in 1992 of Miyabe Miyuke's highly anticipated Kasha (translated into English as All She Was Worth) represents a watershed in the history of Japanese women's detective fiction. Inspired by Miyabe's success and the increasing number of Western mysteries in translation, women began writing mysteries of all types, employing the narrative and conceptual resources of the detective genre to depict and critique contemporary Japanese society--and the situation of women in it. Bodies of Evidence examines this recent boom and the ways in which five contemporary authors (Miyabe, Nonami Asa, Shibata Yoshiki, Kirino Natsuo, and Matsuo Yumi) critically engage with a variety of social issues and concerns: consumerism and the crisis of identity, discrimination and harrassment in the workplace, sexual harassment and sexual violence, and motherhood. Bodies of Evidence moves beyond the borders of detective fiction scholarship by exploring the worlds constructed by these authors in their novels and showing how they intersect with other political, cultural, and economic discourses and with the lived experiences of contemporary Japanese women.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Asian - Japanese
- Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction
Dewey: 895.630
LCCN: 2003022767
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.12" W x 9.16" L (0.99 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Japanese
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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The publication in 1992 of Miyabe Miyuke's highly anticipated Kasha (translated into English as All She Was Worth) represents a watershed in the history of Japanese women's detective fiction. Inspired by Miyabe's success and the increasing number of Western mysteries in translation, women began writing mysteries of all types, employing the narrative and conceptual resources of the detective genre to depict and critique contemporary Japanese society--and the situation of women in it.

Bodies of Evidence examines this recent boom and the ways in which five contemporary authors (Miyabe, Nonami Asa, Shibata Yoshiki, Kirino Natsuo, and Matsuo Yumi) critically engage with a variety of social issues and concerns: consumerism and the crisis of identity, discrimination and harassment in the workplace, sexual harassment and sexual violence, and motherhood.

Bodies of Evidence moves beyond the borders of detective fiction scholarship by exploring the worlds constructed by these authors in their novels and showing how they intersect with other political, cultural, and economic discourses and with the lived experiences of contemporary Japanese women.

Contributor Bio(s): Seaman, Amanda C.: - Amanda C. Seaman is professor of Japanese language and literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
 
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