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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 344
Utgivningsdatum: 2006-11-01
Upplaga: illustrated ed
Förlag: Columbia University Press
Originalspråk: English
Illustrationer: Illustrations
Dimensioner: 214 x 160 x 27 mm
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ISBN: 9780231137867

Sirens of the Western Shore

Name: Sirens of the Western Shore
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Author: Indra Levy
ISBN: 9780231137867

The Westernesque Femme Fatale, Translation, and Vernacular Style in Modern Japanese Literature

av Indra Levy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006-11-01

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Indra Levy introduces a new archetype in the study of modern Japanese literature: the "Westernesque femme fatale," an alluring figure who is ethnically Japanese but evokes the West in her physical appearance, lifestyle, behavior, and, most important, her use of language. She played conspicuous roles in landmark works of modern Japanese fiction and theater. Levy traces the lineage of the Westernesque femme fatale from her first appearance in the vernacularist fiction of the late 1880s to her development in Naturalist fiction of the mid-1900s and, finally, to her spectacular embodiment by the modern Japanese actress in the early 1910s with the advent of Naturalist theater. In all cases the Westernesque femme fatale both attracts and confounds the self-consciously modern male intellectual through a convention-defying use of language. What does this sirenlike figure reveal about the central concerns of modern Japanese literature? Levy proposes that the Westernesque femme fatale be viewed as the hallmark of an intertextual exoticism that prizes the strange beauty of modern Western writing. By illuminating the exoticist impulses that gave rise to this archetype, Levy offers a new understanding of the relationships between vernacular style and translation, original and imitation, and writing and performance within a cross-cultural context. A seamless blend of narrative, performance, translation, and gender studies, this work will have a profound impact on the critical discourse on this formative period of modern Japanese literature.

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Translation in Modern Japan

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The role of translation in the formation of modern Japanese identities has become one of the most exciting new fields of inquiry in Japanese studies. This book marks the first attempt to establish the contours of this new field, bringing together ...

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[An] insightful, carefully researched study... Highly recommended. Choice Richly textured... cogently argued, lucidly written, and offers the reader insights on both theoretical and biographical levels. -- Nanette Gottlieb Monumenta Nipponica Sirens of the Western Shore takes a fresh and detailed look at the topic of vernacular style in Meiji literature. -- Sarah Frederick Journal of Japanese Studies

Indra Levy is assistant professor of Japanese literature at Stanford University.

Introduction Part One Foreign Letters, the Vernacular, and Meiji Schoolgirls 1. Translation as Origin and the Originality of Translation 2. Meiji Schoolgirls in and as Language Part Two Tayama Katai and the Siren of Vernacular Letters 3. Portrait of the Naturalist as a Young Exote 4. Literary Desire and the Exotic Language of Love: From "Shoshijin" to Jokyoshi 5. Haunting the Laboratory of Vernacular Style: The Sirens of "Shojobyo" and Futon Part Three Staging the New Woman: The Spectacular Embodiment of "Nature" in Translation 6. Setting the Stage for Translation 7. Gender Drag, Culture Drag, and Female Interiority Final Reflections: Gender, Cultural Hierarchy, and Literary Style Notes Bibliography Index