Sexuality, Maternity, and (Re)Productive Futures: Women's Speculative Fiction in Contemporary Japan

by Kazue Harada

Contemporary Japanese female speculative fiction writers of novels and manga employ the perspectives of aliens, cyborgs, and bioengineered entities to critique the social realities of women, particularly with respect to reproduction, which they also re-imagine in radical ways. Harada examines the various meanings of (re)production in light of feminist and queer studies and offers close readings of works by novelists Murata Sayaka, Ōhara Mariko,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004468838
• ISBN13: 9789004468832
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"