The Bluestockings of Japan: New Woman Essays and Fiction from Seito, 1911-16 Volume 60

by Jan Bardsley

Book Overview

The Bluestockings of Japan introduces English-language readers to a formative chapter in the history of Japanese feminism by presenting for the first time in English translation a collection of writings from Seitō (Bluestockings), the famed New Women's journal of the 1910s. Launched in 1911 as a venue for women's literary expression and replete with poetry, essays, plays, and stories, Seitō soon earned the disapproval of civic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929280459
• ISBN13: 9781929280452
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"