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Mother of Dreams and Other Short Stories, The : Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction
by Ueda, Edited By Makoto
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0870117750
- ISBN 13
- 9780870117756
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. An anthology of modern Japanese fiction, in which the portrayals of Japanese women are studied in various ways, reflecting a mixture of old tradition and stereotypes as well as new functions and attitudes - with common roles identified as the maiden, the wife, the mistress, the mother, and the modern working woman. Hardcover with dust jacket, 279pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00016090
- Title
- Mother of Dreams and Other Short Stories, The : Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction
- Author
- Ueda, Edited By Makoto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Second Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0870117750
- ISBN 13
- 9780870117756
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- JAPAN, JAPANESE LITERATURE, LITERARY STUDIES, WOMEN, GENDER ISSUES, FEMINISTS, FEMINISM, SEX, SEXUALITY
- Bookseller catalogs
- General; Literature;
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JB Books
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About the Seller
JB Books
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Garrison, North Dakota
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